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city has also held a series of international
led; Every program under the initiative
high profile summits on Climate Change,
is gauged and appraised on the basis
which were attended by the Prime
of whether it is in conformity with
Minister, other leading politicians and top-
public interests and whether it is able
level global climate change stakeholders.
to draw citizens, businesses and social
As regards the reduction of emission in
organizations into the implementation
industries, commercial buildings and
process. This is critically important in that
energy supply, Bristol mainly adopts
it can determine the success and failure
improvement and upgrading measures of
of the overall endeavor of building a low-
economical nature, which can be vividly
carbon city through partnership systems.
seen in the chart below. Bristol places people at the center of its overall endeavor to build a low-carbon city, which means that the government
Effect and Challenge 1. Effect of the Initiative
guides market-based factors and ordinary
Smart City Bristol has two primary
citizens into participating in low-carbon
goals. First, to develop smart projects that
projects by establishing a friendly policy
will contribute to a reduction in Bristol’s
environment and popularizing the
CO2 emissions. Success is measured by
concepts of cross sector collaboration
the Bristol Climate Change and Energy
and cooperation. As Smart City, Bristol is
Framework 2012-2015 which was
people-centered rather than technology-
adopted in March 2012 and sets out how
Bristol s Improving and Upgrading Situation of Economical Type Key Areas
Major Ways and Measures 3E Houses (Energy-efficient Transformation of Residences;
Residential Areas
Renewable Energy Utilization Home; Energy Conservation and Circular Utilization) Establishing a Green Building Labeling System; Beefing up
Office Buildings
Energy-saving Requirements for Newly-constructed Projects; Upgrading the Energy-saving Capabilities of Old Buildings Encouraging Waste Classification and Recycling for Power
Energy Supply
Generation and Heating; Formulating New Plans and Policies to Incentive Renewable-energy-based Power Generation; Transitioning to Distributed and Sustainable Energy Supply Models