Creating a carbon neutral district in Copenhagen

Copenhagen has set a goal of becoming the first CO2 neutral city in 2025. To be able to achieve this, the city is planning to create a CO2 neutral city district as a model area.

Last year, as a part of the many projects developed in the municipality of Copenhagen in relation to the UN Climate Change Conference COP15, the city council carried out a case study to show how it would be possible to create a CO2 neutral neighbourhood. At the moment, the project is at the draft stage but it is being planned enthusiastically.

According to the plan, in the Amager Faelled city district, all buildings will be using less than 50 percent of the energy of standard buildings. A major percentage of the energy will come from wind turbines and buildings will also be equipped with solar cells and panels. In 2020, a resident of Amager Faelled Bykvarter will use 65 percent less energy than a Copenhagener consumed in 2008.

See the video introducing this interesting project!