Fossil Fuel Free Kristianstad, Sweden
Summary
Kristianstad municipality, Sweden, is working on becoming fossil fuel free. The different projects within this work are funded by municipal means and state grants. In 1999 the executive committee of Kristianstad municipality unanimous decided to declare its will to become a Fossil Fuel Free Municipality. The reduction of fossil fuels is to be achieved primarily by the use of bio-fuels, both biomass as fuel for heating and production of electricity and biogas as fuel for local buses and other vehicles. Other activities are efforts in the field of energy efficiency and changes in behaviour patterns. Community planning is an important instrument to promote a Fossil Fuel Free municipality. The target audience is all sectors of the society, for example companies, households, children etc. The yearly CO2-emissons have been reduced by 123 000 tonnes. One conclusion that can be drawn is that it is easier to reduce the emissions from the heating sector than from transports. We recommend other municipalities to work with both energy efficiency and renewable energy sources.
Results
Energy
Achieved:
- New heating system, fuelled by pellets in 43 public buildings
- New heating system, fuelled by straw in one public building
- Increased biogas production from the waste water treatment plant
- Local heating system with bio-fuel in Åhus and Fjälkinge
- Energy saving using window efficiency
In progress:
- Conversion of small houses to district heating
- Conversion of small houses to bio-pellets
- New boiler at the CHP-plant
- Small-scale district heating in Tollarp
- Conversion of more public buildings
Transport
Achieved:
- Bicycle lanes aiming to reduce car traffic
- Cycle paths are now cleared of snow before, or at the same time as, roads
- Cycle campaign among municipal employees
- Bicycle pool for employees at the city hall
- Introduction of biogas as vehicle fuel
- Car-pool with biogas vehicles for employees at the city hall
- Bicycle projects for municipal inhabitants
- An Internet forum for car pooling
- Mobility management activities during the European mobility week
In progress:
- Biogas Kristianstad: a project aiming to increase the number of vehicles fuelled by biogas
- Bicycle lanes aiming to reduce car traffic are continued to be built
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