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Lessons and Learning from ‘Special’

Explore spatial planning for energy communities with 10 key themes, objectives, recommendations, and case studies from the Special project. Learn about urban structure, master planning, zero carbon buildings, community-based energy production, preferred sites, energy generation, district heating, brownfield sites, mobility, and green & blue spaces. Benefit from practical advice, creative solutions, and the vital role of spatial planning in achieving sustainability goals.

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Lessons and Learning from ‘Special’

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  1. Lessons and Learning from ‘Special’ Henk van der Kamp IPI/Vice-President ECTP-CEU

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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 zero:e Park, Germany

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. IPI, ECTP and Europe

  17. 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

  18. 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

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