sustainable Glasgow

05 February 2010

last week launched a report into how the city aims to become one of Europe’s most sustainable cities in the next 10 years. The report is the culmination of a year-long study by Sustainable Glasgow, a consortium led by the University of Strathclyde. Glasgow is aiming to reduce its carbon emissions by 30% within 10 years while at the same time creating jobs, tackling fuel poverty and regenerating the city.

It estimates that green energy projects will bring in £1.5billion of new investment into the city during that period.

Recommendations in the report include initiatives such as the:

creation of systems to turn the city’s sewage and municipal waste into biogas
creation of urban woodlands in the city’s vacant land – literally making Glasgow greener
development of a district heating system for the city –starting in five identified zones
increased use of biogas and electrically powered vehicles
phasing out electrical, coal and oil heating across the city
development of highly efficient natural gas/biogas fuelled Combined Heat and Power (CHP) systems
development of a smart grid system
and projects to engage with the citizens of Glasgow to encourage behavioural change

Good stuff from Glasgow albeit it is principally an energy management report rather than covering the whole gambit of sustainability. It is certainly a vision of a 'Low Carbon' Glasgow and there is strong evidence that the principles of sustainable development have been fundamental to the vision.

Follow links below to the full report, this is a reduced sized file as the original document was in excess of 25mb. Not exactly low energy for those looking to download. At least at 120 pages long it hasn't been printed out in great numbers sacrificing too many of our nations trees.

Sustainable Glasgow report 2010 3.41 Mb