Utility buildings move to label B or A
About 50,000 utility buildings need energy-performance improvements toward label B or A by 2030.
Challenge
Nuclear energy only if the price approaches the solar, wind and storage system
In the Gelderland analysis, nuclear energy is only a scenario option when cost, safety, capital and lead time compare credibly with solar, wind, flexibility and storage.
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Mobility in Gelderland: kilometres travelled up 10% in ten years
The number of kilometres travelled by passenger and freight traffic in Gelderland rose by 10% over ten years, while road network emissions climbed 15% over twenty years.
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Mobility in Gelderland: roughly 90% of emissions from road traffic exhaust
Passenger cars, vans and lorries together account for roughly 90% of mobility emissions in Gelderland; mobile machinery is the second largest contributor at slightly over 5%.
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Mobility in Gelderland: 26% of greenhouse gas emissions, roughly 4.7 Mton CO₂-eq per year
Within the Gelderland climate opportunities map, mobility accounts for about 26% of total greenhouse gas emissions, some 4.7 Mton CO₂-eq per year.
Scope 3 drives the largest impact in shared mobility
In 2022, 3,477,690 kg CO₂-eq of Ride-Check’s total emissions fell within scope 3, making the value chain the main source of climate impact.
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Interventions require ownership
An opportunity becomes a measure only with clear ownership, means and roles
Materials and people: the health impact of metals
The health impact of metals shows that material choices also affect people. Extraction, production and processing can influence air quality, exposure, working conditions and wider public health.
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And what about water? Metals and freshwater eutrophication
Metals also affect water quality: freshwater eutrophication shows that producing materials creates effects beyond energy use and CO₂ emissions.
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Acidification counts too: metals and the soil
Acidification also counts when the environmental impact of metals is assessed. Metal production has a climate component, but it can also contribute to acidification of soils and ecosystems.