SUSTAINABILITY IN CONSTRUCTION AND CIVIL WORKS - Itera

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Preface
The City of Copenhagen’s climate plan ambitiously aims to reduce the
city’s CO2 levels by 20 percent by 2015 compared to the levels in 2005.
Copenhagen’s vision is to be CO2-neutral by 2025. If this ambition can
be realised there is a lot of work that needs to be done and therefore
started as soon as possible. Reduction of energy consumption and CO2
emission in the municipalities own or other publically funded building
projects is an important starting point in reaching the set goals.
Copenhagen has ambitious visions and objectives in relation to
sustainability and environmentally friendly construction. Sustainability in
Construction and Civil Works 2010 is an important instrument in
realising these aims.
One of Copenhagen Municipal plan 2009’s main visions is that Copenhagen
should be the “thinking city”, where development and consideration
go hand in hand - sustainability and innovation should be part of the
foundation for Copenhagen’s future development.
in environmental sustainability in the municipal construction and civil
works, including publicly funded and supported projects. In this, the 4 th
generation of Sustainability in Construction and Civil Works, the demands
have been intensifi ed to live up to the ambitious visions for the
cities future.
Bo Asmus Kjeldgaard
Mayor, Technical and Environmetal Administration
Copenhagen has therefore developed the vision laid out in Eco-metropolis.
Copenhagen wants to be the world’s eco-metropolis by 2015 - the
capital city with the best urban environment, thus demonstrating that
environmental concern adds an extra dynamic to urban development.
Eco-metropolis includes a list of specifi c objectives to be fulfi lled by
2015.
Last but not least, is Copenhagen’s vision A Metropolis for people,
which contains specifi c aims related to city life in Copenhagen by 2015.
Copenhagen should be the best city to live in, a sustainable city with
urban spaces that invite a diverse spectrum of users and uses.
Sustainability in Construction and Civil Works 2010 is complimentary to
the above mentioned publications. The new guidelines for sustainable
construction shall help to achieve Copenhagen’s ambitious objectives