What are your thoughts on the Clinton Climate Positive Development Program?
Posted By admin on January 20, 2010
Amy L asked:
The Clinton Foundation, working through its Climate Initiative Program in collaboration with the U.S. Green Building Council, has developed sixteen founding projects on six continents, supported by local governments and property developers. The project will demonstrate Climate Positive strategy by setting a compelling environmental and economic example for cities to follow.
The Clinton Foundation, working through its Climate Initiative Program in collaboration with the U.S. Green Building Council, has developed sixteen founding projects on six continents, supported by local governments and property developers. The project will demonstrate Climate Positive strategy by setting a compelling environmental and economic example for cities to follow.
Climate Positive real estate developments will strive to reduce the amount of on-site CO2 emissions to below zero. Destiny, Florida was selected to be America’s first eco-sustainable city.
http://www.clintonfoundation.org/news/news-media/press-release-clinton-climate-initiative-to-demostrate-model-for-sustainable-urban-growth-with-projects-in-10-countries-on-six-continents
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/prnewswire/2009/05/19/prnewswire200905190745PR_NEWS_USPR_____NY19306.html
Anything that helps Bill get lucky.
Like reducing CO2 emissions to below zero… well, they’ll be devoid of life then anyway.
Reducing Carbon below zero? That is just a gimmick.
I never thought I would miss the good old days of conservative Bill Clinton. Obama makes him seem like Reagan.
I’m rather interested in how they’re going to achieve the on-site CO2 emissions reductions, but the stories are unfortunately a bit lacking in detail.
To reduce the net greenhouse gas emissions of these projects to below zero, property developers and local governments will agree to work in partnership on specific areas of activity. This includes implementing economically viable innovations in building, the generation of clean energy, waste management, water management, transportation, and outdoor lighting systems.
So it sounds like they’re going to design and build the houses with maximize efficiency and minimize energy needs, and utilize renewable energy where possible.
Overall I think it’s great to show that these kinds of measures can reduce our fossil fuel and overall energy consumption. That’s the kind of planning we need to implement as much as possible in the future, and putting the Clinton name and influence behind these programs will help raise public awareness.
This is the beginning. Many have laid the groundwork. Now we see the results to be reflected in real, meaningful prototypes.
It is gratifying to see an comprehensive integrated approach. It’s not just about carbon.
‘“As the Earth’s population increases and our cities grow, we need to ensure we have the models in place to sustain our way of life in an increasingly urbanized world,” President Clinton said.’ … ‘This includes implementing economically viable innovations in building, the generation of clean energy, waste management, water management, transportation, and outdoor lighting systems.’
Less than zero? It’s called carbon sequestration – carbon negative. I have great hopes for pyrolysis. Anyone, everyone around the world with biomass to spare can build a cheap kiln, make free heat and return carbon to the soil.
Well if they manage to pull this off you will see a lot of people with serious cases of asthma dropping dead from suffocation. For serious asthmatics it can require close to 400ppm of co2 to trigger their breathing response. All asthmatics will be lining up to buy co2 bottles to inti grate with oxygen bottles to allow them to keep breathing.
It is a great idea and hopefully they will develop some innovative ways to pull it off, but making cities more desirable to the public has long been a goal of regional planners and mayors. Even if they can pull off demonstrating that eco-sustainable cities are possible and can be done economically, they still have to convince people to live there. I confess, I add to the sprawl problem because I have a small ranch in OK and would likely never consider moving into a city under any circumstances. I do all the soil and water conservation stuff, try to raise low-impact animals (except the horses – they are high impact), I’m thinking about getting a wind-turbine for electricity (they make them in town and they are everywhere here – people really like them). I’m looking at a wood furnace for heating (EPA approved – low smoke and I have plenty of wood. I just need to get on a good tree rotation schedule). I may forgo the wood furnace if I get the windmill up and running. I’m all electric now and that may be better if wind power storage turns out to be reliable for my power load.
I’m thinking their are a lot of people that will take a lot of convincing to move to a city – even if it is great.