HOMBRE HOlistic Management of Brownfield REgeneration

The project is based on the ambition of reducing the number of problem brownfield sites to zero, and how that might be achieved using four simple “zero-Brownfield” 
concepts:    
1.	The importance of prevention of future Brownfield land, and where land is already Brownfield, it does not remain at this stage for long    
2.	Identifying interim land use which might both treat and provide value for a brownfield site , if it cannot be brought back into permanent re-use immediately; 
for example as an urban park or for larger sites producing renewable energy.    
3.	Combining remediation with other useful environmental processes may make remediation more cost-effective, for example, in the Netherlands there 
is great interest in combining the cleaning of groundwater with subsurface heating and cooling systems to reduce energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions. 
   
4.	More intelligent design for Brownfield management for  sustainable development  benefits.   Society has an important stake in zero Brownfields.  With 
this stake come benefits and responsibilities for many stakeholders, who should therefore have an input to decision making.        
HOMBRE will provide the technical and scientific backbone to support the delivery and implementation of these aspirations.