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Working together on Sustainable Agenda Breda. Meeting Sustainable agenda Bonaire 30 September 2010, Habitat Bonaire. Sustainability v ision Breda: energyneutral, healthy, clean, save, quiet city. Process sustainable Breda. Interactive policy with local actors
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Working together on Sustainable Agenda Breda Meeting Sustainable agenda Bonaire 30 September 2010, Habitat Bonaire Sustainability vision Breda: energyneutral, healthy, clean, save, quiet city
Process sustainable Breda • Interactive policy with local actors • Sustainability platform and Energy council • Frontrunner-pilot projects • Spread the word to colleagues • Breda-standard higher ambition
PLATFORM SUSTAINABLE BREDA Chamber of commerce, housing corporation, GGD (healthcare), architect, school, farmers organisation, university, energy supplier, bank, voedselbank, ngo’s
PLATFORM SUSTAINABLE BREDA Advises the local authorities (on demand, and without being asked) One of the advises was: Create an energy council Other advises on safety, integration, toerism, cafés downtown, noise, housing, green, students, traffic etc.
Topics sustainability-vision Breda • Sustainable government • Sustainable companies • Sustainable energy production • Clean and economical mobility • Sustainable buildings • Adaption for climatechange
Topic sustainable government Breda • Examplary role: climate-neutral in 2020 • Earning back period 10 years • Buying green energy • Flights: CO2-compensation • Energy saving in existing buildings • Energy saving public lighting • Awareness-campaign
Topic sustainable companies • Earn back period < 5 years (Dutch law) • Continue projects sustainable entrepreneurship (sustainable certificate) • Platform Sustainable printing-companies • Agricultural sector • Sustainable industrial areas, f.i. deepwatercooling • Exchange of energy rest flows
Topic sustainable energy production • Energy in cityplanning • Windenergy • Biomassplant • More apply solar panels/boilers • Geothermal energy
Topic clean and economical mobility • Consistency with trafficflow, air quality and health • Minimising (motorized) traffic in city planning • Cleaner fuels • Bicycle policy • Cheaper public transport
Topic sustainable buildings • High ambition for estates, stakeholders working together • Houses min. -20 CO2 compared to law • Striving towards CO2-neutral • Energy-appointments with social housingcorporations • Energysaving private houses(stakeholders making new bussiness) • Sustainable construction counter • Sustainable material,watersaving
Active, frontrunning climate policy Costs and quality • Costs: lower living costsindependence of rising fuel prices short earning back periods long term thinking, public relation • Quality:comfort, coolinghealthy innerclimate airqualityflexibility for the future
Mechanisms • Level playing field • Same actors • Competition ‘forces level playing field upwards’ • Mutual gain and interdependency • Different actors, interests and objectives Frontrunner Frontrunner Outcome market: Sustainable performance Set ambition on playing field competition Frontrunner Frontrunner Frontrunner Slow mover
Experiences Breda • All stakeholders work together: 1+1=3(project developers, constructing firms, technical installers, banks, marketing advisors, knowledge institutes, local government)Frontrunners show which ambition is reasonably possibleMutual goals with high ambition and concrete action plan Gains for every participantExperiences to be used in Sustainable Agenda Bonaire and Sustainable Tourism project