UK to be world’s leading green nation?
According to Gordon Brown’s clima speech last week, the UK has plans of creating an environmentally sustainable economy. They have passed a law to fight global warming and want to lead the way by becoming the world’s leading green nation.
According to Brown, the government is currently considering whether the targets for CO2 reductions can be increased from 60 to 80%.
Also, the UK strives to achieve the EU target of having 30% of all energy coming from sustainable energy sources in 2020. Additionally, the financial support for sustainable initiatives will be increased significantly.
In Devon and Cornwall, they have already commenced serious preparations for sustanability by launching a project where all street lights will be dimmable. 40% of the region’s CO2 emmissions stem from lighting, and thus lowering the energy consumption here will provide significant CO2 savings.
December 7th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
CO² emissions rates per KWH depends on the electricity providers. There is an official rate available for each electricity provider (0.12 for EDF, 0.41 for E.ON, 0.518 for Enel, …) but what is the average “KG CO² per KWH” that is usually taken as the reference by the UK councils for streetlight electricity consumption ? Thanks very much in advance.
February 27th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Great Blog!!
I want to introduce myself and bring to you attention our site at www.greenstreetlights.com We are working with cities in North America to address issues with energy efficency in city street lights. We are excitied to see that our purposes are similar in nature and hopefully we can compliment each other’s work.
We publish several articles on street lighting and would be happy to submit some of them to the blog.
Look forward to working with you in the future.
Jim Hunt, Co-Founder of Greenstreetlights.com and Immediate Past President of the National League of Cities