Publications & tools

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Tool
Sustainable Mobility Procurement
Published: 2014

Clean Fleets Life Cycle Cost (LCC) Tool

A tool to help procurers to calculate the life cycle cost (LCC) of vehicles, with an option to also calculate the cost of environmental externalities according to the methodology laid out in the Clean Vehicles Directive (CVD)
Guidance document
Sustainable Mobility Procurement
Published: 2014

Clean Fleets Guide to Procuring Clean and Energy Efficient Road Vehicles

Guidance on how to procure road vehicles with high environmental standards in compliance with the Clean Vehicles Directive (CVD)
Guidance document
Procurement
Published: 2013

Buying Sustainable Timber - A guide for public purchasers in Europe (2nd Edition)

This guide provides clear recommendations to help European public authorities in making sure the wood/timber products they buy are produced and traded in a sustainable and fair way. It includes criteria which can be used directly in tender documents, as well as guidance on the development of a sustainable timber policy.
Guidance document
Built Environment & Culture Procurement
Published: 2012

SCI-Network Guide: Procuring Innovative and Sustainable Construction Solutions

The aim of this guide is to help public authorities become “innovation friendly” in their construction procurement – to help them access the potential environmental, economic and social benefits that innovative construction solutions can bring. It offers guidance both on how best to set up your procurement process to encourage innovation and also offers information on different ways to finance investments.
Case Study
Built Environment & Culture Procurement
Published: 2012

SCI-Network Snapshots: Procuring innovative and sustainable construction

A collection of best practice "Snapshot" examples of innovative and sustainable construction procurement from across Europe. Published to complement the SCI-Network Guide.
Report
Governance Innovation
Published: 2012

Local Sustainability 2012

Global Review and Case Studies how cities and local governments have taken up the work towards sustainability.
Guidance document
Sustainable Food Systems Procurement Circular Economy
Published: 2012

How to organise sustainable meetings & events in Brussels - A practical guide

The Guide provides organisers and hosts of meetings and events from 10 to 100 participants with practical information and recommendations on how to manage their meetings and events in held in Brussels more sustainably.
Tool
Published: 2011

Sustainable Water Management in the City of the Future

Increasing global change pressures, escalating costs and other risks inherent to conventional urban water management are causing cities to face ever-increasing difficulties in efficiently managing scarcer and less reliable water resources. In order to meet these challenges, SWITCH (Sustainable Water Management Improves Tomorrow’s Cities’ Health) is attempted to facilitate a paradigm shift in urban water management. SWITCH was an action research programme funded by the European Union ...
Tool
Published: 2011

SWITCH Training Kit Integrated Urban Water Management in the City of the Future

‘The design and management of the urban water system based on an analysis of the entire system will lead to more sustainable solutions than separate design and management of elements of the system.’
One system – one approach!
From population growth to rapid urbanisation, changing consumption patterns to deteriorating infrastructure, increasing energy prices to climate change: water systems in cities throughout the world are confronted by an intimidating future. Integrated Urb...
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