IHA Sustainability Assess ment Section C,Assessi...
This sustainability assess ment uses a scoring systemfr o m5 to 0 f or t wenty f unda mental aspects of econo mic,social,and environ mental sustainability pertaining to operating hydr opower f acilities.These aspects have been drawn fro m t he I HA’s Sustainabilit y Guidelines.
A score of 3 is considered satisfactor y and essentially meets t he requirements of the Sustainability Guidelines.Lower scores indicate significant gaps and/or poor sustainability perf or mance.
A score of 4 indicates high standard perf or mance,occasionally exceeding the requirements of t he Sustainabilit y Guidelines,with only ver y minor gaps.
A score of 5 exceeds the requirements of the Sustainability Guidelines and is at,or ver y near,inter national best practice as applied to the actual/l ocal sit uation.
The docu ment is designed to look at individual facilities,but f or some circu mstances,it may be necessar y to use gr oups of f acilities.(https://www.daowen.com)
The table below explains the general intent of ratings fro m 5 through to 0.
Scoring f or each Sustainability Assessment Aspect
