1. Vancouver, Canada
2. San Francisco, U.S.
3. Oslo, Norway
4. Curitiba, Brazil
5. Copenhagen, Denmark
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Vancouver, Canada
- Vancouver has an ambitious goal of becoming the “the greenest city in the world” by 2020
- Mass transit, bike lanes (248 miles worth), ride sharing programs, and green ways, Vancouver has the lowest per capita carbon emissions of any major city on the continent.
- San Francisco is considered the electric vehicle capital of the U.S., with over 160 public charging stations and plans to install an additional 2,750. An innovative “battery-swapping” station is also planned for mid-2012 to service a 60-car EV taxi fleet. It’s estimated that the city will have over 1,000 EVs and 5,000 plug-in hybrid vehicles by the end of 2012.
- Oslo's heating system is currently powered by 80 percent renewable energy, mainly from biomass from residual waste. This relationship annually saves the carbon emissions equivalent to 60,000 vehicles. Within the next decade, Oslo plans on expanding the system to reach 100 percent renewable sources for heating.
- Where there was once only one square meter of green space per person, now there is more than 52. Over 1.5 million trees have been planted along city streets and a network of 28 parks and forests developed.
- Besides having the largest wind turbine industry in the world, Denmark also leads in wind production—supplying roughly 19 percent of the country’s power needs. A new offshore wind farm planned for 2013 (featuring 111 turbines) will supply an additional four percent.
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