The Canadian authorities said that they plan to implement several fundamentally new approaches in the field of environmental construction in Vancouver – one of the largest megacities of the country. It is likely that soon Vancouver will be able to be proud of the title of the most environmental city on planet Earth. The authorities plan to reach such results closer to 2020.
For such a quick achievement of such an ambitious goal, a special program for the development of the city was prepared. Within its framework, it is envisaged to intensively master and introduce renewable energy sources. All this should happen against the background of high pace on environmental construction.
The population of Vancouver already exceeds 2.3 million people. It is noteworthy that for this period of time about 94 percent of all electricity that this city consumes directly alternative sources supply. The authorities paid great attention to the issue of reducing the volume of harmful emissions into the surrounding atmosphere. We are talking about carbon dioxide emissions. By 2020, it is planned to lower the volume of carbon atmosphere by more than 30 percent. The main goal and task is to build structures and modern buildings in accordance with the norms and canons of the rapid development of industry. All norms were reflected in the current city building standard, which are already recognized as the most environmentally friendly among all known in North America.
The city is actively carried out on the reconstruction of existing structures with the active use of the most progressive construction technologies. The largest project is the modernization of the local stock exchange. This building was built in the 20s of the last century. After modernization, you can expect a decrease in the cost of electricity consumption by 35 percent of the order.