Sustainable Cities

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Sustainable Cities

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Megatrends pose urgent challenges to cities

Since 2007, 50% of the world’s population lives in cities

Urbanization

Cities are responsible for around 75% of the world‘s energy consumtion

Cities directly or indirectly account for 60% of world's water use

Increasing scarcityof natural resources

Increasing Mobility

An overloaded power grid caused a 3-day electrical blackout in New York City in 2003 which led to economic costs of about 1 bn US dollars.

Growing pressure on Infrastructures

Until 2030, 90% of the world's population growth will occur in cities

Demographic Change

Traffic congestion on city streets in Western Europe doubled between 2006 and 2010

Cities account for roughly 80% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate Change

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Sustainable City

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References of Siemens solutions in cities

Energy andEnvironmental Care Metropolitan Security

Traffic & Public Transportation

Financial Services Ligtning Building technology

Public administration

Education

Water / Wastewater HealthcareSports Venues,

Fairs & Sites Airport / Harbor

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Siemens is partnering with various city initiatives

SlimCity Initiative

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Siemens research series “Sustainable Urban Infrastructure”: A contribution to the debate

Megacities London Munich Dublin

Vienna Trondheim US Mayors European Green City Index

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How green are Europe‘s cities? The European Green City Index provides answers.

Independent research project conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) in cooperation with Siemens

Comparison of 30 major European cities from 30 countries in terms of their environmental performance and policies

Allow key stakeholders to compare how their city performs in comparison with their peers

The index scores all cities across eight categories and 30 individual indicators

16 quantitative indicators measure how a city is currently performing - e.g. energy consumption, recycling rate,…

14 qualitative indicators assess the cities’ environmental aspirations or ambitions - e.g. commitment to reduce CO2 emissions, to increase share of renewable energy, …

How this was achieved?Objective

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What Makes the Index Different?

•Complete set of indicators for all cities

•Independently researched

•Covers all official or business capitals

•Aggregated scores, not just benchmarks

•Transparent methodology and scoring

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• Riga, Latvia

• Rome, Italy

• Sofia, Bulgaria

• Stockholm, Sweden

• Tallinn, Estonia

• Vienna, Austria

• Vilnius, Lithuania

• Warsaw, Poland

• Zagreb, Croatia

• Zurich, Switzerland

• Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Athens, Greece

• Belgrade, Serbia

• Berlin, Germany

• Bratislava, Slovakia

• Brussels, Belgium

• Bucharest, Romania

• Budapest, Hungary

• Copenhagen, Denmark

• Dublin, Ireland

• Helsinki, Finland

• Istanbul, Turkey

• Kiev, Ukraine

• Lisbon, Portugal

• Ljubljana, Slovenia

• London, UK

• Madrid, Spain

• Oslo, Norway

• Paris, France

• Prague, Czech Republic

The European Green City Index assesses 30 major European cities from 30 European countries

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16 quantitative and 14 qualitative indicators in 8 categories were assessed

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Overall ranking: Scandinavian countries score best, Copenhagen comes in first overall

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The Range Within Europe

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Main Findings: What Else Matters

• History

• Size

• Popular Engagement/Civil Society

• Natural Resources

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Lisbon in Perspective

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Siemens Solutions for the categories

CO2 Energy Buildings Transport WaterWaste and land use

Air qualityEnviron-mental Govt.

Sistemas supervisão de tráfego

Int. de sistemas; parques, transp. públicos, controlo dinâmico de vel.

Cidade – zona acesso controlado

Autocarros Híbridos

E-vehicles

SipLink para navios de cruzeiro

SipLink para navios carga

Tratamento de água (filtração)

Eficiência energética em edifícios / Contrato de performance

Requalificação do Parque Escolar

City Cockpit

Green Citycategories

Soluções Siemens

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The European Green City Index report and website

www.siemens.com/greencityindex

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Three further green indices will follow in 2010 – Latin America, Asia and Africa

Latin America Green City Index

African Green City Index

Asian Green City Index