WORKING GROUP 2

COST Action C8

Working Group 2 has responsibility for selecting a series of 50 or so case studies demonstrating various aspects of sustainability in the built environment. 

The case studies are being assembled on the following pages. They are currently in draft form and are being developed by the country members into a final version over the duration of the action. 

Case Studies

SECTOR
GREEN/BLUE

• REVER (Reseau Vert Europeen/European Green Network - Belgium
• Rennes Urban Greenspace Differentiated Management - France
• Green Poster Fredrikstad - Norway
• Stockholm’s Green Infrastructure - Sweden

TRANSPORT

• Urban space zoning - Austria
• Lyon urban mobility master-plan- France
• Meckenheim's Motto: interference wanted - Germany
• The reorganisation of the railway system in the Florentine metropolitan area and the regeneration of the adjacent areas -  Italy
• Ecosystem fragmentation assessment for the Trento-Rocchetta road project - Italy
• Buga - the free riding bicycle of Aveiro - Portugal
• The Mobility Program, Porto 2001 - Portugal
• Escalator access to Toledo's Historic Core - Spain
• City of Zurich - Switzerland

ENERGY

• Vienna Climate Protection Programme, KLIP - Austria
• The Christophorous House - Austria
• Middelgrunden Windfarm - Denmark
• Tervola Small-scale CHP Bio Energy Plant - Finland
• Two million marks for Da-di - Germany
• The Emporium Case - The Netherlands
• Green municpality, green electricity - The Netherlands
• City district Heating and Cooling - The Netherlands

WATER/SEWERAGE

• The Kolding Pyramid -  Denmark
• Digital Diagnostics System for Sewer Pipes - Finland
• Storm water management Porte des Alpes site in the Lyon suburbs- France
• Sustainable housing estate Eva-Lanxmeer - Netherlands
• The sustainability of conventional versus nature based sewerage systems - Norway
• The Bromma Biogas plant, Stockholm - Sweden
• Separating wastewater system in Ekoporten, Norrkoping - Sweden

WASTE

• Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for the Viennese Waste Management Plan - Austria
• Soil Remediation Programme - Finland
• Solid Waste Pneumatic Collection System in the Historic Centre of Leon - Spain
• Construction Waste Minimisation in Housing - UK

HOLISTIC

• ECUB project (rehabilitation of an old veterinary surgeon school into an urban "Eco-centre", Brussels - Belgium
• Urban Ecological Renewal of the Hedebygade Block - Denmark
• Viikki Eco Neighbourhood Blocks - Finland
• Ferrara, the children's city: creating opportunities for children and young people - Italy
• Rehabilitation and restoration of Skocjanski Zatok - Slovenia
• The Path (POT) - a circular memorial park around Ljubljana - Slovenia
• Urban renewal and social insertion. Opening of the city to the sea - Spain

ASSESSMENT

• The use of checklists to support spatial planning - in co-operation with the spatial planning unit of the municipality of Graz - Austria
• Radiation-Solar Comfort Early Analysis in High Density Urban Context- Belgium
• The Energy and Environmental Prediction (EEP) Model - Wales, UK

MEMBERS OF WORKING GROUP 2