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Blazing green trails: Fur emits one less ton of CO2 per citizen
The climate accounts for the island of Fur in the sound of Limfjorden are ample proof of an island undergoing a sustainable transformation: CO2 emissions per citizen on Fur have dropped from 6.8 to 5.5 tons per citizen; an impressive 19 per cent reduction.
The total energy consumption (electricity, heating and transportation) of the citizens has dropped by 10 per cent. And electricity consumption in private homes alone has dropped by almost 18 per cent.
Concrete energy efforts on Fur
- This is a really great result. It is wonderful to see that our energy consultancy, our dedicated efforts and our focus on energy-friendly solutions has produced results. Green behaviour has quite simply become second nature to the citizens on Fur who consider it perfectly natural to think and act in an energy-friendly manner, says Gitte Wad Thybo, project manager of Innovation Fur.
2011 saw the start of the Innovation Fur development project whose vision is to develop Fur into a miniature model of the energy-friendly and sustainable society of the future. Innovation Fur has launched various energy efforts on Fur. There have been courses on renewable energy, more than 30 per cent of all homes on the island have had a free energy check, and there has been an alternative solar cell campaign donating one solar cell module for the village hall for every solar cell installation sold on the island.
A green lighthouse
Another person who is proud of the Fur climate accounts is Flemming Eskildsen, mayor of Skive municipality.
- One less ton of CO2 per citizen. Now that's a result to be reckoned with. It goes to show that a dedicated effort in the green sector pays off. Innovation Fur is a private-public partnership between the island of Fur, Skive municipality and EnergiMidt. It has created new synergies and possibilities, and the climate accounts prove that fact.
Download the full version of the climate account on Innovation Furs website.
Summary
Innovation Fur has just published the 2011 climate accounts for Fur. The first climate accounts for Fur were prepared in 2010, and comparing the two accounts leads to the following conclusions:
* CO2 emissions per citizen of Fur have dropped from 6.8 to 5.5 tons per citizen. This is a 19.1 per cent reduction
* Consumer energy consumption (electricity, heating and transportation) has dropped from 13,439 to 12,066 MWh. This is a 10.2 per cent reduction
* Consumer heating consumption has dropped from 9,340 MWh to 8,598 MWh. This is an 8 per cent reduction
* The share of renewable energy on Fur has grown from 4.1 to 4.5 per cent. This is an 8.9 per cent increase
The heating consumption figures have been corrected to allow for the fact that the winter of 2011 was milder than that of 2010.
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