Objective POLIS draws on the work and the results recent projects such as the PUB+ project (5FP, EESD) that is now compiling EU wide information on the practices of member states, with regard to people with mobility impairments, as well as on the PRESCO project that is looking into accessibility issues, in the context of sustainable construction. This work has, among other, also highlighted the fact that attempts made and initiatives taken are very often on an ad- hoc basis, with little respect to any well defined design framework and lacking systematic and cost- efficient valuation methods. The proposed work in POLIS takes these results one-step further and foresees to develop a complete functional and technical specification of what should constitute a fully-fledged Decision Support System for a Universal Building Design (DSS-UBD). This attempt will closely review and build also on related work carried outelsewhere in the world. In the short term, it will seek to focus on the configuration of a decision support system to help reach Universal Design decisions while in the long run, it will consider the development of a distinct certification scheme applicable across the EU buildings, as an official label of all buildings adhering by the Universal Design principle.Such a certification scheme, especially to the extent it is incorporated in appropriate policy instruments, may dramatically expedite the proliferation of Universal Design in everyday life. In this way, POLIS will develop and profit from this early understanding of the relationship between the envisaged policy developments and the underlying market opportunities, in terms of assistive technologies and related services to diverse audiences such as architects, engineers, IT professionals, product designers, building contractors, etc. Fields of science engineering and technologycivil engineeringarchitecture engineeringsustainable architecturesustainable building Keywords building accesibility buildingcertification scheme decision support systems disability social policy build up Programme(s) FP6-POLICIES - Policy support: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) POLICIES-2.4 - Quality of life issues relating to handicapped/disabled people Call for proposal FP6-2002-SSP-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator BUSINESS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT S.A. EU contribution No data Address Alexandroupoleos Street 25 ATHENS Greece See on map Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ASM CENTRUM BADAN I ANALIZ RYNKU SP. Z O O Poland EU contribution No data Address Grunwaldzka 5 KUTNO See on map Total cost No data BELGIAN BUILDING RESEARCH INST Belgium EU contribution No data Address LOZENBERG 7 SINT-STEVENS-WOLUWE See on map Total cost No data BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT LTD United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Bucknalls Lane, Garston WATFORD See on map Total cost No data CO.IN. COOPERATIVE INTEGRATE ONLUS Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Enrico Giglioli, 54/a ROME See on map Total cost No data INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING Israel EU contribution No data Address Tel-Aviv University RAMAT - AVIV See on map Total cost No data ICIE - ISTITUTO COOPERATIVO PER L'INNOVAZIONE SCRL Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Velletri 35 ROMA See on map Total cost No data FUNDACION LABEIN Spain EU contribution No data Address Cuesta de Olabeaga, 16 BILBAO See on map Total cost No data CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE Italy EU contribution No data Address Piazzale Aldo Moro 7 ROMA See on map Total cost No data INFO-HANDICAP-CONSEIL NATIONAL DES PERSONNES HANDICAPEES ASBL / EUCAN Luxembourg EU contribution No data Address HESPERANGE See on map Total cost No data