Environmental Engineering Reference
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Congestion
reduction
policy
Copenhagen Increase % of regularly using a bicycle to
get to work or education from 36% to
50% by 2015 to reduce congestion
Curitiba Trafic light sequencing, trafic
information systems, dedicated delivery
times and access points
Johannesburg Solar power signals at key intersections
not susceptible to power failures causing
congestion and higher fuel consumption
from queuing drivers
Source: The energy eficiency performance indicators are derived from: The Economist Intelligence Unit, European Green City Index: Assessing the
Environmental Impact of Europe's Major Cities , Siemens AG, Munich, 2009; The Economist Intelligence Unit, Latin American Green City Index:
Assessing the Environmental Performance of Latin America's Major Cities , Siemens AG, Munich, 2010; The Economist Intelligence Unit, African Green
City Index: Assessing the Environmental Performance of Africa's Major Cities , Siemens AG, Munich, 2011. The related sustainable urbanism princi-
ples are according to: Khalil, H., Sustainable urbanism: Theories and green rating systems, 48th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion
Conference & Exhibit and 10th Annual International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 30 July-1 August, 2012, Atlanta, GA.
Note: Adopted principles are highlighted.
* Not applicable.
 
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