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Guidelines for Sustainable Cities and Communities December 2017 1 Preface In November 2009, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the United Nations Environment Programme (hereinafter referred to as “UNEP”) and Jia Cui (China) Environmental Promotive Center (hereinafter referred to as “JCEP”) was signed to establish and cooperate in the undertaking of the “Sustainable Urban Development and Liveable Garden Community China Programme” (hereinafter referred to as “SUC”). At the end of November 2014, an Agreement between the SUC (Beijing) Programme Management Center Co. Ltd (hereinafter referred to as “SUC PMC”, formerly known as the Beijing Jia Cui Investment Management Co. Ltd) and UNEP was signed with funding from SUC PMC to agree that UNEP is responsible for organizing international experts to develop ‘Guidelines for Sustainable Cities and Communities’ (hereinafter referred to as the “SUC Guidelines”) and providing all kinds of support for SUC Programme; while SUC PMC is responsible for implementation of SUC Programme as well as organizing Chinese and other international experts to jointly develop SUC Guidelines. SUC Programme was officially launched in mid-January 2015. SUC Guidelines consist of three sections - “Evaluation Criteria, Management System and Technical Guidelines”. Of which, the former two sections-Evaluation Criteria and Management System have been finalized in December 2015. In the second phase, the “Technical Guidelines for Sustainable Cities and Communities” (hereafter referred to as “SUC Technical Guidelines”) was developed to support provide technical support for implementation of SUC Evaluation Criteria and Management System. This document focuses on producing detail technical guidance for sustainable development of cities and communities relating to the developing countries. In early phase, Chinese cities and communities are being taken as reference for developing the Guidelines. The SUC Technical Guidelines (SUC TGs) provides concise technical objectives in order to achieve the identified Sustainable Cities and Sustainable Communities goals, addressing each key process in the urban development life-cycle, including: Resource Endowment Survey (Project Areas), Planning and Design, Product and Materials Selection, Building and Construction, Operation and Management and Future Strategic Planning. SUC Technical Guidelines consist of three sections: “SUC Technical Guidelines for Cities”, “SUC Technical Guidelines for Communities”, “SUC Technical Guidelines Guide for Cities” and “SUC Technical Guidelines Guide for Communities”. The SUC Technical Guidelines for Cities and the SUC Technical Guidelines for Communities will outline the key technologies and strategies to achieve the sustainable development goals within different sectors, while the SUC Technical Guidelines Guide provides practical guidance for built environment professionals and governments seeking to optimise development projects to achieve sustainable cities and communities across China. Editor Institution: UNEP, JCEP Main Author: Scientia Professor Deo Prasad AO, Professor of University of New South Wales (Consultant of UNEP) Other Authors: Lan Ding, Komali Yenneti, Hua Fan, William Craft, Adriana X Sanchez, Xiang Li (CEO of JCEP), Philipp Arnold (UNEP Consultant), Kamel Bouhmad (UN-Habitat), Robert Earley (UNEP Consultant), Youwei Wang, Jiang Wu, Fengting Li, Nicholas You, Jonathan Fox, Jean D’ Aragon Reviewers: Arab Hoballah, Stefanos Fotiou, Sharon Gil (UNEP DTIE), Jacob Halcomb (UNEP DTIE), Nicola Deschio (UNEP DTIE), Yan Chang (UNEP China Office), Qingqin Wang, Jian Ge, Jing Liu, Feng Yang, Han Shi, Shanfeng Dong Executive Unit: SUC (Beijing) Programme Management Center Co. Ltd Acknowledgements to Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Low Carbon Living (Australia) for providing crucial technical support for the preparation of this document. 2 Strategy Two: Goal Setting and Institutional Resourcing ........................ 36 Contents Strategy Three: Implementation Pathway ..................................................... 37 Preface ..................................................................................................................................... 2 Strategy Four: Monitoring Progress ................................................................. 38 Contents .................................................................................................................................. 3 Strategy Five: Lessons and Knowledge Transfer ........................................ 39 Acronyms ................................................................................................................................ 4 SUC Technical Guidelines (TG) for Cities ................................................................ 40 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 5 SUC Technical Guidelines (TG) Guide for Cities .................................................. 45 Terms of Reference ..................................................................................................... 5 Life Cycle Process One: Resource Endowment Survey (Project Areas)45 Evaluation Criteria ...................................................................................................... 5 Life Cycle Process Two: Planning and Design ............................................... 46 Management systems................................................................................................. 5 Life Cycle Process Three: Products and Materials Selection .................. 50 SUC Technical Guidelines ......................................................................................... 5 Life Cycle Process Four: Building and Construction .................................. 53 Objectives ........................................................................................................................ 5 Life Cycle Process Five: Operation and Management ................................ 55 Performance Standards for Sustainable Development ................................ 6 Life Cycle Process Six: Future Strategic Planning ....................................... 60 Document Structure ................................................................................................... 7 City Performance Assessment Tools ................................................................ 62 Sustainability Goals and Performance Criteria ....................................................... 8 SUC Technical Guidelines (TG) for Communities ................................................ 65 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Sustainable Cities ................................ 9 SUC Technical Guidelines (TG) Guide for Communities .................................. 68 Sustainable Development Goals for Cities ......................................................... 9 Life Cycle Process One: Resource Endowment Survey (Project Areas)68 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) .................................................................. 10 Life Cycle Process Two: Planning and Design ............................................... 72 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Sustainable Communities ............. 19 Life Cycle Process Three: Products and Materials Selection .................. 76 Sustainable Development Goals for Communities ...................................... 19 Life Cycle Process Four: Building and Construction .................................. 78 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) .................................................................. 20 Life Cycle Process Five: Operation and Management ................................ 81 SUC Management System (Toolkit and Strategies) ............................................ 29 Life Cycle Process Six: Future Strategic Planning ....................................... 86 SUC Management Ssystem (MS) for Sustainable Cities .................................... 30 Community Performance Assessment Tools ................................................ 88 Strategy One: Understanding the Development Context ......................... 30 Summary .............................................................................................................................. 92 Strategy Two: Goal Setting and Institutional Resourcing ........................ 31 Evaluation Criteria ................................................................................................... 92 Strategy Three: Implementation Pathway ..................................................... 32 Management systems .............................................................................................. 92 Strategy Four: Monitoring Progress ................................................................. 33 SUC Technical Guidelines ...................................................................................... 92 Strategy Five: Lessons and Knowledge Transfer ........................................ 34 Appendix .............................................................................................................................. 93 SUC Management System (MS) for Communities ............................................... 35 References ........................................................................................................................... 95 Strategy One: Understanding the Development Context ......................... 35 3 Acronyms SBCI Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative