The City provides a thirty percent reduction in CO2 emissions in 2015.
Zaragoza City Council plans to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (CO2) in the year 2015 by 30 percent compared to those issued in 2005. To achieve this goal has developed a plan that will launch a program of eco-efficiency of municipal facilities and use of the roofs of municipal buildings and land for the installation of wind power and solar photovoltaics.
At present it is, sto credits, conducting an energy audit scheme 18 public buildings and facilities to meet to consider measures to promote efficiency and energy savings up to a 30 percent reduction of current consumption.
Subsequently, consideration be given to re-tender a system of integrated energy management of municipal buildings in order to save between 20 and 30 percent of global savings.
On the other hand, we have analyzed, aika gold, the potential of photovoltaic energy production and municipal buildings has been estimated at 5 megawatts. In October is scheduled to begin the competitive recruitment of the rent of this land, because in that time, the General Administration of the State and will have established new production premiums.
Finally, we have selected 400 acres of public land on, sto credits, which municipal photovoltaic and solar placed with a capacity between 100 and 150 megawatts which, together with the 100 megawatts at present have already been ordered by private initiative, will allow meet the 30 percent reduction of CO2 by the year 2015, since it can overcome the reduction of 250,000 tonnes of CO2.
These measures help the improvement of municipal financing and, in turn, prepare the city for the development of a low carbon economy, highlights the Consistory of Zaragoza in a statement.