Lessons and Learning from

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Lessons and Learning from Special

• Henk van der Kamp
• IPI/Vice-President ECTP-CEU

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SPECIAL

• Spatial Planning and Energy for Communities in
  All Landscapes
• European project with IPI as a partner
• Thermie B wind energy and planning (1995)
• IPI full partner
• ECTP-CEU also involved Planning awards and
  pan-European Guide

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About ECTP-CEU

• European Council of Spatial Planners
• Network of Town Planning Institutes across many
  European countries.
• Network of planning professionals
• Example of previous guide Try it this way.
• www.ectp-ceu.eu

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The Purpose of the Guide

• Energy use reduction and reduction of fossil fuel
  use
• Practical for planners and informed lay persons
• Spatial scale always relevant
• Local conditions always relevant
• Combined use with Knowledge Pool
  www.special-eu.org

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Format

• Ten themes no order of importance
• Themes reflect key planning principles
• Brief description of each theme
• Three objectives (what do we seek to achieve)
• Ten recommendations (how to achieve)
• Two case studies from the Special project

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1 Urban Structure

• Land use patterns change slowly
• Objective Integrate waste, energy generation,
  distribution and reduced energy demand from
  transport
• Recommendation Adopt a compact urban form to
  achieve higher densities and reduced energy
  demand.
• Case South Dublin Spatial Energy Demand Analysis
  for urban policy-making

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2 Masterplanning

• New development areas opportunities
• Objective To seize opportunities at the initial
  planning phases of development.
• Recommendation Achieve collaboration between
  different groups of specialists.
• Case Strategic Masterplanning for Energy, Geneva

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8 Zero Carbon

• Buildings can be energy neutral
• Objective Define zero and low carbon standards
  in planning policy documents for all buildings
• Recommendation Adopt ambitious targets supported
  by political commitment at local level
• Case Hannover zeroe Park, Germany

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4 Community

• People not technology is central
• Objective Community to be the owner and
  beneficiary of energy production
• Recommendation Work with communities to achieve
  community based energy production schemes
• Case Gamlingay Eco Hub, Cambridgeshire

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5 Preferred Sites

• Planning seeks optimisation
• Objective Locate energy related developments
  based on overall benefit for society
• Recommendation Reserve suitable locations for
  specific infrastructure (e.g. wave technology or
  hydro-electricity schemes)
• Case Local Development Orders to facilitate the
  delivery of renewable energy in Swindon

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6 Energy Production

• Energy as a land use category
• Objective To maximise all opportunities for
  renewable energy generation in a local and/or
  regional area.
• Recommendation Use other land uses where
  possible as energy generating facilities (e.g.
  rooftops for solar energy)
• Case Hannover Solar Cadastre

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7 District Heating

• Cooling as well as heating
• Objective To apply the concept at the right
  scale, time and with full community participation
• Recommendation Identify heat demand map
  identifying key constraints and network
  development opportunities
• Case Brescia, the district heating network

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8 Brownfield

• Bad sites can become good sites
• Objective To use high profile brownfield sites
• Recommendation Include energy production and
  energy distribution as key parameters in urban
  regeneration policies
• Case Hamburg Energy Hill and Energy Bunker,
  Germany

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9 Mobility

• Zero energy travel not (yet) realistic
• Objective To reduce the overall demand for
  travel
• Recommendation Achieve co-location or proximity
  of related land uses
• Case Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan City of
  Judenburg, Austria

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10 Green Blue

• Water and trees can help us
• Objective To provide blue and green spaces as a
  means to maintain a correct urban microclimate
• Recommendation Avoid sealing of all surfaces
• Case Graz courtyards in the city

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IPI, ECTP and Europe
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Lessons Learnt

• Spatial planning important both mitigation and
  adaptation
• Practical advice to planners is helpful
• IPI can deliver on European projects
• European exchange of best practice is essential

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Conclusions

• Easily understood concepts
• Creative thinking
• Out of the box solutions
• Potential contribution of spatial planning
• Common good central at all times
• Community central at all times
• Win-win solutions
• Create curiosity Knowledge Pool