Apr 23 2010
Green and Sustainable Glasgow
Glasgow, will be a green place to live in the days to come thanks to an innovative scheme that is being devised to cut down the carbon emissions and to chart out eco friendly energy generating systems to meet the city’s growing needs. Power Sustainable Glasgow,a consortium,led by Strathclyde and with many eminent scientists and professors in its panel, has come out with a report on how the city aims to become one of Europe’s most sustainable cities in the next decade.
The focus will be to reduce the carbon emissions by over 30% in the coming decade and to manage fuel deficit and to revitalize the city. The proposed green energy projects is expected to bring in over £1.5billion of new investment into the city during that period.
Some of the recommendations in the report includes converting the sewerage and municipal wastes generated in the city to biogas and to create woodlands in barren ares to make it more green. Electrical vehicles will be promoted and oil and coal heating will be completely phased out. The local populace will be encouraged to bring in a positive change in their behaviour and to incorporate eco friendly principles wherever possible in their day to day life.
The next phase of the project which includes the creation of an Energy Masterplan for the city, will be the first of its kind in the whole of the UK. The city centre of Glasgow have the highest density of energy consumption in Scotland and the innovative energy management system would ensure the optimum utilization of integration of many related areas like renewable energy, energy management district heating and combined heat and power.
The holistic approach taken by the city is being watched with great interest all over the world , which would be learning from the Glasgow experience. Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of modern world and how best the countries can strike a balance in meeting the increased demand for energy by keeping the carbon emissions under check and by promoting renewable energy technologies is going to make or break the economies of nations in the days ahead!
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