Glossary
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Accessibility sheet
A document which provides all the information needed to get to a certain place by all available means of transport: train, bus, underground, car, taxi, bicycle, on foot, etc. More information at www.mobilite.wallonie.be/opencms.
Action plan
A plan established by the project leader on the basis of a list of feasible actions, covering, for each action, the problem identified, a description of the action, the objectives to be met and the necessary resources. This table should provide answers to the questions: who does what, how and by when? The projects are prioritised and their implementation is scheduled.
Assessment
An inventory with suggestions for potential projects.
Authority
A separate authority from the state, which performs certain duties devolved to it for a given territory. For example: Regional Authority, Departmental Authority, District Authority, Local Authority, etc.
B
Biodiversity
Diversity of natural habitats, animal and plant species and their genes.
C
CET (Engineered landfill)
The purpose of a Centre d'Enfouissement Technique (Engineered Landfill Site), also known as a "waste tip" is to dispose of waste by dumping above ground or underground. For more details, see the Decree of 27th June 1996 governing waste (M.B. 02.08.1996), art. 2§ 18°.
Contact address book
Database of companies and participants. It includes their identity as well as a list of contacts.
Cos phi (power factor)
A parameter which quantifies the reactive power (and therefore unnecessary power) consumed by a company. Ideally, the power factor should be close to 1. If it is lower than 0.9 the electricity supplier will fine the company.
D
Differentiated maintenance = Differentiated management
Method for maintaining public or private green spaces designed to maintain, or even increase the biodiversity and quality of the environment, to preserve natural resources and limit pollution caused by the use of pesticides or phytosanitary products, for example.
Differentiated management = Differentiated maintenance
Method for maintaining public or private green spaces designed to maintain, or even increase the biodiversity and quality of the environment, to preserve natural resources and limit pollution caused by the use of pesticides or phytosanitary products, for example.
Digital mapping company
A company whose business is the development of digital maps and GPS navigation.
There are two main companies worldwide: http://navigation.teleatlas.com (http://navigation.teleatlas.com/fr/improvement to report a problem) and www.navteq.com (http://mapreporter.navteq.com to report a problem).
Disposal channel
A series of stages and arrangements enabling waste to be taken from its collection point to its processing point.
District authority
An authority bringing together local authorities that have chosen to develop a certain number of shared skills.
E
Echevin (Municipal Councillor)
In Belgium, an elected assistant/deputy to the mayor.
Eco-development
Development meeting the ecological and landscaping challenges of the site in question. Eco-development includes the choice of materials, the development and management of green spaces (lawns, flower meadows, hedges, shrubberies, standard trees), the integration into the landscape of a project (quality of the road system and public spaces, integration of buildings into the landscape)… It encourages biodiversity in urbanised areas.
Eco-design
A preventive approach, which is characterised by the account it takes of the environment during the design or improvement phase for a product. The aim of this approach is to improve the ecological quality of the product, i.e. reduce its negative impact on the environment throughout its lifecycle, whilst preserving its usability.
Eco-driving
A driving style that aims to reduce fuel consumption (ecological and economical).
Eco-consumption
Eco-consumption thinks of itself as consumption, which takes account of ecological aspects (rational management of natural resources) and social aspects (compliance with consumer legislation, i.e. the quality and safety of products as well as their market availability). It is also known as sustainable purchasing.
Ecological network
The interconnections between natural entities in a territory form a network, which is more or less dense and operational. A dense network ensures free circulation of animal and plant species. Migrations of species between natural environments are necessary for their survival: access to breeding grounds, maintaining genetic diversity, preserving vast natural environments that are rich in ecological habitats, etc.
G
Global report
This report highlights recurring issues within the business park (PAE), the potential for improvement in each area (waste, land development/landscaping, mobility, energy, etc.) and the projects envisaged in response to each problem identified.
Green spaces
Lawns, flower meadows, hedges, shrubberies, standard trees. On a business park (PAE), green spaces may be public (they are owned by a public developer) or private (these are the plots belonging to various companies on the business park).
I
Individual assessment
This document focuses on the company and its issues. It highlights the company’s strengths and weaknesses in terms of environmental management. Within this framework, individual reports and recommendations, which promote concrete solutions, are drawn up.
ISO 14001 certification
The desire of a company or other organisation to achieve ISO 14001 certification, which relates to environmental management. This standard helps these organisations to improve their environmental performance.
L
Land development/Landscaping
Development of public or private green spaces on the business park.
These spaces include lawns, pavements, un-developed spaces, meadows, asphalt, storm drains, etc.
Landscape
Quality of the road system and public spaces, integration of buildings into the landscape.
Life-SMIGIN
The LIFE-SMIGIN project (Sustainable Management by Interactive Governance and Industrial Networking) is funded by the European Commission’s LIFE programme, and by subsidies that the Union Wallonne des Entreprises (Walloon Business Federation) receives from the Walloon Region for its missions to raise awareness of pollution prevention, the rational use of energy and land development. It is managed by the Union Wallonne des Entreprises (Walloon Business Federation) and operates in partnership with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Valenciennois. >> Find out more about the Life-SMIGIN project.
Local authority
Administrative division of Belgium. Generally, a local authority corresponds to a town with surrounding villages or a large village surrounded by hamlets. It is headed by a mayor and municipal councillors. The jurisdiction of local authorities is very broad, covering mainly issues of “local interest”, i.e. the joint needs of inhabitants.
M
Matching
Formation of car-sharing teams.
Municipal Executive
In Belgium, the executive body of a local authority. It manages the day-to-day operations of the local authority and ensures that decisions taken by the Local Council are implemented. It takes charge, primarily, of the implementation of laws and decrees by/from other levels of authorities, the management of local public works, the issue of building and land division permits, the maintenance of thoroughfares and water courses and maintains the civil registers.
P
PAE (Parc d'Activité Economique)
Business Park
A Parc d'Activité Economique, also known as a Zone d'Activité Economique (ZAE) or business park (zone), is defined here as being a geographic area dedicated to economic activity/business. It may comprise both industries and companies from the tertiary sector.
PCM (Plan (inter)Communal de Mobilité)
(District) Local authority mobility plan
Planning document covering mobility for one or more local authorities. It pursues the aims of improving accessibility and mobility, road safety and the living environment within the territory in question. See also http://mobilite.wallonie.be.
PCDR (Plan Communal de Développement Rural)
Local authority rural development plan
In the Walloon region, a tool for active development designed for the development of rural areas. An inventory of the potential of and constraints on rural spaces within the local authority in question (farming activities, housing expansion, infrastructures, landscapes, etc.) enabling projects seen as giving new impetus to a rural area to be defined. It may be a question, for example, of developing tourism infrastructures, new road systems and paths, etc.. Approval of the PCDR enables local authorities to benefit from subsidies when implementing projects.
PDE (Plan de Déplacements Entreprise)
Company travel plan
This is a question of studying, implementing and monitoring, for one company or a group of companies, measures designed to promote long-term management of transportation relating to the particular company. In principle, all transport is covered but in fact PDEs focus primarily on movements of personnel from home to work (and vice-versa) or travel as part of their work. Authorities themselves can take part in such a scheme. See also http://mobilite.wallonie.be.
PMZA (Plan de Mobilité des Zones d'Activités)
Mobility plan for business parks
Company transport plans for a business park as a whole.
Potential for setting up a shuttle
The number of people who may use a shuttle.
Project
Within a business park (PAE), implementation of actions in order that the companies jointly manage their environmental impacts.
Project leader
The person who coordinates the project. For more information click HERE.
R
Recovery
A generic term covering the reuse, reutilisation, regeneration and recycling of waste, as well as organic recovery or energy recovery from waste.
Recycling
Recycling waste consists of reintroducing it into a production cycle as a complete or partial replacement for a natural raw material. Recycling is distinguished from reutilisation because it is necessary for the material to undergo a new process.
Regeneration
A process that consists of reviving the physical and chemical properties of a material or a product enabling it to be reused for its initial purpose (for example: restoring used lubricating oils to a condition similar to that of fresh oil).
Relighting
A scheme to improve the lighting system in a building. This may involve a complete or partial change of fittings (bulbs, ballast, reflectors and valves) or the control system.
Representative
A person whom the head of the company appoints to monitor a project. The representative will be asked, for example, to coordinate a project within the company. This representative may be the company’s environment officer or energy officer.
Reuse
A new use of waste, in its actual condition, for a use similar to that for which it was first used (for example: returnable packaging (pallets, drums)).
Reutilisation
Re-use of waste for a use that differs from its initial use (for example: tires used to protect ships’ hulls or in farming to hold down silage tarpaulins).
S
Shuttle
Name given to a vehicle transporting employees to and from the business park (ZAE). Within the framework of the Life-SMIGIN project, this is an 8-seater people carrier type taxi.
Single person car use
Movement of a single person in his/her own car.
Sorting channel (within a company)
A series of stages and arrangements enabling waste to be taken from the places where it is generated to the place where it is removed by a waste collector.
Sorting procedure (within a company)
Procedure to be followed, within a company, for sorting waste.
Steering committee
A team that may surround the project leader throughout the project. This committee may comprise the heads of companies, members of district authorities, public or private partners, etc.
Survey
Study relating to one or more types of action listed in the assessment.
Z
ZAE (Zone d'Activité Economique)
Business Park
A Zone d'Activité Economique, also known as a Parc d'Activité Economique (PAE) or business park (zone), is defined here as being a geographic area dedicated to economic activity/business. It may comprise both industries and companies from the tertiary sector.