Sustainable Reconstruction and Recovery Framework Checklist

Efficient Resource Utilisation

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Ensure efficient utilisation of local materials and reduce the Optimise material use (Life cycle Approach) • Municipality urban planners and architects SDG 7.1-7.3 • Net Zero Embodied Carbon
demand for virgin materials. • Select environmentally sustainable local • Experts: Environmental impact assessment (EIA) specialist, SDG 12.1-12.4 • H&W Framework - 6.1
building materials solid waste management experts, architects, structural SDG 13.3 Commit to Climate Change
Assess an optimised whole life cycle approach towards the • Promote upcycling / recycling/ reuse engineers, heritage experts, social experts Mitigation, 6.4 Ensure
handling of existing materials, especially pertaining to • Implement comprehensive waste • Material suppliers and local manufacturers Resource Efficiency
reconstruction, by exploring strategies that utilise debris, reduce management • Geographic and natural resources centers
waste and divert waste from landfills. • Funding agencies
• Affected population
MATERIALS • Certification bodies for infrastructure
• Contractors, procurement engineers, and officers, construction
product manufacturers and suppliers
• Engineers - structural and material
• Transport logistics
• Recycling companies
• Municipalities
• Contractors
• Waste haulers
EFFICIENT • Citizens and building users
RESOURCE
UTILISATION
Use reconstruction to build sustainable energy infrastructure for • Prioritise energy conservation • Ministry of energy and/or energy regulatory commission SDG 7.1-7.3 • Net Zero Embodied Carbon
A physical environment that buildings and cities as a whole. • Utilise energy modelling and analyses • Energy generation and/or energy distribution companies SDG 12.1-12.4 • H&W Framework - 6.1
ensures the proper • Maximise energy efficiency • Municipalities SDG 13.3 Commit to Climate Chane
utilisation of resources, Ensure proper utilisation of available energy resources, including • Capitalise on renewable energy • Ministry of environment Mitigation, 6.4 Ensure
continued growth and optimising energy demand and performance through passive • Implement monitoring and management • Engineers Resource Efficiency
environmental resilience. and active methods. • Consider local resources and conditions • Urban planners
• Design engineers
ENERGY
Maximise the reliance on renewable energy sources in meeting • System engineers
the demands while ensuring optimum performance when • Project managers
commissioning and monitoring energy systems to reduce overall • Commissioning engineers
emissions, operating costs, and reliance on fossil fuels. • Facility managers and technicians
• End users
• Building occupants
• Clients

Ensure proper utilisation and protection of water resources, • Ensure water conservation • City Management SDG 6.1- 6.6 • Net Zero Embodied Carbon
which includes optimising the demand on freshwater, protecting • Efficiently manage water resources • Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation • H&W Framework - 6.3 Ensure
natural water resources, maximising water reuse, and managing extraction, generation and collection • Water Supply companies Water Efficiency, 1.2 Improve
WATER water operations to rescue the depletion of available freshwater • Apply holistic water management • International development agencies and environmental/green Water Quality
in the long term. • Prioritise environmentally friendly building NGO’s
wastewater treatments • Academia
• Informal water sector
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Sustainable Mobility
ALIGNMENT ALIGNMENT TO
THEME SUB-THEME SUBTHEME INTENT STRATEGIES STAKEHOLDERS TO INVOLVE
TO SDG WORLDGBC PRINCIPLES

Enable and guide planners and designers towards rebuilding a • Promote alternative transportation • Ministry of transportation SDG 3.9 • Net Zero Operational Carbon
sustainable mobility network. (e-mobility, cycling, informal, water, air) • Ministry of environment SDG 11.6 • H&W Framework - 1.1
• Prioritise public transportation • Ministry of local government SDG 3.4 Improve Air Quality, 1.3
Encourage the shift towards clean and environmentally friendly • Prioritise parking spaces to support • Municipalities SDG 7.1 Improve Mental Health, 2.1
transportation. multimodal mass transit and electric vehicles • Public at large SDG 9.1 Ensure Thermal Comfort, 2.5
SDG 9.4 Ensure inclusive Design, 3.2
Improve the efficiency and attractiveness of existing SDG 11.7 Ensure Outdoor nature
transportation modes and facilities. SDG 12.8 Access & biodiversity, 4.1
Reduce CO2 emissions and noise resulting from transportation. SDG 2.1 Promote activity & Physical
SDG 11.A Health in design, 4.2
MOBILITY
Raise awareness about the importance of environmentally SDG 1.5 Encourage Good Nutrition
friendly transportation systems. SDG 4.7 Hydration & Social
SDG 11.1 Connectivity, 5.3 Improve
SDG 12.4 Quality of life, 6.1 Commit to
SDG 13.3 Climate change mitigation.
SDG 8.7-8.8
SUSTAINABLE SDG 7.1-7.3
MOBILITY SDG 12.1-12.2
SDG 13.1
SDG 11.A
Ensure freedom of access
to all members of society in
an environmentally sensitive Enable and guide better universal accessibility by raising • Promote alternative transportation • Ministry of local government SDG 3.4 • Net Zero Operational Carbon
and healthy manner. awareness on the importance of environmentally friendly (e-mobility, cycling, informal, water, air) • Municipalities SDG 3.9 • H&W Framework - 1.1
transportation systems. • Prioritise public transportation • Public at large SDG 7.1 Improve Air Quality, 1.3
• Prioritise parking spaces to support SDG9.1 Improve Mental Health, 2.1
Provide transportation infrastructure and services that are safe, multimodal mass transit and electric vehicles SDG 9.4 Ensure Thermal Comfort, 2.5
affordable, equitable and that provide social justice, ensuring no SDG 12.8 Ensure inclusive Design, 3.2
transportation-disadvantaged people are left behind. SDG 11.7 Ensure Outdoor nature
PEDESTRIAN
SDG 2.1 Access & biodiversity, 4.1
INFRASTRUCTURE
Encourage a shift towards clean and environmentally friendly SDG 11.A Promote activity & Physical
transportation by reducing the use of vehicles, cutting residents’ SDG 1.5 Health in design, 4.2
expenses on fuel and helping decrease CO2 emissions. SDG 4.7 Encourage Good Nutrition
SDG 11.1 Hydration & Social
Promote healthier and more sustainable lifestyles through SDG 11.6 Connectivity, 5.3 Improve
walkability. SDG 12.4 Quality of life, 6.1 Commit to
SDG 13.3 Climate change mitigation.
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Integrative Social & Economic Resilience
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PRINCIPLES

Assess and improve the social resilience of post-conflict and • Map social resilience • Office/Department of statistics and other public agencies SDG 4.7 • 5.1 Protect Human Rights 5.3
post-disaster cities, and suggest ways to benefit from the social • Strengthen social resilience • Key persons representing main segments of the population SDG 16.3 Improve Quality of Life, 6.1
resilience of the city during the reconstruction process. • Utilise social resilience • Key persons representing the main conflicting parties and SDG 1.5 Commit to Climate Change
alliance SDG 12.4 mitigation, 6.2 Design for
Map community stakeholders and their priorities concerning the • Community members and community-based organisation SDG 13.3 Resilience and adaptation
SOCIAL city’s development and housing, and assess their ability to • Community based organisations SDG 9.4 action
RESILIENCE support the urban reconstruction process. • Community members and civic groups SDG 13.1
• Planners
Enable cities and communities to take advantage of strong • City and community representatives
social resilience, leverage their newly developed social capital • Local and international NGOs
towards accomplishing further sustainable urban priorities. • Investors and funding institutions
• Socio-economic expert(s)

INTEGRATIVE
SOCIAL & Provide guidelines for an economically efficient and successful • Define economic resilience alternatives • Representatives of the public sector and economic experts SDG 4.7 • Net Zero embodied and
ECONOMIC implementation of sustainable urban reconstruction practices in • Estimate cost of restoration and • Representatives of local communities, architects, and SDG 11.1 operational carbon
RESILIENCE post-crisis cities. This is to be done by considering phasing reconstruction construction experts. SDG 1.5 • H&W Framework - 5.3
according to the community’s priorities and emphasising • Study benefit estimation and economic • Key representatives of the business community, land owners, SDG 12.4 Improve Quality of Life, 6.1
transparency analysis owners of residential housing blocks and others who may have SDG 13.3 Commit to Climate Change
Ensure social networks are ECONOMIC • Define cash flow and financial analysis the capacity to take immediate action and to reestablish mitigation, 6.2 Design for
SDG 9.4
given equal importance to RESILIENCE • Secure funding housing and infrastructure Resilience and adaptation
SDG 13.1
physical networks, and are • Planners action
rebuilt and supported in the • Public and private investors
physical environment in • Construction companies
ways that facilitate • Citizens and their representatives
opportunities for economic
growth and community
resilience.
Propose strategic training and education initiatives post-crisis • Assess accumulated training needs • The city school department SDG 4.7 • Net Zero embodied and
with the aim towards sustainable urban reconstruction. The • Strategize training for an industry upgrade • Teachers of primary, secondary and vocational school; SDG 16.3 operational carbon
initiatives may comprise both school education for children and • Plan the training for new demands professors and universities, who are aware of the training SDG 1.5 • H&W Framework - 5.1 Protect
adults, and public awareness campaigns. capacities within the schools and universities SDG 12.4 Human Rights, 5.2 Commit to
EDUCATION
• Business representatives SDG 13.3 construction workers, 5.3
• Owners of appropriate premises for training SDG 9.4 Improve Quality of Life, 6.1
SDG 13.1 Commit to Climate Change
SDG 8.7- 8.8 mitigation, 6.2 Design for
Resilience and adaptation
action
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Health & Wellbeing
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Offer spaces, services, and activities where the promotion and • Biophilic design principles • Local government agencies SDG 3.4 • H&W Framework - 1.3 Improve
development of human vitality and wellbeing is materialised. As • Happiness mapping and place making • Municipalities SDG 9.4 Mental Health, 2.5 Ensure
social and mental wellbeing are outcomes of good urban • Make spaces great • Civil society representatives SDG 12.8 Inclusive Design, 3.1 Ensure
planning and design, there are several general and • Equalize wellbeing • Subject matter experts SDG 11.7 Biophilic Design, 3.2 Ensure
context-specific principles that can be considered and applied • Decentralise services SDG 12.8 Outdoor Nature access &
towards urban reconstruction efforts in post-crisis cities and • No honking zones SDG 2.1 Biodiversity, 4.1 Promote
SOCIAL neighbourhoods for this purpose. • Nature For mental and social wellbeing SDG 11.A Activity & physical Health in
& MENTAL • Wellbeing for children SDG 4.7 design, 4.2 Encourage Good
WELLBEING • Wellbeing for the elderly SDG 16.3 nutrition hydration & social
• Social capital through activity SDG 1.5 connectivity, 5.1 protect
• Promotion of the arts SDG 11.1 human rights, 5.3 improve
SDG 12.4 quality of life, 6.1 Commit to
SDG 13.3 Climate Change mitigation,
SDG 13.1 6.2 Design for Resilience and
adaptation action.

Provide integrated safety and disaster risk mitigation/prevention • Handle Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) • Municipalities and local governments SDG 9.4 • H&W Framework - 2.5 Ensure
planning and management measures over the life cycle of the clearance • Public works regulatory bodies, specifications and SDG 4.7 Inclusive Design, 5.1 protect
reconstruction process of cities whilst maintaining the wellbeing • Prioritise safe public spaces and standardization regulatory bodies, H&S specialists, EIA SDG 16.3 human rights, 5.3 improve
of all stakeholders. Explore effective measures which priorities accessibility specialists, material engineers, and contractors SDG 1.5 quality of life, 1.4 Reduce
safety for all stakeholders at all development levels, in the • Plan for disaster risk reduction • Structural engineers SDG 11.1 infection Disease
SAFETY context of a health pandemic. • Promote public health and safety • Citizens and built environment users SDG 3.3 Transmission, 2.5 Ensure
• Check for construction / structural SDG 13.1 Inclusive Design, 5.1 protect
soundness SDG 8.7-8.8 human rights, 5.3 improve
• Plan for construction process safety quality of life, 6.2 Design for
Resilience and adaptation
HEALTH & action.
WELLBEING

Address both the objective
and subjective aspects of
a community’s wellbeing,
especially post crisis.
COMFORT
Encourage occupant wellbeing by ensuring thermal, visual, • Conduct a comfort review data gathering • Local government agencies SDG 3 & 11 • Net Zero operational carbon
auditory, and olfactory comfort. Encourage beneficial lifestyle (quantitative and qualitative) • Municipalities SDG 7.1 • All of the Health & Wellbeing
practices which include good nutrition, hydration, and social • Perform comfort analysis • Civil society representatives SDG 9.1 Framework
connectivity. • Utilise comfort related outcomes and • Subject matter experts SDG 9.4 Approach pollution mitigation
recommendations SDG 12.4 and prevention through a
• Plan for thermal comfort SDG 13.3 comprehensive, integrative,
• Plan for proper lighting and visual comfort SDG 1.5 and multi-disciplinary design
• Plan for acoustic comfort SDG 13.1 approach, and elaborate on
• Integrate urban biophilia SDG 4.7 the preservation of air, water
• Empower community perception and SDG 11.1 and soil quality to minimise
ownership SDG 8.7-8.8 health risks.
• Consider other outdoor environment quality SDG 11.7
SDG 2.1
SDG 11.A
SDG 12.8

For optimum protection against harm which also encapsulates • Limit and mitigate air pollution • Each design discipline SDG 3.9 • H&W Framework - 1.1 improve
human wellbeing, the theme provides mitigation strategies for • Limit and mitigate water pollution • Scientists and researchers SDG 11.6 air quality, 1.2 improve water
other sources of pollution such as noise and light. • Limit and mitigate soil pollution • Client SDG 1.5 quality , 5.3 improve quality of
• Limit and mitigate noise pollution • Community SDG 4.7 life, 6.1 Commit to Climate
• Cost/Financial controller SDG 11.1 Change mitigation, 6.2 Design
• Local heritage advisor SDG 12.4 for Resilience and adaptation
POLLUTION • Operation and facility manager SDG 13.3 action,2.2 Maintain Exemplary
• Contractor and construction manager SDG 9.4 Lighting, 2.3 Maintain
• Government and local authorities SDG 13.1 Acoustic comfort, 5.3 improve
SDG 6.1 - 6.6 quality of life.
SDG 15.1 - 15.9
SDG 7.1
SDG 9.1
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Heritage
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PRINCIPLES

Balance the conservation of archaeological heritage with the • Maximise the unique opportunity of • International bodies SDG 4.7 • H&W Framework - Principle 5
community’s needs for reconstruction. accessing archaeology prior to • Local authorities SDG 16.3 Create positive social value
reconstruction, and carrying out • Qualified archaeologists, historians and architectural historians SDG 8.7-8.8 with buildings & communities
Prioritise archaeological sites as a resilient asset for archaeological investigations and • Municipalities SDG 1.5 6.1 Commit to climate change
reconciliation and rebuilding of the community’s identity and excavations without jeopardising the • Civic defense agencies/army SDG 11.1 Mitigation
economic rejuvenation. reconstruction process • NGOs, local community representatives and volunteers SDG 12.4 6.2 Design for resilience &
• Integrate existing archaeology, as well as SDG 9.4 adaptation action
potential archaeological findings, in any SDG 13.1-13.3
ARCHAEOLOGY reconstruction scenario or master plan by
applying UNESCO principles which protect
existing archaeology from disorganised
HERITAGE urban development
• Prevent reconstruction works from damaging
archaeological findings
• Integrate archaeology in the lives of the
Maintain a strong link to the
communities to support identity building and
heritage of an area,
community integration
representing the historic and
cultural richness of the
region, which is crucial in
ensuring belonging and Restore the community’s heritage as a mean to reinstate its • Provide a comprehensive set of qualitative • Community Land Property owners, SDG 4.7 • H&W Framework - Principle 5
wellbeing. collective identity, social cohesion, and diversity through and and quantitative data which informs the • Workers, visitors SDG 16.3 Create positive social value
post the reconstruction activities. recommendations and processes for the • Vulnerable groups: women, children and people with disabilities SDG 8.7-8.8 with buildings & communities
protection, integration, and celebration of SDG 1.5 6.1 Commit to climate change
built heritage and its cultural significance in SDG 11.1 Mitigation
HERITAGE reconstruction plans. 6.2 Design for resilience &
SDG 12.4
• Design a development framework that SDG 9.4 adaptation action
balances built heritage conservation, SDG 13.1-13.3
community reconstruction needs, and
socioeconomic growth.
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Environmental & Climate Resilience
ALIGNMENT ALIGNMENT TO
THEME SUB-THEME SUBTHEME INTENT STRATEGIES STAKEHOLDERS TO INVOLVE
TO SDG WORLDGBC PRINCIPLES

Create ecological resilience, engineering resilience, and promote • Plan for comprehensive Environmental Site • Government SDG 1.5 • Net Zero Embodied Carbon
community health and wellbeing by providing spaces that meet Assessment (EIA) • Real estate and investors SDG 9.4 • H&W Framework - 1.1
the needs of residents and accommodate their daily activities • Implement a Construction Environmental • Urban planners, architects, landscape designers, SDG 13.1 improve Air Quality, 1.2
while minimising the negative environmental impact Management Plan (CEMP) and contractors SDG 3.9 improve Water Quality, 3.2
of reconstruction. • Prepare site improvement plan and prioritise • Residents and public SDG 11.6 Ensure outdoor nature
LAND degraded sites and brownfields • Landowners access
SDG 6.1- 6.6
• Design For green infrastructure SDG 8.7-8.8 & Biodiversity, 5.2 Commit to
• Optimize biomass, soil protection, SDG 7.1 - 7.3 Construction workers Health
and vegetation SDG 12.1-12.2 & Wellbeing, 6.2 Design for
• Support local food production SDG 11.7 Resilience and Adaptation
SDG 12.8 action, 6.4 Ensure resource
SDG 1.5, efficiency
2.1 SDG 2.1, SDG 11.A
SDG 11.A

Conduct an accurate and detailed assessment of the ecological • Identify and map existing ecosystems • National ministries responsible for environment and agriculture SDG 11.7 • H&W Framework - 3.2 Ensure
health of the area and set an agenda of remedial work needed • Identify current and potential negative impact • Planning authorities SDG 12.8 outdoor nature access &
and baseline conditions for planning and design. on ecosystems • International donors SDG 1.5 Biodiversity, 6.2 Design for
• Manage ecosystems • Local municipalities SDG 9.4 resilience & Adaptation
• Soil expert, water expert, horticulturist, native plant specialist, SDG 13.1 action
ecologist, landscape ecologist and conservation biologist
ENVIRONMENTAL • Planners, designers, engineers, architects, and
ECOLOGY landscape architects
& CLIMATE
• Landowners
RESILIENCE • Communities
• Non-Governmental organizations (NGO) and Civil Society
Promote long-term concerned with ecological processes
integrative planning to • Conservation ecologists, and biologists
decrease the communities’ • Any other expert needed to address specific conditions or
vulnerability and increase its situations
adaptability to the harmful
effects of climate change.

Integrate climate change mitigation strategies into sustainable • Moderate energy consumption and prioritise • Ministry of environment SDG 7.1-7.3 • Net Zero Operational Carbon
reconstruction processes, taking into consideration the life cycle energy mix optimisation. • Department of standards SDG 12.1-12.4 • H&W Framework - 6.1
of the project. • Material consumption and green material • Manufacturing facilities SDG 13.3 Commit to Climate Change
acquisition • Engineers Mitigation 6.4 Ensure
CLIMATE
Provide multi-level monitoring and assessment tools for Resource Efficiency
CHANGE
reduction of GHGs and ozone depletion.
MITIGATION
Avoid reconstruction activities that may potentially contribute to
climate change and to simultaneously identify the best
reconstruction practices.

Prevent or reduce the impact of climate change on the natural • Integrate climate change planning and • Local government SDG 1.5 • Net Zero Operational Carbon
and built environment and human systems by planning and governance across sectors • Concerned ministries SDG 9.4 • H&W Framework - 6.2 Design
implementing legal, physical, socio-economic (including mental • Create physical adaptation actions • UN agencies SDG 13.1 for Resilience and Adaptation
CLIMATE health and wellbeing) interventions. • Consider socioeconomic adaptation • UNFCCC, NGOs and/or Green Building Councils action
CHANGE • International development NGOs
ADAPTATION • Academia
• Engineers
• Media