Page 63 - Shelter-April 2024

CASE STUDIES

These metrics promote waste suggests a structured to form a core team. The
resource reuse, solid waste approach to GHG emissions team establishes carbon
recycling, wastewater reuse, management, encompassing reduction goals, outlines
and biomass energy utilisation baseline surveys, emissions the boundaries of the city or
and contribute to creating low- reduction targets, local action jurisdiction sources of CO2
carbon cities characterised plans, policy implementation, emissions, selects a baseline
by high self-sufficiency and results monitoring and year, and compiles baseline
ratios in renewable energy verification (Figure 1). data. Quality assurance
and energy conservation. and estimation of emissions
The Asia Pacific Economic Case Study Keetha, Malaysia- follow this foundational
Cooperation report outlines The Low Carbon Cities step. Subsequently, cities
parameters for low-carbon Framework and Assessment must finalise their targets
city achievement, including System in Malaysia and devise strategies and
reductions in CO emissions, emphasises the critical role programs for implementation,
2
energy consumption, traffic of local governments in encapsulating these efforts
volume, waste production, initiating carbon emission in strategic documents such
and public transportation reduction plans. The process as a Carbon Reduction Plan,
usage improvements. begins with identifying Green City Action Plan, or
Furthermore, the Pittsburgh relevant local authorities Low Carbon City Action Plan
University Department of and stakeholders, including (KEETHA, 2011).
Civil Engineering (2009) NGOs and local communities,

Figure 1. Low carbon community promotion
(Source. Report on Towards Low Carbon Cities in Taiwan (EPA) (2009))

April, 2024, Volume 25. No.1 - SHELTER 61