New York cuts greenhouse gas emissions
New York City will spend $ 2.3 billion to cut greenhouse gas emissions from municipal buildings and operations by 30 per cent in 30 years, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
The city aims to cut 1.68 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents a year from 2006 levels by 2017, with measures ranging from improved heating and cooling systems to fixing methane leaks at water treatment plants and using that gas to run electri
c generation equipment.
The city’s administration consumes about 6.5 per cent of the city’s total energy use, and 10 per cent of its peak electricity demand.
“By 2015, we project we will have saved more on our energy bills than we will have spent on all our planned investments to that point,” Deputy Mayor Ed Skyler said. The programme will partly be funded with 10 per cent of the city’s energy budget — about $100 million in the current fiscal year. Improved heating, cooling and ventilation systems in buildings will be used to accomplish 57 per cent of the total reductions. Emissions at firehouses, police precincts, offices, court houses and sanitation garages will also be reduced via repairs. Another 17 per cent of the reductions will come at water plants that treat sewage and storm water runoff, by fixing methane leaks and using that gas to run electric generation equipment. Other steps include buying more vehicles that get better gas mileage. — Reuters
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