Loesungsansaetze - Architektur und Staedtebau

Resources in energy savings through architecture:

 

 SOUTHFACE.org. They have a lot of resources as well as learning opportunities. They even have some free online lessons in many aspects of green building.

 Factsheets and Technical Bulletins Page.

 Energy Design Resources.

 

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Below, let's collect information on the cities that take initiatives about decreasing GHG emissions, as inspiring examples what can be done. Please organize them by region, so we can find relevant examples for whatever area we are interested in.

 

Middle East

• Masdar City. Masdar City will be the world’s first zero-carbon, zero-waste, car-free city, meeting or exceeding a set of stringent sustainability goals established under the “One Planet Livingâ„¢” programme established by WWF and environmental consultancy BioRegional.

 

Europe

• Ashton Hayes, England -- Going Carbon Neutral Project: Aiming to be England's first carbon neutral village
• Växjö, Sweden"Fossil Fuel Free Växjö"
• Kassel, Germany. This is a hoax! They said that they would get 100% renewable electricity from Norway, but the way it works is that the electricity-provider in Germany pays a fee to the Norwegian hydropower provider. Kassel can then say that they offer renewables, whereas Norway cannot call its electricity renewable any more. It's just a switch of titles, not an increase in renewables. A good lesson to do some research in where the renewables come from, and what happens with it.

 

Asia

 

Africa

 

North-America

• Putney Pedals Climate Message “We want to create a groundswell of little projects and become an inspiration for other towns across the state and country.”
• Sonoma County Climate Protection Campaign -- Reducing greenhouse gases 25% below 1990 levels by 2015 in all nine cities

 

South America