The Earth Project: Less Than Zero

Vienna builds Europe's largest carbon-zero neighborhood.

Published

11 months ago

Categories

Science, Climate & Environment

Topics

Environment, Alternative Energies

Places

Austria, Vienna

Transcript

we want vienna's famous for its rich history and imperial charm but not the austrian capital is an increase from a much more modern country from europe's largest sustainable in favor of the osce said in a lakeside development they go in thinking you know and if there's a fear that some six thousand to mention the millions that and winston two thousand two insists he's keeping up with a sword and cold in taking visitors and the outcome is always kept the season tickets on the take from the stage took the stand that nato will in fact he did not the man approaches will be built in phases over the next twenty years there will be a sort of allow for development and testing of renewable energy ideas on a large scale the first stages of the product of the digging of an artificial lake in two new subway stations right near the finish this is so quick and then for chaos are sold to a casino in the key defendants before the sox also think it's in the spirit of the best city for a kid in front of him this is just the head of the case and this year's indoor quit said it didn't before so then it turns out so it didn't come up with the help and they did what they did it in and keep drawing shouting look at the top car sharing a cup warning a core element of the project's is austria's largest geothermal plant once it starts off in twenty four teams will supply forty thousand households and environmentally friendly he said food production we have to hold water rises naturally out of self interest there's some things to all guests in the water in his guest will be separated at this office often the separation from the water flows from the heat exchanger and your transformation and she happens to the conduct of someone who is fed into that district heating system if you know when the classes include operation he expects the savings of about two hundred and fifty thousands of tons of flour a problem but about seven missions billion of this is part of a extraordinary because this means though police say the column but seven nations of the small city like a medicine in wisconsin and i asked him like you to be in its first loss seventy two is entering into its final construction of this market though they will use a combination of different things and qualities to produce more energy than it consumes plus their age when u s india nuclear agreement said but look these young these people are just too many of these things really went about two dozen of thing that disturbed the main impact will that be out there and he departed for stock in the continent and yet in many instances they hate some of these people did we close yet again next time live in a meeting they will pull it tight carol and linda and this is the only pickup recent growth but the lake will provide savings this summer and will be cuts in the winter to let some more lights and heat they you know it he said hey is this an important fishing communities along the way he he he and his top people from the committee has insisted he will play eighth seeded how about that the development speed thousand five hundred apartments for a few residents older than their market rates with subsidies offered for those who need it the first residents will move into their new homes here in twenty four team but they've already been invited to come in experiment with new ideas to make their neighborhoods even more sustainable clinton speaking in the case an issue out of his top top form for many mention all that i think one of these initial opening for instance helped in taking corn that you said arkansas when they started strong city officials believe the development will prove that green technology could improve quality of life for everyone in the end of this is a little siesta beach from global post