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Provision
Waste service/waste water treatment provision
9
<1
Installations for recycling, composting, and waste-to-energy facilities
4
Study
Recycling, composting, and reuse schemes
1
Methane capturing from landfi lls (energy production)
31
Authority
Regulations on methane combustion from landfi ll sites
Subtotal: Waste sector (if applicable)
44
5
Urban planning and land useSelf-governing
High energy-effi ciency standards and use of CHP in new public
buildings
Demonstration projects: house or neighborhood scale
Enabling
Guidance for architects and developers on energy effi ciency and
renewables
Promotion of tree planting
3
Authority
Strategic land-use planning to enhance energy effi ciency and
renewables
Planning of sites for renewable installationsStrategic land-use planning to enhance public transportUrban forestation
<1
7
Subtotal: Urban forestry and land use sector (if applicable)
1
10
Source:
Authors for different sources, based on Alber and Kern 2008: BMA 2008; City of New York 2007a; IEFE 2009; SMA-GDF 2008; Mayor o
f London 2007a.
Note:
Numbers refer to the weight of specifi c measures on annual total emission reductions expected from the implementation of the pl
an. CHP = combined heat and power.
Shaded cells mean that these measures are included in the respective city’s plan; no shading and no number means that the measu
re does not have a quantitative target to
go with it in the plan.