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APPENDIX SAMPLE INITIATIVES <br /> Appendix E: Sample City Initiatives <br /> This appendix contains a brief overview of city initiatives that are noted as model or progressive. <br /> City of Edmonton <br /> "The city of Edmonton aims to become a carbon-neutral city by the year 2050. The city <br /> has developed an overarching environmental strategic plan that puts energy and greenhouse gas <br /> reduction in the focus of the city's measures to reach this goal. Specific measures include the <br /> support of mass micro-generation initiatives that aim at increasing renewable energy use - <br /> primarily solar systems across Edmonton. First models will be tested at the Blatchford <br /> redevelopment, a 30,000 resident community in the city center. Edmonton additionally <br /> introduced a green building plan that includes energy labeling and retrofitting measures. <br /> Edmonton is developing a large-scale waste-to-biofuel facility that will convert 100,000 tonnes of <br /> municipal solid waste into 36 million litres of biofuels annually and help reduce Alberta's CO2 <br /> footprint by six million tonnes over the next 25 years." (Sustainable, 2017). <br /> City of Durban <br /> "The City of Durban is putting a strong emphasis on collaboration with industrial <br /> partners to foster the establishment of sustainable energy infrastructure in the city. The <br /> KwaZulu-Natal Sustainable Energy Forum (KSEF),funded by the eThekwini Energy Office and the <br /> United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) serves as a formal structure that <br /> supports sustainable energy projects in the region. Further, the city emphasizes on the <br /> implementation of solar energy solutions in residential areas, mostly for solar water heating." <br /> (Sustainable, 2017). <br /> 0 <br /> Page 60 UNIVERSITYof ST.THOMAS <br /> EN-ERGYCITY <br /> Opus College of Business <br />