Not exact matches
On the environment, Europe's target under the Kyoto protocol is to cut
carbon emission by eight per
cent by 2012, but Mr Cameron will warn that with just six years to go,
emissions are down
less than one per
cent on 1990 levels.
The figure is also about 10 per
cent less than the estimate given for China in the most recent publication of the Global
Carbon Project, which updates annually the global
carbon emissions and their implications for future trends.
Reducing our
carbon emissions by 80 per
cent isn't going to mean we just do or have 80 per
cent less stuff — we need to focus on doing things differently, or doing different things.
The school will use up to 80 per
cent less energy than a conventionally built equivalent facility, reducing
carbon emissions by 60 per
cent without the use of renewable energy.
One Planet Living principle Masdar Target ZERO
CARBON 100 per cent of energy supplied by renewable energy — Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local v
CARBON 100 per
cent of energy supplied by renewable energy — Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per
cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero
carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local v
carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the
carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local v
carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low
emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per
cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local values.
Cities are major contributors to climate change: although they cover
less than 2 per
cent of the earth's surface, cities consume 78 per
cent of the world's energy and produce more than 60 % of all
carbon dioxide and significant amounts of other greenhouse gas
emissions, mainly through energy generation, vehicles, industry, and biomass use.
«[Fifteen] per
cent of the UK's
carbon dioxide
emissions come from cars, and a quarter of our car journeys are
less than two miles long», states Brenda Boardman of Oxford's Environmental Change Institute (6).
They have developed a new way of producing ammonia which reduces nitrogen oxide
emissions by 87 per
cent, sulphur dioxide by 95 per
cent and
carbon dioxide by 60 per
cent — and it uses
less resources.
And a survey by the US General Services Administration found that the first dozen LEED buildings in its portfolio consumed 26 per
cent less energy and produced 33 per
cent lower
carbon dioxide
emissions than comparable government - owned buildings.