Green City OsloLeading by Example

Ola ElvestuenVice Mayor for Environment and Transport

Earth Hour City Challenge 2013, Malmö, March, 19th

City of Oslo

City Facts: Capital of Norway

Area of Mayoral Power: 454 km²Inhabitants: 623,000GDP: 67,7 bill. $GHG-Emissions: 2,3 t/capita/year

Sustainable Goals and Visions:50% GHG reduction 1990 – 2030100% GHG reduction 2050100% fossil free Heating by 2020100% fossil free Public Transport by 2020

How are we working?

Introducing Passiv House Standards inall New Municipality Buildings from 2014

Lund Hagem Architects

Fossil Free Heating in 2020

Green mobility in Oslo: transforming thecity for public transport, pedestrian andcyclist

Turning Sewage into a Fossil FuelSubstitute for 80 Buses in Oslo

Biomethane yields the lowestcarbon dioxide emissions forcommonly available vehicle fuels

Oslo Waste Management

Oslo’s biogas factoryTreats food waste from households,food services and businesses, andpossibly manure

Methane gas from the closed landfill isutilized as factory energy

Liquid bio fertilizer (90 000 m3)Treats 50 000 tons yearly

Bio fertilizer for 100 medium sized farms

Biogas for 135 buses

Organic Waste forProduction of Biogas

Foto: Mona Strande

More than 5000 EVs in Oslo UrbanArea + 700 Public Charging Stations

A hydrogen refuelling station - aworld first as the station issupplied by hydrogen producedfrom domestic waste.

Oslo is creating earlymarkets for hydrogen

Introducing Fuel Cell Buses andCars in the Oslo Region

Total GHG emissions areincreasing…

…but decreasing per capita

Improving urban life quality bymaking the city greener

Thank you

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