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2015 - Cities Emissions Reduction Activities
| Row number | City Name | Account No | Country | City Short Name | C40 | Reporting Year | Emissions reduction sector | Emissions reduction activity | Anticipated emissions reduction (metric tonnes CO2e) | Action description | City Location | Country Location |
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| 1701 | City of Chicago | 3203 | USA | Chicago | C40 | 2015 | Community-Scale Development | Green space and/ or biodiversity preservation and expansion | The Campus Park Program addresses the shortage of parkland in Chicago's neighborhoods by targeting public school grounds for parkland improvements. Under a joint program funded by the City, Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Park District, existing asphalt and concrete paving are replaced with new landscaping, play equipment, trees, fencing and lighting. Priority is given to neighborhoods identified as having insufficient parkland, Strategic Neighborhood Action Program districts, Empowerment Zones, Enterprise Communities, & other special development districts. Approximately 120 schools had been completed as of the start of 2010. | (41.8781136°, -87.6297982°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 1702 | Seoul Metropolitan Government | 31187 | South Korea | Seoul | C40 | 2015 | Private Transport | Infrastructure for non motorized transport | 1,043 guiding signs for pedestrians | (37.566535°, 126.9779692°) | (35.907757°, 127.766922°) | |
| 1703 | Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg | 35868 | Germany | Hamburg | 2015 | Community-Scale Development | Building standards | HafenCity Ecolabel | (53.5510846°, 9.9936818°) | (51.165691°, 10.451526°) | ||
| 1704 | Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro | 31176 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | C40 | 2015 | Mass Transit | Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 from bus and/or light rail | New trains reduce 20% of electric energy in comparison with the old ones. | (-22.9054389°, -43.5614471°) | (-14.235004°, -51.92528°) | |
| 1705 | City of Houston | 31108 | USA | Houston | C40 | 2015 | Mass Transit | Improve rail, metro, and tram infrastructure, services and operations | Houston is expanding its light-rail infrastructure with a $4 billion investment. Three new light-rail lines are currently under construction, and two are more in the works, going from 7.5 miles to 23 miles. There are a total of 24 new stations under construction, 10 on the Southeast Line, 5 on the East End Line, 8 on the North line, and 1 on the existing Main Street Line. METRO has a 1 percent sales and use tax imposed within METRO’s service area for transit activities. By voter mandate, METRO dedicates 25 percent of its sales tax for the General Mobility Program. Most of this funding is passed on to the city of Houston, Harris County and 14 multi-cities for general mobility projects. | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 1706 | Prefeitura de Florianópolis | 50384 | Brazil | Florianópolis | 2015 | Food and Agriculture | Encourage sustainable food production and consumption | 855028 | low-carbon agriculture, deployment of green infrastructure (100%) | (-27.5949884°, -48.5481743°) | (-14.235004°, -51.92528°) | |
| 1707 | City of Los Angeles | 10894 | USA | Los Angeles | C40 | 2015 | Private Transport | Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 from motorized vehicles | (34.0522342°, -118.2436849°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | ||
| 1708 | City of Helsinki | 8242 | Finland | Helsinki | 2015 | Water | Water metering and billing | (60.1733244°, 24.9410248°) | (61.92411°, 25.748151°) | |||
| 1709 | City of Paris | 31175 | France | Paris | C40 | 2015 | Water | Water metering and billing | 60000 | Operation led by Eau de Paris (drinking water supplier and producer company owned by the municipality) to raise public awareness about the “water treasure | (48.856614°, 2.3522219°) | (46.227638°, 2.213749°) |
| 1710 | City of Stockholm | 3429 | Sweden | Stockholm | C40 | 2015 | Outdoor Lighting | LED / CFL / other luminaire technologies | Energy efficiency is under constant development. | (59.3293235°, 18.0685808°) | (60.128161°, 18.643501°) | |
| 1711 | City of Seattle | 16581 | USA | Seattle | C40 | 2015 | Community-Scale Development | Green space and/ or biodiversity preservation and expansion | Cedar River Watershed Habitat Conservation Plan The Cedar River Watershed Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) is a 50-year, ecosystem-based plan that was prepared to address the declining populations of salmon, steelhead and other species of fish and wildlife in the Cedar River basin. Prepared under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the plan is designed both to provide certainty for the City of Seattle's drinking water supply and to protect and restore habitats of 83 species of fish and wildlife that may be affected by the City of Seattle's water supply and hydroelectric operations on the Cedar River.and Puget Sound. Seattle City Light City Light operates in an environmentally sound manner implementing programs that protect and enhance fisheries, wildlife, aesthetics, historic, archaeological resources, associated with its generation and transmission facilities. | (47.6062095°, -122.3320708°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 1712 | Seoul Metropolitan Government | 31187 | South Korea | Seoul | C40 | 2015 | Community-Scale Development | Green space and/ or biodiversity preservation and expansion | City-wide tree planting campagin under "Seoul Urban Greening Movement (provisional name)" | (37.566535°, 126.9779692°) | (35.907757°, 127.766922°) | |
| 1713 | Seoul Metropolitan Government | 31187 | South Korea | Seoul | C40 | 2015 | Waste | Waste prevention policies and programs | - Plastic bag restrictions - Some industries are fined when providing plastic bag for free | (37.566535°, 126.9779692°) | (35.907757°, 127.766922°) | |
| 1714 | City of San Francisco | 31182 | USA | San Francisco | C40 | 2015 | Private Transport | Infrastructure for non motorized transport | 53110 | Shift 50% of in-city trips to non-auto mobile: Transportation Mode Shift. Construct a protected cycletrack network, complete build out of SF's bicycle plan, expand bicycle sharing, parking, and electric bicycle capacity, new development car sharing and bicycle parking, optimize transit system fleet, storage, maintenance, expand region transit core capacity, additional capacity for existing express transit corridors, develop pedestrian amenities, complete green streets and slow zones. | (37.7749295°, -122.4194155°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) |
| 1715 | City of Oslo | 14088 | Norway | Oslo | C40 | 2015 | Mass Transit | Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 from bus and/or light rail | Currently 2 fuelling stations for FCEV in Oslo, and 2 further stations in the Oslo region (Drammen and Lillestrøm Hynor). About 20 FCEVs in Oslo and the surrounding Akershus County. One filling station for the 5 pilot FCEV Hynor Bus project at Rosmersholm. Oslo has developed a hydrogen strategy together with Akershus. | (59.9138688°, 10.7522454°) | (60.472024°, 8.468946°) | |
| 1716 | City of Edmonton | 43912 | Canada | Edmonton | 2015 | Community-Scale Development | Eco-district development strategy | 12. Home$avers Event Annual Home$avers event in partnership with RONA and EPCOR potentially results in an estimated reduction of 183 tonnes of community greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the community. | (53.544389°, -113.4909267°) | (56.130366°, -106.346771°) | ||
| 1717 | City of Copenhagen | 31009 | Denmark | Copenhagen | C40 | 2015 | Water | Wastewater to energy initiatives | (55.6760968°, 12.5683371°) | (56.26392°, 9.501785°) | ||
| 1718 | District of Columbia | 31090 | USA | Washington DC | C40 | 2015 | Waste | Waste prevention policies and programs | The Sustainable DC Act of 2014 prohibits the sale, use, or provision of polystyrene containers for food services effective January 1, 2016. | (38.9071923°, -77.0368707°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 1719 | City of Seattle | 16581 | USA | Seattle | C40 | 2015 | Outdoor Lighting | LED / CFL / other luminaire technologies | LED conversion program for all street lights began in 2010 and will be completed by the end of 2014. | (47.6062095°, -122.3320708°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 1720 | City of Stockholm | 3429 | Sweden | Stockholm | C40 | 2015 | Private Transport | Awareness and education for non motorized transport | Within the project Sustainable Järva are courses especially for immigrant women. Most people who have grown up in Sweden can ride a bicycle. Traffic rules are taught to children in many schools. Furthermore, the city provides cycle classes to children in grade-school 3-4 weeks every spring in the middle of Stockholm City, the project is ongoing and allows more than 1000s of children to learn how to ride a bike, bike saftey in the city and other good tips. | (59.3293235°, 18.0685808°) | (60.128161°, 18.643501°) | |
| 1721 | City of Stockholm | 3429 | Sweden | Stockholm | C40 | 2015 | Private Transport | Transportation demand management | Limited parking facilities throughout the city, usually it is a parking fee. Parking (whtihin the eco district Stockholm Royal Seaport) is planned to have only 0.5 parking spaces per apartment, regardless of size, and four parking spaces per 1,000 m2 of office space. This project is part of an ongoing "Parking Plan" which makes it harder to find parking, less avaialble spaces and more expensive- and in turn encouraging people to take public transport, cycle or walk as much as possible within the city. | (59.3293235°, 18.0685808°) | (60.128161°, 18.643501°) | |
| 1722 | City of Houston | 31108 | USA | Houston | C40 | 2015 | Mass Transit | Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 from bus and/or light rail | Free and convenient transportation has returned to downtown with Greenlink. Through a partnership between the Downtown District, BG Group and Houston First Corporation, the downtown community can utilize the environmentally-friendly buses to get to popular downtown locations quickly. The buses run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), making them a cleaner transportation alternative. Greenlink is operated by METRO through an interlocal agreement with the Downtown District. This is a pilot program utilizing a CNG bus, and METRO is looking to expand its fleet with more CNG buses. | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 1723 | City of Los Angeles | 10894 | USA | Los Angeles | C40 | 2015 | Buildings | Building performance rating and reporting | (34.0522342°, -118.2436849°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | ||
| 1724 | Gemeente Rotterdam | 31179 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | C40 | 2015 | Energy Supply | aiming at 350 MW in 2020 wind energy | (51.9163716°, 4.4509382°) | (52.132633°, 5.291266°) | ||
| 1725 | City of Houston | 31108 | USA | Houston | C40 | 2015 | Buildings | On-site renewable energy generation | HOUZE® Advanced Building Science Inc., along with the City of Houston, debuted the first-of-its-kind zero-energy homes in the United States, in the community of Independence Heights, just north of downtown Houston. These homes introduce a new, affordable option for buyers by producing more energy than they consume, redefining the American Dream with homes that cost less to own, operate and maintain. HOUZE® (the "ZE" stands for Zero Energy) Advanced Building Science Inc. is an innovative, technology commercialization company integrating disruptive technologies into real estate development and building. The company's mission is to empower the building industry with next generation building systems, materials and technologies to create affordable net-zero energy homes and buildings. It is 100% powered by natural gas and power cell. http://thezeroenergyhome.com/ | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 1726 | Seoul Metropolitan Government | 31187 | South Korea | Seoul | C40 | 2015 | Buildings | On-site renewable energy generation | Working to deploy CHP all over the city | (37.566535°, 126.9779692°) | (35.907757°, 127.766922°) | |
| 1727 | City of Seattle | 16581 | USA | Seattle | C40 | 2015 | Energy Supply | Optimize traditional power/ energy production | The Community Power Works program has provided additional incentives for oil-heated homes to help them make the leap to cleaner fuels. The incentive is in the form of a carbon reduction incentive. | (47.6062095°, -122.3320708°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 1728 | City of Gibraltar | 50650 | Gibraltar | Gibraltar | 2015 | Outdoor Lighting | LED / CFL / other luminaire technologies | New car parks and the frontier loop streetlights have been fitted with solar powered lights. | (36.1407734°, -5.3535994°) | (36.140751°, -5.353585°) | ||
| 1729 | City of Boston | 35268 | USA | Boston | C40 | 2015 | Private Transport | Awareness and education for non motorized transport | Boston BIke has an extensive education and outreach program, and supports programs that provide free or low-cost bikes to those who need them. The City's Complete Streets program is ensuring that streets in Boston are becoming more welcoming to pedestrians and cyclists. | (42.3584308°, -71.0597732°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 1730 | City of Buenos Aires | 31155 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | C40 | 2015 | Waste | Waste prevention policies and programs | As from October 2012, supermarkets and auto services will deliver only certified non-biodegradable bags: 50% of the non-biodegradable bags should be green and 50% black, so they can be used for household waste separation. These businesses must also have incentive schemes to increase the use of reusable bags and carts by their clients. In addition, they must supply with reusable bags available for sale, in order to promote its use. | (-34.6037232°, -58.3815931°) | (-38.416097°, -63.616672°) | |
| 1731 | Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro | 31176 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | C40 | 2015 | Waste | Recyclables and organics separation from other waste | In the implementation phase of the project of six triage centers for the City of Rio de Janeiro with total capacity of 150t per day; and expansion of the fleet of recyclable collection. | (-22.9054389°, -43.5614471°) | (-14.235004°, -51.92528°) | |
| 1732 | Seoul Metropolitan Government | 31187 | South Korea | Seoul | C40 | 2015 | Mass Transit | Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 from bus and/or light rail | City-wide restrictions on idling entered into force in 2012 | (37.566535°, 126.9779692°) | (35.907757°, 127.766922°) | |
| 1733 | City of Copenhagen | 31009 | Denmark | Copenhagen | C40 | 2015 | Mass Transit | Improve bus infrastructure, services, and operations | The traffic lights is set with a shifting speed equivelant of a traveling speed of 20 km/H. This is the average speed of bicycles,, but also fit very well to the speed of busses. | (55.6760968°, 12.5683371°) | (56.26392°, 9.501785°) | |
| 1734 | City of Las Vegas | 10495 | USA | Las Vegas | 2015 | Community-Scale Development | Green space and/ or biodiversity preservation and expansion | In 2014, the region was successful in lobbying Congress to enact legislation for a new national monument that protects prehistoric fossils in northwestern Las Vegas. In addition, a Federal Act known as the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act allows for the proceeds of sales of Federal Land in a disposal area around Las Vegas to be diverted to the construction of new parks, green space, and conservation projects. | (36.1699412°, -115.1398296°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | ||
| 1735 | City of Amsterdam | 31148 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | C40 | 2015 | Community-Scale Development | Eco-district development strategy | oldest ecodistrict is 11 years old | (52.3702157°, 4.8951679°) | (52.132633°, 5.291266°) | |
| 1736 | Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro | 31176 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | C40 | 2015 | Private Transport | Infrastructure for non motorized transport | All bike lanes and guards are signed. | (-22.9054389°, -43.5614471°) | (-14.235004°, -51.92528°) | |
| 1737 | City of Chicago | 3203 | USA | Chicago | C40 | 2015 | Waste | Recycling or composting collections and/or facilities | To facilitate the reuse of excess construction materials and further the City's goals of recycling, the City launched the Chicago Soil and Rubble Exchange website. This serves as a place for City departments, sister agencies and their contractors to post both available and wanted soil and rubble, and to identify reuse opportunities. Where feasible and appropriate, the City wants to reuse soil and rubble rather than dispose of them in a landfill or quarry. The website will be used in conjunction with the Soil and Rubble Reuse Intergovernmental Agreement, which was entered into between the City and Illinois EPA in 2009. | (41.8781136°, -87.6297982°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 1738 | Municipality of Belo Horizonte | 35848 | Brazil | Belo Horizonte | 2015 | Private Transport | Transportation demand management | It is in discussion inside the Plan for GHC Reduction - PREGEE | (38.5198325°, -8.8695345°) | (-14.235004°, -51.92528°) | ||
| 1739 | District of Columbia | 31090 | USA | Washington DC | C40 | 2015 | Buildings | Building performance rating and reporting | In the District of Columbia (DC), net metering is currently available to residential and commercial customer-generators with systems powered by renewable-energy sources, combined heat and power (CHP), fuel cells and microturbines, with a maximum capacity of 1 megawatt (MW). In October 2008, the Clean and Affordable Energy Act of 2008 (Council Bill 17-492) expanded the limit on individual system size from 100 kilowatts (kW) to 1 MW. The Public Service Commission is currently collecting comments on new rules to allow community or virtual net-metering per the Community Renewable Energy Amendment Act of 2013. | (38.9071923°, -77.0368707°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 1740 | City of Yokohama | 31113 | Japan | Yokohama | C40 | 2015 | Buildings | Energy efficiency/ retrofit measures | Subsidies for energy-saving equipment | (35.4437078°, 139.6380256°) | (36.204824°, 138.252924°) | |
| 1741 | City of Houston | 31108 | USA | Houston | C40 | 2015 | Energy Supply | Smart grid | CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric’s (CPE) Smart Grid project involves deployment of a fully integrated advanced metering system and Web portal access to over 2.2 million customers, along with installation of advanced monitoring and distribution automation equipment. The project aims to reduce peak loads, overall electricity use, and operations and maintenance costs while increasing distribution system reliability. The project implements secure communications to: (1) allow smart meter customers to view their electricity consumption data whenever they want through the Smart Meter Texas (SMT) data exchange, and (2) allow CPE to effectively visualize and operate the distribution system. As a transmission and distribution service provider, CPE provides metering data to retail energy providers (REPs) through the SMT data exchange. The billing data and customer systems enable REPs to offer information feedback, new pricing programs, and other electric service options to customers. The project also deploys a more advanced distribution management system and automated feeder switching, that reduces operational costs and improves service reliability. | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 1742 | City of Stockholm | 3429 | Sweden | Stockholm | C40 | 2015 | Community-Scale Development | Brownfield redevelopment programs | The city has a strategy for redevelopment of old brownfields to use for new city districts. In most cases eco city districts. For example in Stockholm Royal Seaport and Hammarby Sjöstad. | (59.3293235°, 18.0685808°) | (60.128161°, 18.643501°) | |
| 1743 | City of Yokohama | 31113 | Japan | Yokohama | C40 | 2015 | Buildings | On-site renewable energy generation | Energy Section + Yokohama Green Power Project | (35.4437078°, 139.6380256°) | (36.204824°, 138.252924°) | |
| 1744 | Seoul Metropolitan Government | 31187 | South Korea | Seoul | C40 | 2015 | Water | Water recycling and reclamation | - Graywater target setting - Graywater infrastructure expansion | (37.566535°, 126.9779692°) | (35.907757°, 127.766922°) | |
| 1745 | District of Columbia | 31090 | USA | Washington DC | C40 | 2015 | Buildings | Energy efficiency/ retrofit measures | The Smarter DC Challenge, sponsored by the District Department of the Environment, is a free online and in-person program designed to catalyze sustainable actions in and for the workplace. It is designed to help organizations and buildings reduce resource consumption, including energy, water, waste and nonrenewable materials through friendly competition. | (38.9071923°, -77.0368707°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 1746 | City of Oslo | 14088 | Norway | Oslo | C40 | 2015 | Finance and Economic Development | Developing the green economy | "Business for Climate" is initiated and owned by the Governing Mayor of Oslo. The local business community is invited to sign the Oslo Climate Pact, where they commit to helping the City of Oslo to reach their emission target and to report on their own progress. To date (April 2015), about 70 companies have signed the Climate Pact. Network meetings give local businesses an informal araena to discuss solutions with the city`s politicians. Some local companies have also been invited to monthly meetings to discuss the climate and energy strategy of Oslo. | (59.9138688°, 10.7522454°) | (60.472024°, 8.468946°) | |
| 1747 | City of Chicago | 3203 | USA | Chicago | C40 | 2015 | Buildings | Energy efficiency/ retrofit measures | Through the Chicago Green Health Care Initiative, the City of Chicago has developed an approach to work with hospitals to reduce energy consumption. The Chicago Green Healthcare Initiative (CGHI) team is promoting the initiative through public events, CGHI Peer Exchange meetings for Facility and Environmental Services Managers, a CGHI Peer Exchange newsletter, and a website. As of September 2012, 21 hospitals had signed the CGHI pledge. Ten hospitals have conducted energy assessments, and nine have received steam audits. The CGHI team is also working closely with hospitals to provide energy efficiency support and has confirmed plans with two more hospitals to help with energy assessments. The team is also evaluating the status of hospitals in energy use, waste management, and general approaches to greening operations through a CGHI Survey. The Chicago Conservation Corps (C3) has continued to distribute educational and outreach materials to inform Chicago residents of the connections between healthy living and climate change impacts. C3 leaders worked on projects related to home weatherization, alternative transportation and air quality, urban agriculture and local food issues, and indoor home health, educating nearly 200 community members in the process. The City of Chicago is continuing to work with hospitals to engage them in CGHI, facilitate use of EPA's Portfolio Manager and WasteWise Program, and to complete facility surveys. The City is attempting to continue and expand CGHI work via other funding sources once the EPA grant ends, and will also continue to conduct public outreach and support existing partnerships. For more information, visit: www.epa.gov/statelocalclimate/local/showcase/green-health-care.html | (41.8781136°, -87.6297982°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 1748 | Alcaldía Metropolitana de Caracas | 31159 | Venezuela | Caracas | C40 | 2015 | Mass Transit | The National Government has been working on extending the metro lines to serve residential areas in the periphery of the city | (10.4696404°, -66.8037185°) | (6.42375°, -66.58973°) | ||
| 1749 | City of Baltimore | 35853 | USA | Baltimore | 2015 | Waste | Recycling or composting collections and/or facilities | The City of Baltimore has single stream recycling with curbside collections and is currently implementing a drive for 35 program - to increase recycling in the City to 35%. | (39.2903848°, -76.6121893°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | ||
| 1750 | City of Houston | 31108 | USA | Houston | C40 | 2015 | Waste | Waste prevention policies and programs | The City convenved an Illegal Dumping Task Force to strategize ways to combat illegal dumping and to make recommendations as to how to improve this issue. Currently, residents may place up to 4 tires at the curb for collection during Junk Waste months. Collection crews will separate the tires from the Junk Waste. It may take up to a week before crews return and retrieve the tires. Separating the tires from the rest of the Junk Waste allows the SWMD to properly process tires. | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) |
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Catalog of actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in cities, as reported by city governments participating in CDP in 2015. Activities are tagged by sector and cities provide detailed descriptions of each activity. Some cities also provide estimates of the total anticipated lifetime emissions that will be reduced from each activity.
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