Sustainability | Renewable Energy

Oslo, Norway – Eco-Capital

Oslo: Net Zero Future | Oslo has fleets of clean mass public transit - trams, electric buses and ferries - powered by electricity from a municipal grid fed by mostly renewable energy. Oslo not only sources electricity for public mass transit from renewable energy when possible but uses RE sources to provide electricity for every other sector of the city’s economy as well. [click thumbnail to read more...]

Vauban and the Plus-Energy Sun Ship

Vauban is an exemplary sustainable town and a zero-emission district. Most energy for buildings is from rooftop solar in Vauban. Energy for Vauban is also supplied by a local municipal bio-natural gas cogeneration plant. Vauban's electricity is supplied by renewable energy sources, and district heating for Vauban is supplied by their cogeneration plant...