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U.S. gives Olympic Village gold for going green
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by amyjudd | August 13, 2008 at 10:04 am
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The US gave the Beijing Olympic village a gold medal of its own today, but calling it the most environmentally friendly village and applauding it for its energy efficiency.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson presented the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Award to Chen Zhili, Mayor of the Olympic Village and Vice-Chairwoman of China's National People's Congress.
Paulson called the Village an example of U.S.-China cooperation on energy and environmental issues, urging more work along those lines. The U.S. Department of Energy provided technical assistance for the project.
"China's leaders know that the development of green buildings is a critical need, and the Olympic Village can serve as a model for this development," Paulson said.
"China, given its current economic growth and prosperity, can be a leader in deploying and using advanced energy and environmental technology."
Organizers have made "Green Olympics" one of the official slogans of the Games, and many of the venues have incorporated innovations such as systems to collect rainwater.
The Village has a building that generates most of the power for the village, with measures such as heating and cooling through renewable sources like solar cells and geothermal heat pumps.
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at 10:43 on August 13th, 2008
Nice post. Does anyone know if Vancouver has plans to build a green Olympic village? Do we have enough money for that?
at 13:17 on August 13th, 2008
Doubt it...
at 10:55 on August 13th, 2008
amyjudd, I like this story. It's good stuff. Glad to see the recognition even though China has many more areas to improve before they can be considered environmently friendly. Maybe that will persuade future ideas. Hopefully, the U.S. takes it own advice and continues such programs as wind power tax incentives and new green technology instead of building more coal plants like the plans for the Navajo Nation region.
at 18:58 on August 13th, 2008
One think I am not to happy about though, I cannot see any green Roofs any where!
Now that would have been real progress!
at 18:56 on August 13th, 2008
amyjudd, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Now, I like that gold medal, we need more of this! Maybe we should have a monthly international competition to motivate the implantation of more Green City's!
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Barbara Moorsat 01:59 on August 14th, 2008
Barbara Moors has contributed a photo to this story.
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queequegat 04:02 on August 14th, 2008
This photo was taken at an entrance near the Olympic Green, 10 days before the Opening Ceremony of Beijing Olympics.
queequeg has contributed a photo to this story.
at 04:32 on August 14th, 2008
amyjudd, I like this story. It's good stuff.
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henry birkenbineat 08:51 on August 14th, 2008
Who cares if the village is green.. On a normal day in Beijing it looks brown. Why isn't China held to the same standards as the rest of the world on everyday activities?
at 11:33 on August 16th, 2008
amyjudd, I like this story. It's good stuff.