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Methodology

How NEB RADAR relates to the European Commission's NEB self-assessment method.

The 29 measures

MeasuresLevelsNEB CompassCORDIS

NEB RADAR assesses places with 29 measures: the Key Performance Indicators of the NEB Self-Assessment method. The method works at building, neighbourhood and city scale, in three dimensions: Sustainability, Beauty and Inclusiveness. Each measure is scored from 0 to 100 and placed in one of four levels (Low, Acceptable, Good, Excellent). The method deliberately produces no single overall score and is not meant to rank projects.

In NEB RADAR, professional assessments follow these 29 measures, and each of the twelve Young Citizens questions is linked to the measures it informs. Both are being built during the closed beta.

No assessment has been published yet. Results appear only after the evidence has been reviewed.

The 29 measures are the Key Performance Indicators of the NEB Self-Assessment method published by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (report JRC139118, 2025). NEB RADAR applies this published method independently. It is not a tool of the Joint Research Centre or the European Commission and is not endorsed by them. Read the report: JRC139118 - NEB Self-Assessment Method and Tool

Contains data from CORDIS, Publications Office of the European Union, reused under the CORDIS copyright conditions. Snapshot of 6 August 2026.

Levels of ambition

The NEB Compass describes three levels of ambition for each value and working principle, with guiding questions for each level. NEB RADAR uses them qualitatively; it does not convert scores into ambition levels.

How assessments are labelled

Claimed by the project team

A project lead has claimed the profile.

Evidence-based

Each measure is backed by cited evidence and reviewed by NEB RADAR.

The 29 measures, one by one

Sustainability

  • S.1Minimise the use of fossil fuels in the built environment
  • S.2Maximise the use of sustainable energy in the built environment
  • S.3Minimise greenhouse gas emissions from the built environment
  • S.4Enhance sustainable mobility in the built environment
  • S.5Minimise non-energy related environmental impacts to air and water
  • S.6Minimise non-energy related environmental impacts from the built environment
  • S.7Achieve the best possible greening of the public sector in terms of its economic involvement in the sustainability of the built environment
  • S.8Achieve the best possible greening of the private and financial sector in terms of its economic involvement in the sustainability of the built environment
  • S.9Promote circular economy in the built environment

Beauty

  • B.1Digitalisation in construction
  • B.2Quality of design and delivery
  • B.3Improving building resilience to extreme events
  • B.4Ensuring occupant health, comfort and wellbeing
  • B.5Improving accessibility of the built environment for everyone
  • B.6Maximising durability and service life
  • B.7Ensuring high level of aesthetic acceptance of buildings and spaces
  • B.8Providing spatial coherence in planning and design
  • B.9Improving preservation of cultural and natural heritage
  • B.10Maintaining genius loci and improving sense of belonging
  • B.11Understanding aesthetic perception of buildings and spaces through comparison to actual 'styles' and tendencies in art and architecture

Inclusiveness

  • I.1Funding and land value
  • I.2Affordability
  • I.3Inclusive quality, equality and accessibility
  • I.4Rent regulation
  • I.5Impact on neighbourhood social cohesion
  • I.6Needs and resources for social accessibility
  • I.7Needs of vulnerable and marginalised groups
  • I.8Anti-discrimination initiatives
  • I.9Involvement of stakeholders

Claim a project / submit a correction

If you lead a project listed on NEB RADAR, open its profile and use the "Claim this project" button. Once approved you can add citations linking each measure's score to a primary source.

Spot an error? Email info@urbanlabs.info. NEB RADAR's own data is released under CC0. Fields taken from CORDIS are reused with attribution under the CORDIS conditions. See Open Data.