Tool Review Criteria:
TOOL NAME: AGIC Rating Tool
OWNED/DEVELOPED BY: Australian Green Infrastructure Council
- Form of the CAT – whether it is a rating tool, strategic framework, guidelines etc. – and capacity to link with other tools.
Tool currently under development since July 2007. AGIC aims to eventually produce rating tool for assessing sustainability outcomes associated with various aspects of delivery, operation and decommissioning of grey infrastructure projects – e.g. roads, tunnels, railways, bridges, airports, ports and marinas, cycle and pedestrian pathways, distribution grids, telecommunications infrastructure, water collection, distribution and treatment infrastructure, civil engineering headworks of industrial processes etc.
Tool to take the form of an industry-compiled, voluntary rating scheme. Tool will rate various sustainability criteria under seven categories: project management and governance, economic performance, using resources, emissions, pollution and waste, biodiversity, people and place, and workforce. Several sub-categories are yet to be decided and are still under review.
Unknown what capacity tool will have to link with other tools (unable to assess from available information).
- Governance/administration of the CAT – its purpose and the organization behind it, the jurisdiction or scale of influence/application.
Tool to be developed, owned and administered by AGIC – an industry-based coalition of stakeholder organizations involved in the delivery and operation of grey infrastructure projects. Tool scope limited to domain-specific interests of stakeholder organizations involved in development.
- Sector or phase of development to which the CAT is applicable – e.g. planning, design, construction – residential, commercial, infrastructure etc. – including capacity to influence urban renewal and retrofitting outcomes.
Tool in early stages of development – although it is intended to apply to all aspects of life-cycle of specific infrastructure types, there is insufficient information available at present for detailed assessment against this criteria.
- Ability to promote systems thinking – how well the CAT encompasses and integrates the component factors and measures of urban sustainability.
Not apparent in proposed tool structure (i.e. ‘rating’/scorecard format) - unable to assess on current information.
- Capacity to inform design decisions – how well the CAT is able to derive and test alternative design strategies to inform decision-making.
Not apparent from available information.
- Capacity to encourage collaboration – how effectively the CAT integrates input from multiple stakeholders in the context of its implementation and use.
Not apparent from available information.
- Adaptability of the CAT to differing local environmental contexts
Unable to assess from available information.
- Ability of the CAT to drive innovation in urban planning and development.
Not apparent from available information – (although sector-specific focus is an inherent limitation in this regard).
- Flexibility of the CAT to adapt and evolve over time to changing understanding and measures of urban sustainability – including review processes and systems for ongoing monitoring, evaluation and reporting of outcomes.
Unable to assess from available information.
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