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What are the eco cities in Europe?
What are the technologies used to achieve low or zero carbon footprint ?
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Denmark
The industrial park in Kalundborg is often cited as a model for industrial ecology.
Republic of Ireland
South Dublin County Council announced plans in late 2007 to develop Clonburris, a new suburb of Dublin to include up to 15,000 new homes, to be designed to achieve the highest of international standards. The plans for Clonburris include countless green innovations such as high levels of energy efficiency, mandatory renewable energy for heating and electricity, the use of recycled and sustainable building materials, a district heating system for distributing heat, the provision of allotments for growing food, and even the banning of tumble driers, with natural drying areas being provided instead.
Sweden
Gothenburg, and especially Älvstaden (central city by the river Göta Älv) are good examples of sustainable city in Sweden. The have low environmental impact, contain passive houses, good recycling system for waste, etc.
Hammarby Sjöstad, Stockholm
United Kingdom
St Davids the smallest city in the United Kingdom aims to be the first carbon neutral city in the world.
Each is a zero-carbon, zero-waste city that is fully sustainable. Design of these cities places a heavy emphasis on the use of renewable resources including solar power in order to maintain the sustainability of the area.
It is designed with consideration of environmental impact, inhabited by people dedicated to minimisation of required inputs of energy, water and food, and waste output of heat, air pollution - CO2, methane, and water pollution.
A sustainable city can feed itself with minimal reliance on the surrounding countryside, and power itself with renewable sources of energy. The crux of this is to create the smallest possible ecological footprint, and to produce the lowest quantity of pollution possible, to efficiently use land; compost used materials, recycle it or convert waste-to-energy, and thus the city's overall contribution to climate change will be minimal, if such practices are adhered to.
These cities are achieved through various means, such as:
-Different agricultural systems such as agricultural plots within the city (suburbs or centre). This reduces the distance food has to travel from field to fork. Practical work out of this may be done by either small scale/private farming plots or through larger scale agriculture (eg farmscrapers).
- Renewable energy sources, such as wind turbines, solar panels, or bio-gas created from sewage. Cities provide economies of scale that make such energy sources viable.
- Various methods to reduce the need for air conditioning (a massive energy demand), such as planting trees and lightening surface colors, natural ventilation systems, an increase in water features, and green spaces equaling at least 20% of the city's surface. These measures counter the "heat island effect" caused by an abundance of tarmac and asphalt, which can make urban areas several degrees warmer than surrounding rural areas—as much as six degrees Celsius during the evening.
-Improved public transport and an increase in pedestrianization to reduce car emissions. This requires a radically different approach to city planning, with integrated business, industrial, and residential zones. Roads may be designed to make driving difficult.
-Optimal building density to make public transport viable but avoid the creation of urban heat islands.
-Solutions to decrease urban sprawl, by seeking new ways of allowing people to live closer to the workspace.
-Green roofs
-Zero-emission transport
-Zero-energy building
- Sustainable urban drainage systems or SUDS
- energy conservation systems/devices
-Xeriscaping - garden and landscape design for water conservation
The industrial park in Kalundborg is often cited as a model for industrial ecology.
Republic of Ireland
South Dublin County Council announced plans in late 2007 to develop Clonburris, a new suburb of Dublin to include up to 15,000 new homes, to be designed to achieve the highest of international standards. The plans for Clonburris include countless green innovations such as high levels of energy efficiency, mandatory renewable energy for heating and electricity, the use of recycled and sustainable building materials, a district heating system for distributing heat, the provision of allotments for growing food, and even the banning of tumble driers, with natural drying areas being provided instead.
Sweden
Gothenburg, and especially Älvstaden (central city by the river Göta Älv) are good examples of sustainable city in Sweden. The have low environmental impact, contain passive houses, good recycling system for waste, etc.
Hammarby Sjöstad, Stockholm
United Kingdom
St Davids the smallest city in the United Kingdom aims to be the first carbon neutral city in the world.
Each is a zero-carbon, zero-waste city that is fully sustainable. Design of these cities places a heavy emphasis on the use of renewable resources including solar power in order to maintain the sustainability of the area.
It is designed with consideration of environmental impact, inhabited by people dedicated to minimisation of required inputs of energy, water and food, and waste output of heat, air pollution - CO2, methane, and water pollution.
A sustainable city can feed itself with minimal reliance on the surrounding countryside, and power itself with renewable sources of energy. The crux of this is to create the smallest possible ecological footprint, and to produce the lowest quantity of pollution possible, to efficiently use land; compost used materials, recycle it or convert waste-to-energy, and thus the city's overall contribution to climate change will be minimal, if such practices are adhered to.
These cities are achieved through various means, such as:
-Different agricultural systems such as agricultural plots within the city (suburbs or centre). This reduces the distance food has to travel from field to fork. Practical work out of this may be done by either small scale/private farming plots or through larger scale agriculture (eg farmscrapers).
- Renewable energy sources, such as wind turbines, solar panels, or bio-gas created from sewage. Cities provide economies of scale that make such energy sources viable.
- Various methods to reduce the need for air conditioning (a massive energy demand), such as planting trees and lightening surface colors, natural ventilation systems, an increase in water features, and green spaces equaling at least 20% of the city's surface. These measures counter the "heat island effect" caused by an abundance of tarmac and asphalt, which can make urban areas several degrees warmer than surrounding rural areas—as much as six degrees Celsius during the evening.
-Improved public transport and an increase in pedestrianization to reduce car emissions. This requires a radically different approach to city planning, with integrated business, industrial, and residential zones. Roads may be designed to make driving difficult.
-Optimal building density to make public transport viable but avoid the creation of urban heat islands.
-Solutions to decrease urban sprawl, by seeking new ways of allowing people to live closer to the workspace.
-Green roofs
-Zero-emission transport
-Zero-energy building
- Sustainable urban drainage systems or SUDS
- energy conservation systems/devices
-Xeriscaping - garden and landscape design for water conservation
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google,wikipedia etc plus did a project on that before
You asked the same question except with different locations.So I mentioned the cities corresponding to the locations but the part below is the same since it applies for all.
google,wikipedia etc plus did a project on that before
You asked the same question except with different locations.So I mentioned the cities corresponding to the locations but the part below is the same since it applies for all.
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