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Lessons from the Europe's greenest city

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conference contribution
posted on 2013-01-01, 00:00 authored by Robert Fuller, P Thollander
In 2007, the City of Växjö in Sweden was voted the greenest city in Europe. Over an 18-year period, greenhouse gas emissions per resident have been reduced by 41%. How has Växjö achieved this impressive result and are there any lessons that could be transferred to Australian cities? This paper describes research which compares Växjö with the Victorian City of Ballarat. The research shows that per capita emissions for Ballarat are 133% higher than those in Växjö. Upgrading the typical Ballarat home to a 6-star rating, and installing a gas-boosted solar water heater and 4.0 kW PV system on the roof could reduce per capita emissions to similar levels to those in Växjö.

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Event

Urban Design. Conference (2013 : Sydney, N. S. W.)

Pagination

54 - 61

Publisher

Urban Design Australia

Location

Sydney, N. S. W.

Place of publication

Nerang, Qld.

Start date

2013-09-09

End date

2013-09-11

Language

eng

Publication classification

E1 Full written paper - refereed

Copyright notice

2013, Urban Design Australia

Title of proceedings

Proceedings of the 2013 Urban Design Conference

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