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Background to activities

UNEP IETC working on urban issues

Water, waste, environmental management of cities

Exemplary publications: Urban Environmental Management: Environmental Management System Training Resource Kit

Agenda21 for Sustainable Construction in DC

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WSSD Plan of Implementation & building and construction sector

19. (b) Integrate energy considerations, including energy efficiency, affordability and accessibility, into socio-economic programmes, especially into policies of major energy-consuming sectors, and into the planning, operation and maintenance of long-lived energy consuming infrastructures, such as the public sector, transport, industry, agriculture, urban land use, tourism and construction sectors;

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UNEP DTIE IETC Expert Meeting on Sustainable Building and Construction

Paris – December 2002

Key recommendation:for UNEP to support the growing SBC network through international co-ordination.

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Paris Meeting Outcomes

UNEP has therefore created an online forum to:

• link the SBC organisations

• showcase initiatives

• enable communication between partners

• co-ordinate activities/initiatives

• disseminate news

www.unep.or.jp/ietc/sbc/index.asp

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SBC Initiative - building the potential to change, by...

Promoting implementation of SBC, based on a life-cycle approach and integrating environmental and social considerations into all business decisions;

Promoting sustainable consumption by emphasizing innovation of products (energy/water/materials efficiency), mixed-use, changes in operational behaviour, and responsible choices;

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And...

Encouraging the development of new visions, strategies and co-operative activities across the life cycle of buildings (from planning and design, through construction, use and demolition/deconstruction)

Engaging all stakeholders

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Activities

A framework plan of action, including the following activities: UNEP/Sustainable Building Collaboration publication

Professional practice kits for schools and practitioners (architects, planners) - adapting curricula

Monograph - collaborative publication on basic principles for SBC (based on LCA)

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Activities…..

-Developing-country conferences (pre-conference studies and action agenda)

-GEF Proposal - Sub-Saharan African project (4 countries aiming at energy-efficient & sustainable housing)

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Activities…..

- Web portals (Keystone) & SBIS- E-courses (LCA)- Project-based indicators- Ensuring partner participation in ongoing activities

(including ISO development of indicators, Green Building Challenge, procurement, EU networks).

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UNEP related work areas

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-IETC – Urban Issues, ESTs, Water

- Cleaner Production & Sustainable Consumption

(tourism, retail,LCI)

-Energy (transport)

-Economics and Trade – Finance Initiative

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Future Planning / Roadmapping

To make SBC a reality,required changes include:-Institutional structures-Regulations and policy-Economic instruments-markets-Cultural – value systems

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UNEP SBC Milestones

This meeting – engaging the North American stakeholders (SBC Forum)

Rotterdam – Dec 2003

Tokyo 2005 (Sustainable Building Conf)

World Urban Forum 2006