How green is your city? Measuring and developping sustainable cities

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Measuring and Developing Sustainable Cities Presentation to EU Committee of Regions May 27, 2008 Warren Karlenzig, CEO, Common Current www.commoncurrent.com
How Green is Your City? U.S. City Rankings
#2 San Francisco: (Population 800,000)
#49 Oklahoma City (Population 400,000)
City Sustainability Metrics
- Knowledge Base/ Communications:
- S ustainability department; National government/ NGO collaboration; sustainability plan; city sustainability information on Internet
- City Innovation:
- Green building incentives; environmental purchasing; carpooling coordination;
- car sharing programs
Green Cities: New Solutions
- Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Pilot projects
- Transportation: fastest growing greenhouse gas emissions sector worldwide
- Seoul: Personal Travel Assistant
- San Francisco: Connected Bus System
- Amsterdam: Smart work centers
- IT: Microsoft/ ICLEI/ Large Cities C40/ William J. Clinton Climate Initiative:
- Carbon accounting portal and tools for city carbon inventories. In Beta.
View other cities’ Best Practices…
Find your peers
Timeline: Global Influences, ICT Advances, US Green Cities
- Warren Karlenzig
- President/ CEO Common Current
- San Anselmo, California
- United States of America
- [email_address]
- www.commoncurrent.com
- 1-415-259-6227