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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


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