B UILDING & M ANAGEMENT
V OLUME 3 I SSUE 2 M AY - A UGUST 2019
T HE CIT Y F I ED M ETHODOLOGY FOR CITY RENOVATION AT DISTRICT LEVEL
E. V ALLEJO , C. C RIADO , E. A RRIZABALAGA , G. M ASSA AND A. V ASALLO (2019). B UILDING & M ANAGEMENT , 3(2): 23-33
during the prioritization phase. Here, both the need of
innovative methods and the collaboration of municipalities with
external consultancy groups that can guide them in the
application of these methods is a key issue.
by the European Commission (2010) [6] or sustainable
development studies by Dalal-Clayton, B. and Bass, S. (2006)
[7], among others.
With the idea of establishing an effective dialogue between
them, the CITyFiED methodology identifies three groups of
stakeholders partially based on this common organization:
‘Experts representing the Municipality’, ‘Consultant experts
and stakeholders from the building, energy and financial
sectors’, and ‘Citizen’s and other stakeholders’ participation’.
As an innovative aspect, the methodology forecasts the
involvement of an ECG to support the Municipality and
facilitate the decision-making process. This organization, shown
in Figure 1, is proposed to be followed during the
methodology deployment to achieve the best management
and communication results.
The CITyFiED Methodology is a procedure composed of 7
phases and a decision-making process. The methodology aims
to cover the entire planning process of the sustainable urban
renovation from the city understanding to the final
improvement scenario selection, implementation and
monitoring considering as the main pillar the energy efficiency
and as the main client the local authorities. With the base of
the experiences in the large CITyFiED demonstration cases in
the cities of Lund (Sweden), Laguna de Duero (Spain) and
Soma (Turkey), the CITyFiED Methodology ensures the
effective dialogue among all stakeholders in all its phases
increasing the transparency of the decisions made. In the
methodology, the process is supported by different tools and
levels of indicators.
3. H OW CIT Y F I ED
As explained before, Municipalities are included as potential
users and promoters of this methodology.
3.1.1 E XPERTS REPRESENTING THE M UNICIPALITY
METHODOLOGY SUPPORTS THE MUNICIPALITIES
The ‘Experts representing the Municipality’ corresponds to
those professionals from the public bodies that would be
involved in the sustainable renovation. According to the
previous literature review – as [6], [7], [8] or [9] –, they are
proposed to be organized in different committees that can
already exist or be created for the methodology purposes:
MANAGING THE CITY RENOVATION AT DISTRICT LEVEL ?
3.1 I NVOLVING THE MAIN GROUPS OF STAKEHOLDERS
City renovations are usually promoted by the public
administration, representing citizens’ interest, to improve the
sustainable performance of an urban area. The municipality
usually relies on external stakeholders to carry out part of the
work for the activities development during the renovation. This
model corresponds to a common organization in which also
public participation is included, as it is shown in current
methodologies for urban planning as Sustainable Action Plans
Figure 1: Stakeholders defined in the CITyFiED methodology
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Steering committee: This committee includes the decision
makers from the Municipality, as politicians, urban
managers, representatives from energy or sustainability
departments, etc. Decisions are expected to be made in
favour of the citizens’ interests with the support of the
Technical committee and the ECG.