Agentschap NL The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment Future value now! The power of multifunctionality >>Focus on sustainability, innovation and international Future value now! The power of multifunctionality Community of Practice sustainable area development Foreword At a time when space and money have never been so scarce, individuals, More and more people are opening the treasure chest and discovering that a authorities and businesses are faced with new challenges. Professionals and new combination of functions is achievable socially. We are convinced, however, users who are involved in area development, production chains and social that there are still many more possibilities. To put it even more strongly, the services are looking for new earning models and cooperation. Working together failure to combine means missed opportunities. It is important to escape from on a development that is based on the finiteness of natural resources, resilience compartmentalised structures, because we cannot feel the loss of an and money. The NL Agency is also looking for new partnerships and green opportunity from within our own compartment. In this publication, we show development. The NL Agency is an agency of the Dutch Ministry of Economic that many ways have already been found, and we want to inspire and challenge Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation. people to seek new ways, by actually starting to practise multifunctionality. In practice, we want to see more value for less money. Business cases which are profitable. Sustainable development in a way that allows all parties to achieve NL Agency / Soil+ is a partner in the CityChlor project, co-funded by INTERREG their own interests beEer, faster or more cheaply. This publication demonstrates IVB North-West Europe (NWE), a financial instrument of the European Union’s how we can begin with what is already there: people’s qualities, areas, products Cohesion Policy which supports transnational cooperation. CityChlor works on and services. Through multifunctionality, we can reinforce the developmental sustainable inner-city redevelopment by means of an integrated approach to power that already exists. We present a parade of practices and innovations tackling the threats caused by contamination with chlorinated solvents. from many different parties who have already embarked on the road to The results of this report will provide tools for CityChlor partners to work on multifunctionality. sustainable urban redevelopment. Ir M.L.A. Durville Director of Agentschap NL the Environment and Living Environment Drs. R. Boerée Director of Agentschap NL, Energy and Climate Overview of examples and headings eXAMPLes Flora and Cultural Soil fauna Water Industry Housing history Care Education Energy Recreation Agriculture Mobility 6 sustainable groundwater xx xx x x management, Ugchelen 8 energy-generating road, Avenhorn xxxxx 10 Biomass plant, Beetsterzwaag xx x xxx x s r 12 Wind as social and economic xxx xx xx o t c motor e s t 14 Combinations along the nieuwe xx xx xx x xx n e hollandse Waterlinie r e Water plazas in RoSerdam xx x x ff 16 i d f 18 Multidak: the roof as a second xx x x xxx o ground level n o i t 20 ground energy in Vleuterweide, xxxx a n Utrecht i b 22 self supporting River system, xx xx x xxxx m o IJsseldelta C 24 Farm “De groote Voort” xx xx x xxx in Lunteren 26 The Utrecht ”Biowasmachine” xxxx x x 28 Texelenergie Cooperative xx xx x x xx , 30 DRU industrial estate, UlR xxx x x x t t n n e e 32 Decentralised sanitation, xx xx m m n noorderhoek sneek p o o l r i e 34 Avenue 2 / the green Carpet, xx xx xx x x x v v n e Maastricht e d t l a i 36 sijtwende bypass, Voorburg xxx xx e u r b A 38 graafseweg Alverna Wijchen xxxxxx 40 “Buurderij Wilde haan, Balloo” xx x xxxx xxx l t a n c 42 Regional food – local cooperative xx x xxx i e s Oregional m y h p p o 44 garden city schiebroek-Zuid, RoSerdam xx xx x x xxx l f e o v 46 eva Lanxmeer, Culemborg xx xx xx x xx xx e n d o i l t 48 Residential care with web portal in xx x a a i c n the Coninckshoven, Utrecht i o b s 50 housing, learning and care in xxxxx x d m n o gorinchem, groningen and Zwolle a C heADIngs Flora and Cultural Soil fauna Water Industry Housing history Care Education Energy Recreation Agriculture Mobility 7 “natuurmelkerij Varsen” xx xx x xx 9 Combinations around and with roads xx x xxxx 11 Residual heat for the neighbours: xxxx Moerdijk and Beilen 13 sustainable hoonhorst 2050 xx xx xxxx xxxx 15 Damming water and combining xx xx xx xx xx 17 De Waterhouderij xx xx x 19 Replacing asbestos on roofs with xxx solar panels 23 Climate buffers and Building with xx xx x xxx nature 25 Peat helps clean up xx x x Volgermeerpolder 27 Repair Cafe xx 29 Westelijke Veenweiden breeding xx x xx xx ground for ecosystem services 31 noordelijke Friese Wouden xx x x x xxx 33 BaLaDe Waalwijk: xx xx x many parties under one roof 35 smart combinations of housing, xx x x care and facilities in De Laak 37 Veerweg area Culemborg xx xx x xx 39 stegerveld ammunition site trans- xx xxx x forming into country estate for social care 43 Urban agriculture xx x x x xx 45 “De Kersentuin”: residents come up xx x xx x xx x with ideas and put things into practice... 47 go-West: temporary housing in xx x x Amsterdam 4 Table of contents 1 Introduction 1.1 The power of multifunctionality 7 1.2 Reader’s guide 9 2 sustainable area development 2.1 Views on area development 11 2.2 From ‘planning by permission’, via development planning, to ‘planning by invitation’ 11 2.3 From ‘Money seeks project’ to ‘Project seeks money’ 15 2.4 Finiteness of resilience, natural resources and money 19 3 how does multifunctionality work? 3.1 Mixed earning model 21 3.2 The principles of circuits 21 3.3 Multifunctionality as economic motor 23 3.4 Cooperation is the basis 25 3.5 Paradigm change 27 4 Perspectives for action and instruments for combining functions 4.1 How do you achieve multifunctionality? 31 4.2 Stakeholders become shareholders 33 4.3 Steering combined functions 39 4.4 The treasure chest opens 41 5 epilogue: the power of multifunctionality 5.1 Food for discussion 43 5.2 Down to work! 47 Appendix: Further reading and references 49 Colophon 52 Cover photo: DRU Industrial estate Ul] Photographer: Raymond Linssen Sustainable groundwater management, Ugchelen Cooling and process water for industry, clean groundwater, biodiversity, the approach to flooding and soil remediation reinforce one another Municipality, water board, province and business sector come G savings on the costs of cooling and quality improvement in the together production process through the use of remediation water and the The local companies AFP Holland bv (wrapping film) and Owens discharge of released cooling water into the stream (packaging Corning bv (fibreglass) have a great need for cooling/process water. company) AFP Holland currently uses three cooling towers in its business G savings on costs for treatment of contaminated groundwater and processes. At the same time, there are various cases of historical soil management of contaminated groundwater in the area (water contamination in the vicinity and of too high groundwater levels manager and perpetrator) locally. The contamination was caused a long time ago due to the G savings on costs for tackling flooding (municipality) use of solvents by chemical laundries, among others. G savings on costs for the sewage treatment plant. Veluwe Water The high groundwater levels arose when the Van Gelder paper Board is now one of the cheapest water purifiers in Europe. factory stopped pumping up groundwater for production. In the integrated ‘Waterplan Apeldoorn’, which was adopted in 2005, these Moreover, it would not have been possible to realize the spring and other diverse themes were linked together; not only the water without the connection with the pumping up of cooling and process management and the water needs of industry, but also the area- water by industry, because insufficient water flows naturally from oriented approach to soil remediation, improving the ecology and the spring heads. It was possible to construct this ecological zone the restoration of cultural-historical elements. Spurred on by the with a relatively small extra investment. added desire to make things sustainable and the municipality of Ultimately, all partners profit from the project and there is an Apeldoorn’s obligations with respect to housing, the municipality, impressive list of benefits: clean groundwater, a clean and a_ractive water board and industry came together. A successful coalition of spring with abundant water in a greener neighbourhood, clean and leaders, doers and administrators was formed. affordable energy, a more efficient sewage treatment plant, a clean company operating innovatively, jobs and a reduction in carbon Municipality of Apeldoorn and packaging company clean up emissions. groundwater and ensure recovery of stream The municipality pumps up the contaminated groundwater and Parties involved supplies it untreated to the packaging company. The company uses Municipality of Apeldoorn, Veluwe Water Board, Province of it as cooling water, purifies the water in the existing cooling towers Gelderland, Owens Corning and AFP Holland bv. and transports it to the stream. The removal of the water means that the excessively high groundwater level in Ugchelen remains limited. Sources/more info At the same time, in the company’s cooling tower, the contamina - www.afpholland.com/duurzaam-ondernemen-afp.html tion from the groundwater in the subsoil is sanitised.