Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Clinton Energy Efficiency Building Retrofit Program

Wow! Look what you can do when you're no longer in office. Have I mentioned how much I like this Clinton fellow...
Toronto is among 15 cities (Bangkok, Berlin, Chicago, Houston, Johannesburg, Karachi, London, Melbourne, Mexico City, New York, Rome, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Tokyo) that will be cutting carbon emissions through a project spearheaded and funded by former U.S. president Bill Clinton's foundation.
"The big difference in Toronto comes from the fact that our biggest single contributor of the greenhouse gases is heating and cooling our old buildings. It's about 60 % of Toronto's contribution." Miller told CTV
Source: http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20070516/clinton_green_070516/20070516/?hub=TorontoHome

Clinton's Foundation:

75%
of emissions come from cities 50%
of cities’ emissions are generated by buildings 40

global cities partnering with CCI to fight climate change