ADELAIDE
CARBON + ENERGY
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Can South Australia reduce its carbon pollution to 25 percent below 2000 levels by 2020
The average Australian is one of the highest emitters of carbon in the world.
To offset the yearly emissions of the 33,000 spectators at the Oval...
To offset the yearly emissions of the 33,000 spectators at the Oval... it would take a forest the size of Adelaide.
To offset the carbon emissions of all South Australians...
To offset the carbon emissions of all South Australians... we would need a mature forest the size of Tasmania.
The way we build our cities is related to our carbon emissions.
ADELAIDE
25
TONS CO2
Adelaide has one of the highest CO2 outputs per person in the world.
BRISBANE
27
ADELAIDE
25
SAN DIEGO
13
PORTLAND TORONTO COPENHAGEN
9 5
TONS CO2
TONS CO2
14
TONS CO2
TONS CO2
TONS CO2
TONS CO2
Adelaide has one of the highest CO2 outputs per person in the world.
12
ADELAIDE
PEOPLE / HECTARE
It also has one of the lowest comparative densities for a city.
BRISBANE
9
PEOPLE / HECTARE
12
PEOPLE / HECTARE
ADELAIDE
SAN DIEGO
13
PEOPLE / HECTARE
17
PEOPLE / HECTARE
39
PEOPLE / HECTARE
PORTLAND
TORONTO
COPENHAGEN 59 PEOPLE / HECTARE
It also has one of the lowest comparative densities for a city.
BRISBANE ADELAIDE SAN DIEGO PORTLAND TORONTO COPENHAGEN
Higher densities allow for fewer emissions per person.
48%
BUILT ENVIRONMENT 816,000 TONS OF CO2
50%
TRANSPORT
850,000 TONS OF CO2
Transport and the built environment are the two biggest contributors to the City of Adelaide’s carbon emissions.
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The real impact of sustainable design in the built environment is to create environments that will lead to greater curiosity, imagination, opportunity, and innovation for a greater quality of life.