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and opportunities for innovation. We are leveraging local partnership and absorbing new investment to make Bristol a Low Carbon City. Meausres include investment in digital infrastructure (Council’s citywide fibre network and GBP 11 million Government investment in Broadband and Wi-Fi), energy devices in 500 plus offices and 28,000 homes owned by the Council and a £2.5 million grant from the European Investment Bank to develop a Bristol energy service company and citywide investment program, as well as through transport schemes and business inward investment and innovation. The European Green Capital Award was launched in 2008 by the European Commission to promote and reward the efforts of cities and their local authorities to improve the environment. All recipients of the award have a consistent record of achieving high environmental standards; the UK average. Bristol has a Climate
They are committed to on-going and
Change and Energy Security Framework
ambitious goals for further environmental
and has reduced CO2 emissions by 15%
improvement and sustainable
from 2005-2009, against a 6% population
development; They can act as role models
rise. But the 2020 target is a real challenge
to inspire other cities and promote best
requiring significant action and we see
practices to all other European cities. Past
smart technologies as integral to make
winners include Stockholm, Hamburg,
further reductions. We recognise smart
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Nantes and Copenhagen
technologies bring new opportunities i.e.
(2014).
integrating complex systems, opening up
Bristol has been awarded the title
information supporting better governance
of European Green Capital (EGC) for