Sustainable Amsterdam

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1 Sustainable Amsterdam Summary

2 Sustainable Amsterdam Amsterdam has a lot to be proud of. Our city is home to a huge amount of thinkers, doers, technical wizards, inventors, entrepreneurs and everyday citizens who commit time and effort to making the city greener. I look forward to collaborating with these people as we work towards a circular economy in Amsterdam. The Amsterdam College of Mayor and Alderpersons has outlined new plans to increase the pace of improving sustainability in the Dutch capital. These plans are outlined in the Sustainability Agenda, (Agenda Duurzaamheid), an agenda for renewable energy, clear air, a circular economy and a climate-resilient city. Abdeluheb Choho Alderperson for Sustainability The Sustainability Agenda was adopted by the city council on 11 March

3 Sustainable Amsterdam SOCIAL HOUSING: UPGRADE TO AN AVERAGE OF ENERGY LABEL B 65% FROM 19% TO SEPARATION OF HOUSEHOLD WASTE 1000 PROPERTIES WITHOUT ENERGY BILLS ELECTRICITY BY SOLAR PANELS: LOCAL PRODUCTION FROM HOUSEHOLDS TO HOUSEHOLDS LOCALLY GENERATED WIND ENERGY PROVIDED TO AT LEAST ADDITIONAL HOUSEHOLDS NO NEW PARKING PERMITS FOR TOO OLD VEHICLES LOCALLY REUSED (RAW) MATERIALS AND RESOURCES 5 FROM 3 TO CARGO HUBS FOR CLEAN, SMART CITY DISTRIBUTION 201 FROM 90 TO ENERGY EFFICIENT, HEALTHY SCHOOLS EMISSION FREE PUBLIC BUS TRANSPORT IN % OF NEW CONSTRUCTIONS ENERGY NEUTRAL UNTIL FROM 1000 TO PUBLIC CHARGING POINTS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN 2018 FROM TO PROPERTIES CONNECTED TO DISTRICT HEATING low emission zone AS MUCH TRAFFIC IN THE CITY AS POSSIBLE IS EMISSION FREE BY CONTINUATION OF ZONE FOR LORRIES 2015 RESEARCH: INTRODUCTION OF A LOW EMISSION ZONE FOR SCOOTERS 2017 ZONE FOR DELIVERY VANS 2018 ZONE FOR TAXIS AND COACHES 2020 INTENSIFICATION OF THE LOW EMISSION ZONE FOR LORRIES RENEWABLE ENERGY CLEAN & HEALTHY AIR CIRCULAR ECONOMY CLIMATE RESILIENT CITY SUSTAINABLE CITY IN 2020, 20% MORE LOCALLY PRODUCED RENEWABLE ENERGY PER INHABITANT, AND 20% ENERGY SAVED PER INHABITANT. BY 2025 AS MUCH EMISSION FREE TRAFFIC IN THE CITY AS POSSIBLE. WASTE IS A RESOURCE. RAW MATERIALS AND RESOURCES WILL BE MINED LOCALLY AND RE-USED. NEW FORMS OF DISTRIBU- TION, CONSUMPTION AND DISTRIBUTION WILL ARISE. CLIMATE CHANGE AS A KEY FACTOR BY THE DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN OF THE CITY OF AMSTERDAM. AMSTERDAM ENVISAGES RAPIDLY IMPROVING SUSTAINABILITY WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATION ITSELF. See 4 5

4 Summary It is Amsterdam s aim to catch up in the And the following qualitative goals: area of sustainability. We will do this in close cooperation with partners in the city (residents, businesses, civic organisations and knowledge institutions), not only through creating broad public support but also by reinforcing energies and powers of perseverance already present in society. The Sustainability Agenda sets out quantitative and qualitative targets spreadover five transition pathways, with the philosophy of the circular economy as a common thread: innovation, doing more with less, becoming smarter and renewable To ensure as much traffic as possible is emission-free (or as clean as possible) in Amsterdam in 2025; To achieve a circular economy with new forms of production, distribution and consumption; To incorporate climate adaptation in 2020 in relevant municipal policies on the basis of the declaration of intent signed by the College of Mayor and Alderpersons ( Spatial Adaptation ); To ensure municipal procurement meets the objectives outlined in this Agenda for the transition to a circular economy, the separation of waste, The Agenda defines the following quantitative targets: energy and smart and clean transport. 1. Renewable energy: between 2013 and 2020, renewable energy generation per capita will be increased by 20 per cent; 2. Renewable energy: between 2013 and 2020, energy consumption per capita will be reduced by 20 per cent; 3. Clean air: between 2015 and 2025, the highest measured concentration of nitrogen dioxide will be reduced by 35 per cent; 4. Clean air: between 2015 and 2025, the highest measured concentration of soot will be reduced by 30 per cent; 5. Separation of waste: in 2020, 65 per cent of household waste will be separated; 6. Between 2012 and 2025, the municipality s CO2 emissions will be Renewable energy: Creating the potential for at least In 2020, 20 per cent more renewable 1,000 zero-energy homes in multistorey developments to help energy will be generated per capita than in 2013, while energy consumption per capita will decrease by 20 per construction; accelerate sustainable housing cent. The City of Amsterdam will Gaining insight into energy poverty contribute to this target by: and possible solutions; Increasing wind power, with the Making agreements with sectors objective of installing 85MW of about the sustainability of their capacity by 2020 (currently 67MW) by operations, and prioritising inspections establishing locations for wind and enforcement of the Environmental turbines in the port of Amsterdam, Management Act; determining, during around the Noorder IJplas and NDSM this period, if all the approximately Wharf, and enabling Amsterdam s residents to participate; the city are complying with the 950 major industrial customers in Increasing solar power with the energy-savings requirements in the objective of installing 160MW of Environmental Management Act, or if capacity by 2020 (currently 9MW) by agreements have been concluded in measures such as actively highlighting this respect; the potential of solar energy among Ensuring that 111 schools in Amsterdam get a clean indoor environment target groups in the city, easing planning permission regulations, and can take energysaving measures supporting projects with the Energy or generate renewable energy (111 of Fund and concluding agreements with a total of 269 schools, 90 of which housing associations and businesses were already dealt with in the previous about exploiting their roofs; eight years), and adapting the 2016 Facilitating an increase in the number Housing Regulations for newly built of connections to district heating to (special) secondary schools (to Healthy 102,000 in 2020 (currently 62,000) by Schools category B); drawing up a Heating Action Plan for Making sustainable sports accommodation possible by implementing the purpose, with an emphasis on the accessibility of the network, measures such as the Sustainable affordability of the solution and Amsterdam Sports Clubs project, with sustainability of resources; the objective of improving the Making arrangements with housing sustainability of at least 25 per cent of associations based on the commitment agreed by sector in the Energy the Sport Accommodation Fund to outdoor sports clubhouses, and using Agreement on making their housing invest in new and existing buildings, stock more sustainable by achieving and to examine whether co-financing an average energy label of B by 2020; from the Energy Fund is possible; reduced by 45 per cent. 6 7

5 Committing to energy-neutral new construction by weighing sustainability for at least 30 per cent (in significance) in the criteria used to select development plans and developers; Identifying areas in addition to the already existing area of excellence Houthavens and the new development area Buiksloterham where, in cooperation with parties, every possible effort will be made in terms of energy, renewable energy (including solar energy), materials, climate resilience (including against torrential rainfall) and mobility. Clean air: Between 2015 and 2025, the highest measured concentration of nitrogen dioxide will be reduced by 35 per cent and the highest measured concentration of soot will be reduced by 30 per cent. This will be achieved by: Continuing to apply the current package of measures to meet nitrogen dioxide standards, and introducing a package of measures to accelerate meeting standards; Designing a package of measures aimed at exceeding statutory clean-air standards (preferably emission-free within the ringroad, otherwise as clean as possible), including stimulating, easing and regulatory measures; Setting up regulatory measures as part of this, such as environmental zones, at least for delivery vehicles (before 1 January 2017), taxis (before 1 January 2018), coaches (before 1 January 2018) and tightening the environmental zone for goods vehicles in 2020 to increase the effectiveness of stimulation measures for these groups; Collaborating with the Municipal Transport Authority (GVB( to achieve emission-free public bus transport by 2026, and studying how municipal ferries can be made cleaner; Maintaining position as a frontrunner in electric transport by expanding charging infrastructure in accordance with demand to 4,000 public charging stations in 2018 through tenders (including studies into smart charging methods and connection to renewable energy and smart grids); Investigating and presenting the possibility for an environmental zone for two-stroke scooters; Promoting smarter logistics by developing a proposal with partners on the construction of two additional cargo hubs (goods transfer) in the city; Introducing the Cleaner Parking Plan on 1 January Circular economy: Achieve a circular economy with new forms of production, distribution and consumption by promoting innovation, research and circular activity, and recovering more natural resources and materials. This will be achieved by: Carrying out a QuickScan on the circular economy to gain insight into the extent of the flows of natural resources and materials that enter the city, are used in the city and leave the city, the corresponding potential economic value and the opportunities for targeted interventions by companies, research institutions and government; Developing an urban innovation programme; Drawing up a vision on the sharing economy, which will include its impact on society, more efficient use of consumer goods, changing distribution patterns and changes in existing relationships and regulations; Drawing up an action plan on adapting the use of existing economic tools to strengthen the circular economy; e.g. by incorporating sustainable entrepreneurship in the Amsterdam Enterprise Programme, by seeking to forge a connection with the Business Investment Zone and by partly focusing acquisition policy on attracting sustainable companies; Concluding a Green Deal with the construction sector, including agreements on reusing building waste locally and creating additional jobs in the process; Drawing up a Waste Implementation Plan including: decision on collection model and processing model; investment proposal for collecting household organic waste in to-bedesignated parts of the city; decision on stimulating the separate collection of bulky waste, litter from public spaces and office and shop waste. Climate adaptation: On the basis of the declaration of intent signed by the College of Mayor and Alderpersons ( Spatial Adaptation ), incorporate climate adaptation in 2020 in relevant municipal policies by measures including: Rainproof programme, which is concluding research into problem areas with regard to rainproofness in the city and will discuss the results with responsible stakeholders; On the basis of the Delta Strategy, an adaptation strategy for vital infrastructure will be drawn up as part of the water-resilient city programme. 8 9

6 Sustainable municipality: The municipality wants to set a good example. We will do this by: Making the municipal organisation more sustainable: implementing the Municipality CO2 Neutral roadmap; Intensifying professional sustainable procurement: drawing up Sustainable Procurement Intensification Plan; Assigning the substantive responsibility for applying the targets and making decisions if additional investment is required to commissioning officers and authorising officers; proposing action plans for promising procurement programmes; Preparing a testing framework for sustainable municipal investments. In the transition to a sustainable city, the municipality has many different roles and extensive tools at its disposal. In the coming years, the College aims to make an impact by means of the following practices: Using rules smartly to support sustainable initiatives by, among others: Looking for flexibility in its own regulations and improving the provision of information on this (particularly in regard to planning permission); Defining one or more sustainable free zones in Amsterdam; Examining whether certain rules regarding solar panels in the Planning Permission Memorandum can be eliminated, and exploring whether solar panels can be installed without any planning permission at all; Consulting with the Dutch central government and the province on easing obstructive legislation and on the use of experimental schemes; Setting up a regional helpdesk where people can seek advice on taking sustainable measures. Financing the transition by, among others: Setting up a simple and effective Energy Fund. This fund will be the investment vehicle. By taking control of all resources, an overview is created that also makes it easier to determine how the different resources can reinforce each other; Making tendering schemes accessible to investment by Amsterdam s inhabitants, businesses and social institutions; Evaluating the current but soon-toexpire city and district regulations on climate-neutral building, energy conservation and energy generation in housing, and drawing up new proposals for the period beginning 1 January 2016; Continuing with the subsidies to promote clean mobility in this period, so that it is possible to meet the air-quality standard. Increase understanding: continue the development of a data programme with partners in the city to map (open and real-time) datasets and make these accessible to the city, so that they can be used for more integrated projects and to make policy more effective. Collaborate and make agreements with the city: in the coming period, agreements will be concluded with the city in all kinds of areas: with sectors, supply chains, industries, housing associations, developers, traffic groups, strategic partners and within the municipality itself in order to realise and implement the Agenda. Though voluntary, these agreements are not non-committal. Monitoring: The College will make sure targets and activity indicators are coherent. They will be included in the budget and reports on their progress will be incorporated in the financial statements and the annual publication State of Sustainable Amsterdam. The financial statements will also contain reports on the progress of the Municipality CO2 Neutral roadmap and progress on sustainable procurement. Reports on air quality will be based on annual forecasts. This can be used to determine packages of measures

7 Colofon Sustainable Amsterdam, Agenda for renewable energy, clear air, a circular economy and a climate-resilient city, adopted by the Municipal Council of Amsterdam, March 2015 Text and editing: Municipality of Amsterdam, department of Urban Planning and Sustainability, sustainability team Design: DSGN FRM Thanks to: all partners, sustainability pioneers in the city and colleagues of municipal units who contributed to compiling this Agenda and who continue to contribute to the creation of a sustainable Amsterdam. For the full version of the Sustainability Agenda please refer to