19. 9 criteria for sustainable infrastructure
Episode description
Hei! Welcome to The Urbanista. Season 2
The podcast for urban designers and city planners where we discuss about city water management and sustainable urban development. In this episode we talk with Riina Känkänen - Head of Sustainability at Ramboll Finland and Chairman of Infrastructure Committee in Green Building Council Finland. We discussed the complex definition of sustainable infrastructure which consists of 9 criteria. The criteria cover ecological, social and economic sustainability of infrastructure.
- Mitigation of climate change and adaptation
- Resource wisdom and circular economy
- Biodiversity and reduction of environmental harm
- Consideration of users' needs
- Implementation of environmental quality factors
- Effects on people
- Technical functionality
- Life cycle impacts
- Effects on development of the transport system and the urban structure
9 criteria for sustainable infrastructure - https://figbc.fi/julkaisut/kestava-infra-maaritelma
Connect with Riina Känkänen - https://www.linkedin.com/in/riinakankanen/
Thank you Urbanistas for listening!
The Urbanista is a production of Uponor Infra Oy, produced and edited in sunny Helsinki by Mariia Andriushenkova.