LCM at the Urban Scale: BIM and Nature Based Solutions

Resource type: 
Research
EU project stamp: 
No
Main entity: 
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)
Type of entity: 
Research centre/University
Funding: 
EU
Key themes: 
Cities
Green infrastructure
Societal challenges: 
Green Space Management
Place Regeneration & Knowledge
Social Capacity Building for Sustainable Urban Transformation
Scope: 
Europe
Description: 

Access to data on built environment databases makes nowadays possible generating models of the urban spaces to facilitate visualization and analysis of information and synthesize it in sustainability indicators to support urban planning decisions. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) can greatly benefit from this wealth of potentially available information. The use of LCA data in models developed in Building Information Modelling (BIM) platforms is likely to facilitate the implementation of quantitative environmental assessment in the construction field and their extension, from the building to the city level. Within sustainable urban planning and management, also Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) play a potentially important role, although benefits, co-benefits and costs associated with NbS projects still remain not sufficiently understood. All those aspects have been discussed via the presentation of case studies, proofs of concept and experts’ visions within this session.

Date: 
2018
Language: 
EN