Friday, March 13, 2009

Reggio Emilia: a “Kyoto Town”?

by Francesco Rasero

Can a town become a “Kyoto Town”, by setting up a new model of Energy production, both environmentally and economically substainable?
The Municipality of Reggio Emilia (Italy) has arranged a seminar –scheduled on Thursday 26th February, from 10.30 AM to 1.30 PM, at the Conference Hall of the Fiera di Reggio Emilia in Mancasale (RE), via Filangieri 15- to analyse the effectiveness of its projects on these themes: from the “Energetic Plan” to the local projects about Energy saving, renewable sources and environmental education.
In order to achieve Kyoto’s goals, the Municipality has committed itself to reduce CO2 emissions by 326,000 tons/year, thanks to a strategy also aimed to self-sufficiency.
The seminar is opened by the town councillors Pinuccia Montanari and Ugo Ferrari, the district councillor Alfredo Gennari, the Director of Enia Reggio Emilia Nino Simonazzi and the essayist Maurizio Pallante. Then statements by Giacomo Bizzarri (“The Energetic Plan”), Emiliano Zanichelli (“The Informaenergia desk of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia”), Tullio Paterlini (“The Energy services provided by the Municipality”), Alex Lambruschi (“Progresses of Ecoabita project and energetic planning”), Giovanni Ferrari (“LAKS project: Local Accountability for Kyoto Goals”), Karl-Ludwig Schibel (“The Eco2Regio_IT project”) and Luca Savigni (“Air Fund”). Final conclusions by the County environmental councillor, Lino Zanichelli.
More information on the website www.municipio.re.it/energia or by calling the number (+39) 0522-456566.

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