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Tuesday 14 April 2009

Munich : Path toward a carbon free future?

Imagine partner, Munich, was the focus of a study in partnership with Siemens and the Wuppertal Institute aiming at looking upon the city's energy future.

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Engineering industry looks toward urban future

German industry conglomerate, Siemens AG, approaches the urban sustainability dimension with a simple question. How can cities protect the environment and save money at the same time?

Siemens' activities brings mainly technological know-how to cities sustainability challenges. Technological solutions provided by Siemens' tools are mostly about energy savings and therefore about reducing costs. Siemens, for example, as infrastructure provider is contributing to London's sustainable mobility, but also works on buildings energy efficiency with the city of Berlin through energy saving contracting, or is developing cogeneration in New York.

On the company website, two studies are highlighted and go deep towards both London's future as well as Imagine partner's, Munich, paths toward a Carbon-Free Future. More on Munich sustainable future study on the next post.