Bringing sustainability into practice! String of TRUST outputs for water professionals and policy makers available
The TRUST manuals The main new element of the TRUST/AWARE-P approach to infrastructure asset management is the practicalities of aligning the strategic, long term visions of policy-makers and CEO’s with the daily life and routine decisions, ensuring that the actions taken contribute for the global corporate goals and for the sustainability of the services and of the infrastructure. Another key element is the systemic approach for asset management, where the unit elements are functional areas instead of being the individual assets. This ensures that decisions are driven by the quality of the service provided and not by the condition of the asset, which are not necessarily directly related. The TRUST IAM Software The Infrastructure Asset Management (IAM) planning software is a decision-support environment providing organized assessment and comparison for any number of competing projects, solutions or alternative designs, which can be assessed and pitched against each other numerically as well as visually. It was designed as the central planning framework of the AWARE-P infrastructure asset management methodology, where planning alternatives or competing projects are measured up and compared, through selected performance, risk and cost metrics, through interactive numerical and 2D/3D graphical information display. It may also be used to compare different systems or sub-systems for diagnosis and prioritization. It was created as a technical tool, but just as importantly as a negotiation and communication vehicle. As in the TRUST/AWARE-P asset management approach, emphasis placed on evaluating impacts over the long term and in multiple dimensions (service, economics, social), and on quantifying the impact of those interventions in a defendable, repeatable and transparent way. It is suitable for everyone who wants to implement the TRUST/AWARE-P approach, as well as any other professionals interested in any of the specific tools the software offers. The software is inclusive. It provides transparency, accountability and traceability to the decisions made and it helps bringing sustainability into practice! The TRUST e-learning course The e-learning course is built upon the TRUST/AWARE-P IAM approach, which is a result from the joint work of many professionals, practice-oriented and broadly used by utilities. For this reason, getting familiar with it can save a lot of time and money, contributing to a faster capacitation and more efficient and effective management of the urban water systems. Taking benefit of the leading-edge tools made available is a must not miss opportunity for any policy maker and manager responsible for urban water systems. Everyone taking this course will be introduced to the integrated approach, using practical cases whenever possible, either to introduce the concepts and principles, or to consolidate them. Last, but not least Given the importance of post-graduate education, the manuals, the e-learning course and the software are complemented by a curriculum for a one-year postgraduate course on sustainable management of urban water cycle services, also freely available. The aim of the curriculum is to provide a reference that may be adapted or adopted by any European university or network of universities. Although the curriculum and courses presented are hypothetical, for the descriptions actual course contents of several European universities are used. TRUST deliverables are also presented as course reading.
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