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2017 - Cities Local Government Operations Emissions Reduction Activities
| Row number | Account number | Organization | City | Country | Region | C40 | Access | Reporting Year | Emissions reduction activity | Sector | Anticipated emissions reduction – cumulative over the lifetime of the action (metric tonnes CO2e) | Action description | City Location | Country Location |
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| 1701 | 58531 | City of Somerville, MA | Somerville, MA | USA | North America | Public | 2017 | On-site renewable energy generation | Buildings | (42.393449°, -71.082647°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |||
| 1702 | 58531 | City of Somerville, MA | Somerville, MA | USA | North America | Public | 2017 | Recycling or composting collections and/or facilities | Waste | (42.393449°, -71.082647°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |||
| 1703 | 58531 | City of Somerville, MA | Somerville, MA | USA | North America | Public | 2017 | Switching to low-carbon fuels | Buildings | (42.393449°, -71.082647°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |||
| 1704 | 58531 | City of Somerville, MA | Somerville, MA | USA | North America | Public | 2017 | Transportation demand management | Private Transport | (42.393449°, -71.082647°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |||
| 1705 | 58531 | City of Somerville, MA | Somerville, MA | USA | North America | Public | 2017 | Urban agriculture | Community-Scale Development | (42.393449°, -71.082647°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |||
| 1706 | 58488 | Sonderborg Kommune | Sonderborg | Denmark | Europe | Public | 2017 | Awareness and education for non motorized transport | Private Transport | (54.913811°, 9.792178°) | (56.26392°, 9.501785°) | |||
| 1707 | 58488 | Sonderborg Kommune | Sonderborg | Denmark | Europe | Public | 2017 | Energy efficiency/ retrofit measures | Buildings | (54.913811°, 9.792178°) | (56.26392°, 9.501785°) | |||
| 1708 | 58488 | Sonderborg Kommune | Sonderborg | Denmark | Europe | Public | 2017 | Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 from motorized vehicles | Private Transport | (54.913811°, 9.792178°) | (56.26392°, 9.501785°) | |||
| 1709 | 58488 | Sonderborg Kommune | Sonderborg | Denmark | Europe | Public | 2017 | Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 from trucks | Mass Transit | (54.913811°, 9.792178°) | (56.26392°, 9.501785°) | |||
| 1710 | 58488 | Sonderborg Kommune | Sonderborg | Denmark | Europe | Public | 2017 | On-site renewable energy generation | Buildings | (54.913811°, 9.792178°) | (56.26392°, 9.501785°) | |||
| 1711 | 58488 | Sonderborg Kommune | Sonderborg | Denmark | Europe | Public | 2017 | Optimize traditional power/ energy production | Energy Supply | (54.913811°, 9.792178°) | (56.26392°, 9.501785°) | |||
| 1712 | 58488 | Sonderborg Kommune | Sonderborg | Denmark | Europe | Public | 2017 | Smart public transport | Mass Transit | (54.913811°, 9.792178°) | (56.26392°, 9.501785°) | |||
| 1713 | 50383 | Prefeitura de Sorocaba | Sorocaba | Brazil | Latin America | Public | 2017 | Other | Other | in preparation | (-23.4774899°, -47.4220615°) | (-14.235004°, -51.92528°) | ||
| 1714 | 35393 | City of St Louis | St Louis | USA | North America | Public | 2017 | Energy efficiency/ retrofit measures | Buildings | Increased efficiency lighting retrofits in select government buildings. | (38.627°, -90.1994°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | ||
| 1715 | 35393 | City of St Louis | St Louis | USA | North America | Public | 2017 | Green space and/ or biodiversity preservation and expansion | Community-Scale Development | Using LRA land for butterfly gardens under the Urban Vitality & Ecology initiative. | (38.627°, -90.1994°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | ||
| 1716 | 35393 | City of St Louis | St Louis | USA | North America | Public | 2017 | Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 from trucks | Mass Transit | Using telematics for monitoring efficiencies, increasing use of alternate fuels, and considering replacing refuse trucks with newer CNG using trucks. | (38.627°, -90.1994°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | ||
| 1717 | 35393 | City of St Louis | St Louis | USA | North America | Public | 2017 | Urban agriculture | Community-Scale Development | (38.627°, -90.1994°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |||
| 1718 | 3429 | City of Stockholm | Stockholm | Sweden | Europe | C40 | Public | 2017 | Building performance rating and reporting | Buildings | Energy Centre is the city's function for energy efficiency efforts and renewable electricity production in the city's own organization. Energy Centre's work focuses on energy efficiency and solar energy production, particularly in the city's building stock, which accounts for about 75% of the city energy use, but also supports other parts of the city. Energy Centre was founded in 2005 as a projects and subsequently evaluated. After the evaluation was a political decision to permanent business. Energy Centre started with two energy specialists. Today, the energy center of six persons. Energy Centre assists with technical studies, feasibility studies, evaluations and specialist in procurement to support the implementation of energy efficiency measures and investments in solar energy production. An important part of the business is to seek project funding for R & D projects and be responsible for project management of approved projects. In the energy center's tasks include also follow up the city's energy statistics and report compliance against the city energy efficiency objective for City Council. The budget for 2015 is about 640 000 USD. The centre is a continous part of the Health and Environmental Administrations work within the city. | (59.3293235°, 18.0685808°) | (60.128161°, 18.643501°) | |
| 1719 | 3429 | City of Stockholm | Stockholm | Sweden | Europe | C40 | Public | 2017 | Building performance rating and reporting | Buildings | It is a national law requirement for all buildings within the municipality to collect data of their own buildings (either institutional (municipal) and public. This is continously done in all buildings owned by the city. | (59.3293235°, 18.0685808°) | (60.128161°, 18.643501°) | |
| 1720 | 3429 | City of Stockholm | Stockholm | Sweden | Europe | C40 | Public | 2017 | Building performance rating and reporting | Buildings | Smart meters have been installed in many new houses, and are more or less required in new buildings within Stockholm city. This is something that is continously ongoing in the city. | (59.3293235°, 18.0685808°) | (60.128161°, 18.643501°) | |
| 1721 | 3429 | City of Stockholm | Stockholm | Sweden | Europe | C40 | Public | 2017 | Energy efficiency/ retrofit measures | Buildings | According to the City's environmental program, energy efficiency by 10% between 2012 and 2015 in the city's building stock. This plan is also being updated from 2016-2019 and every update is progressing towards more efficient energy consumption. This includes Installation, HVAC operations & maintenance, Efficient lighting systems and proper insulation among other improvements and advancements in Energy efficiency in new and older buildings. The city works with this program continously. | (59.3293235°, 18.0685808°) | (60.128161°, 18.643501°) | |
| 1722 | 3429 | City of Stockholm | Stockholm | Sweden | Europe | C40 | Public | 2017 | Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 from motorized vehicles | Private Transport | The procurement of transport services to the city requires a certain degree of renewable fuel. | (59.3293235°, 18.0685808°) | (60.128161°, 18.643501°) | |
| 1723 | 3429 | City of Stockholm | Stockholm | Sweden | Europe | C40 | Public | 2017 | Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 from motorized vehicles | Private Transport | Increased number of public charging points, 1500 in 2020. | (59.3293235°, 18.0685808°) | (60.128161°, 18.643501°) | |
| 1724 | 3429 | City of Stockholm | Stockholm | Sweden | Europe | C40 | Public | 2017 | LED / CFL / other luminaire technologies | Outdoor Lighting | 15% of street lighting has been switched to LED technology and more is planned in coming years. | (59.3293235°, 18.0685808°) | (60.128161°, 18.643501°) | |
| 1725 | 3429 | City of Stockholm | Stockholm | Sweden | Europe | C40 | Public | 2017 | On-site renewable energy generation | Buildings | The city has biomass heating both for individual buildings, blocks heating and as fuel in Combined heat and power plants. | (59.3293235°, 18.0685808°) | (60.128161°, 18.643501°) | |
| 1726 | 3429 | City of Stockholm | Stockholm | Sweden | Europe | C40 | Public | 2017 | On-site renewable energy generation | Buildings | Geothermal heating systems are very popular for buildings that are not located in areas close to the district heating system. It is part of Stockholm City's Environmental Plan or Miljöprogramm. | (59.3293235°, 18.0685808°) | (60.128161°, 18.643501°) | |
| 1727 | 3429 | City of Stockholm | Stockholm | Sweden | Europe | C40 | Public | 2017 | On-site renewable energy generation | Buildings | Heat pumps are very popular for buildings that are not located in areas close to the district heating system.It is part of Stockholm City's Environmental Plan or Miljöprogramm. | (59.3293235°, 18.0685808°) | (60.128161°, 18.643501°) | |
| 1728 | 3429 | City of Stockholm | Stockholm | Sweden | Europe | C40 | Public | 2017 | On-site renewable energy generation | Buildings | Hållbara Järva: Järva districts Rinkeby, Husby, Akalla and Kista is along Sweden's solar densest area of over 10,000 square meters of solar cells. Stockholm housing Swedish Housing and Family Housing and Real Estate and sport administration has invested heavily in solar panels in the area of solar cells installed on the roof and walls, which is expected to provide energy for around 15-20 percent of the property's electricity needs in and 6 percent in the swimming pools. The solar cells are expected to generate 1.3 GWh of solar electricity per year. Similiar projects are being incorporated in the Stockholm Royal Seaport and Hammarby Sjöstaden. The long term goal is to cover 10% (70GWh) of the City's need for electricity with solar power. | (59.3293235°, 18.0685808°) | (60.128161°, 18.643501°) | |
| 1729 | 3429 | City of Stockholm | Stockholm | Sweden | Europe | C40 | Public | 2017 | Recycling or composting collections and/or facilities | Waste | An optic sorting plant for plastic, food waste and other fractions is being designed and built in 2018. | (59.3293235°, 18.0685808°) | (60.128161°, 18.643501°) | |
| 1730 | 3429 | City of Stockholm | Stockholm | Sweden | Europe | C40 | Public | 2017 | Recycling or composting collections and/or facilities | Waste | A target of 70% of household food waste to be collected and digested to biogas and fertilizer by 2020. | (59.3293235°, 18.0685808°) | (60.128161°, 18.643501°) | |
| 1731 | 3429 | City of Stockholm | Stockholm | Sweden | Europe | C40 | Public | 2017 | Smart public transport | Mass Transit | The city co-finances three new metro lines and other mass transit investments. | (59.3293235°, 18.0685808°) | (60.128161°, 18.643501°) | |
| 1732 | 3429 | City of Stockholm | Stockholm | Sweden | Europe | C40 | Public | 2017 | Switching to low-carbon fuels | Buildings | All public housing do purchase of ‘green’ electricity from the grid which is a goal in the Stockholm City's environmental program. | (59.3293235°, 18.0685808°) | (60.128161°, 18.643501°) | |
| 1733 | 3429 | City of Stockholm | Stockholm | Sweden | Europe | C40 | Public | 2017 | Switching to low-carbon fuels | Buildings | The city has biomass heating both for individual buildings, blocks heating. Switching fuel from oil to pellets in blocks heat boilers.Many buildings are switching from oil to district heating. | (59.3293235°, 18.0685808°) | (60.128161°, 18.643501°) | |
| 1734 | 3429 | City of Stockholm | Stockholm | Sweden | Europe | C40 | Public | 2017 | Transit oriented development | Community-Scale Development | In order to meet the challenges of a fast growing city, long-term strategic planning is crucial. The Walkable City - Stockholm City Plan is a comprehensive water and land use plan for the municipality of Stockholm, as well as a governing document. The plan is a first concrete step to realize the city's future vision; Stockholm the Capital of Scandinavia - a World Class City. | (59.3293235°, 18.0685808°) | (60.128161°, 18.643501°) | |
| 1735 | 31114 | City of Sydney | Sydney | Australia | South Asia and Oceania | C40 | Public | 2017 | Building performance rating and reporting | Buildings | Audits and advice have been a major part of the City's building efficiency retrofit program. | (-33.8674869°, 151.2069902°) | (-25.274398°, 133.775136°) | |
| 1736 | 31114 | City of Sydney | Sydney | Australia | South Asia and Oceania | C40 | Public | 2017 | Building performance rating and reporting | Buildings | The City of Sydney is involved in benchmarking of our buildings through the National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS program) . For more information see http://www.nabers.gov.au/public/WebPages/Home.aspx | (-33.8674869°, 151.2069902°) | (-25.274398°, 133.775136°) | |
| 1737 | 31114 | City of Sydney | Sydney | Australia | South Asia and Oceania | C40 | Public | 2017 | Building performance rating and reporting | Buildings | The City of Sydney provides mandatory disclosure of energy efficiency through the Commercial Building Disclosure program administered by the Australian Government. For more information see CBD.gov.au | (-33.8674869°, 151.2069902°) | (-25.274398°, 133.775136°) | |
| 1738 | 31114 | City of Sydney | Sydney | Australia | South Asia and Oceania | C40 | Public | 2017 | Building performance rating and reporting | Buildings | Smart meters are installed wherever possible at City owned buildings and the information input into our in-house utility information management system to enable reporting of progress against our emissions reduction targets. | (-33.8674869°, 151.2069902°) | (-25.274398°, 133.775136°) | |
| 1739 | 31114 | City of Sydney | Sydney | Australia | South Asia and Oceania | C40 | Public | 2017 | Building performance rating and reporting | Buildings | Sub meters are installed wherever possible at City owned buildings and the information input into our in-house utility information management system to enable reporting of progress against our emissions reduction targets. | (-33.8674869°, 151.2069902°) | (-25.274398°, 133.775136°) | |
| 1740 | 31114 | City of Sydney | Sydney | Australia | South Asia and Oceania | C40 | Public | 2017 | Energy efficiency/ retrofit measures | Buildings | The City awarded a tender to retrofit 45 of its major buildings with energy and water savings measures in 2014. The retrofit is complete and has cut energy use by 6,054 MWh (megawatt hours), reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 21 per cent per year and water consumption by 40,516 kL per year. The energy and water savings have been independently verified. Payback is estimated within nine years. These retrofits are increasing efficiency of our buildings but also reducing maintenance costs and utility charges. This $6.9 million project will include an upgrade of the City of Sydney's pools, community centres, libraries and car parks. Old inefficient lights are being replaced and heating and air-conditioning systems are being upgraded and improved. Water-saving devices will include aerated taps and shower heads, cistern modifiers in toilets and waterless urinals. | (-33.8674869°, 151.2069902°) | (-25.274398°, 133.775136°) | |
| 1741 | 31114 | City of Sydney | Sydney | Australia | South Asia and Oceania | C40 | Public | 2017 | Energy efficiency/ retrofit measures | Buildings | Old inefficient lights are being replaced in the City's building through the building efficiency retrofit. | (-33.8674869°, 151.2069902°) | (-25.274398°, 133.775136°) | |
| 1742 | 31114 | City of Sydney | Sydney | Australia | South Asia and Oceania | C40 | Public | 2017 | Infrastructure for non motorized transport | Private Transport | To support the use of active transport, staff are encouraged to use the City of Sydney’s bicycle fleet in preference to fleet cars and taxis. The bike fleet includes a range of bikes suited to various operational requirements, including; a cargo bike, some electric assist bikes and bikes with additional carrying capacity. Staff members wanting to use the bicycle fleet are given detailed training and provided with appropriate personal protective equipment.The bike fleet is housed in recently completed end-of-trip facilities called "Pitstop" on Level 1 of Town Hall House which provides security access for staff riding or walking to work, promoting active transport. The Pitstop facility includes 150 bike parking spaces, 150 lockers, en-suite and accessible bathrooms, showers, change rooms and a water station. | (-33.8674869°, 151.2069902°) | (-25.274398°, 133.775136°) | |
| 1743 | 31114 | City of Sydney | Sydney | Australia | South Asia and Oceania | C40 | Public | 2017 | LED / CFL / other luminaire technologies | Outdoor Lighting | The City has upgraded the lamps in all the streetlights it owns to energy-efficient LEDs. The remainder of the streetlights in our LGA are owned by Ausgrid - however the City pays the electricity bills and takes responsibility for the carbon generated.We are advocating for Ausgrid to upgrade all its streetlights in the local government area to efficient LED lamps to save energy. | (-33.8674869°, 151.2069902°) | (-25.274398°, 133.775136°) | |
| 1744 | 31114 | City of Sydney | Sydney | Australia | South Asia and Oceania | C40 | Public | 2017 | On-site renewable energy generation | Buildings | In July 2012 Council awarded a tender to install solar photovoltaic panels to multiple sites that it owns including properties, sports fields, town halls, libraries, Council depots, and community centres. The project has passed the halfway mark, with around 2,706 panels installed across 23 sites so far and adds to six previous installations including the heritage listed Sydney Town Hall.When complete, this multi-million dollar installation is expected to produce almost two GWh (gigawatt hours) of clean renewable energy saving up to 2,074 tCO2-e annually. The output of the panels will be reviewed regularly. | (-33.8674869°, 151.2069902°) | (-25.274398°, 133.775136°) | |
| 1745 | 43930 | The Hague | The Hague | Netherlands | Europe | Public | 2017 | Infrastructure for non motorized transport | Private Transport | Cycling is supported by providing a network of safe cycling lanes and ample parking opportunities. | (52.070498°, 4.3007°) | (52.132633°, 5.291266°) | ||
| 1746 | 31114 | City of Sydney | Sydney | Australia | South Asia and Oceania | C40 | Public | 2017 | Transit oriented development | Community-Scale Development | The Liveable Green Network (LGN) is the City’s plan to create a network of high quality walking and cycling routes in the City. Implementation of the LGN involves infrastructure improvements to streets and public spaces to make spaces moreconnected and pleasant to walk and ride in.The LGN connects the City to its urban villages, connects village to village and to parks and leisure facilities. The LGN ensures all residents are within reasonable walking distance to most local services including fresh food, childcare, health services and social, learning, and cultural infrastructure. At least 10% of city trips will be made by bicycle and 50% by pedestrian movement.The network features include traffic calming measures, widened footpaths and more pedestrian crossings, way-finding, planting for shade and amenity, bubblers, seats, cycleways, bike parking and LED lighting. | (-33.8674869°, 151.2069902°) | (-25.274398°, 133.775136°) | |
| 1747 | 54389 | Taichung City Government | Taichung | Taiwan | East Asia | Public | 2017 | Building codes and standards | Buildings | Green building certifications required for new public buildings and development projects. | (24.161859°, 120.646967°) | (23.6978°, 120.9605°) | ||
| 1748 | 54389 | Taichung City Government | Taichung | Taiwan | East Asia | Public | 2017 | Developing the green economy | Finance and Economic Development | To encourage the development of green energy industries and green products in Taichung City by providing favorable investment environment. | (24.161859°, 120.646967°) | (23.6978°, 120.9605°) | ||
| 1749 | 54389 | Taichung City Government | Taichung | Taiwan | East Asia | Public | 2017 | Eco-district development strategy | Community-Scale Development | The Shuainan District under planning and construction is designed to become the low carbon, intelligent and innovation model district of Taichung City. | (24.161859°, 120.646967°) | (23.6978°, 120.9605°) | ||
| 1750 | 54389 | Taichung City Government | Taichung | Taiwan | East Asia | Public | 2017 | Green space and/ or biodiversity preservation and expansion | Community-Scale Development | Green corridors and eco-preservation areas are built and maintained by the city government such as the Callegraphy Greenway and the Gaomei Wetland. | (24.161859°, 120.646967°) | (23.6978°, 120.9605°) |
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Cities are leading the transition to a sustainable economy. In 2017 over 350 cities told CDP that they are working to reduce emissions in their own city operations. Cities are leading my example and changing the way that they operate.
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