“SUSTAINABLE REGENERATION OF URBAN AREAS”

Ilse RijneveldPauline van Gijn City of Delft15th November 2012

DELFT CLIMATE POLICY

CLIMATE GOALS• Covenant of Mayors

• Local Climate plan: 50% CO2 reduction in 2030

• Long term ambition: energy-neutral

• Focus on energy efficiency in existing housing stock

EUROPEAN COOPERATION

EUROPEAN PROJECTS ON SUSTAINABILITY

•SESAC CONCERTO, 6th Framework programmegoal: accelerating innovation in renewable energy solutionssubsidy for investments and knowledge exchange

•Links, future proof historic centers 2010-2012. Urbact II programmegoals: integral development of citiessubsidy for knowledge exchange

SESAC

PROJECTS (DEMONSTRATION/INNOVATION)•Large scale refurbishment in Poptahof•New dwellings Harnaschpolder•Healthcare centre•Sportsfacility Buitenhof•Low temperature district heating

POPTAHOF

FACTS• 2800 inhabitants of 30 nationalities• Woonbron housing association owns the buildings• Built in 1960’s• Apartments do not meet today’s requirements• About to fall into social decline

SO• Sustainable redevelopment of the whole Poptahof area

• Focus on liveability

POPTAHOF AREA

SESAC POPTAHOF (DEMO)

OBJECTIVES•Refurbish 94 apartments to reach national building regulation standards for new dwellings.

• Install a 10 kWp PV system on the southern façade of one refurbished apartment building.

• Build 58 new dwellings having a final energy demand for space heating of 51 kWh/m2

•Connect the modified neighborhood district heating systems to the low temperature district heating infrastructure.

•Step by step infrared quality control during the building process.

POPTAHOF

CONSTRUCTION POPTAHOF

INSULATION

S E S A C i s a p r o j e c t o f t h e C O N C E R T O i n i t i a t i v e c o - f u n d e d b y t h e E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o n u n d e r t h e S i x t h F r a m e w o r k P r o g r a m m e

T r i c k y d e t a i l s

INFRARED QUALITY CONTROL

DELFT LINKS 2010-2012

• Sharing knowledge in redeveloping historic city centers. Both between cities as towards inhabitants.

• Focus on redevelopment of traditional buildings in order to save energy and to stimulate re-use of cultural heritage.

• Exchanging experiences in pilot projects (like BK-city and Foundation the White Rose)

• Develop an integral policy together with all stakeholders, inhabitants, heritage organisations and renovation professionals. (The local support group)

URBACT/LINKS

Integral development

Urban scaleTechnical aspectsSocial aspectsEconomic aspects

Pilot project Red ChemistryRe-use faculty building

Pilot project Renovation ‘De witte Roos’, 16th/18th century house

Center for sustainable living

CONCLUSION LINKS2010-2012

•Integral development is important for the sustainable development of city centers and built heritage.

•There is a high demand for knowledge exchange on both energy use reduction and built heritage. Both professional as for owners of buildings.

•Built heritage can be used as an initiator for area development.

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