Sustainability: Freiburg

• Social- focus to provide people with more affordable housing
• Social- local people involved with planning at both local and city level
• Social- more cycle and walk paths to encourage exercise and a healthy lifestyle
• Economic- jobs created in research and manufacture of solar technology
• Economic- more than 10,000 people employed in environmental businesses in the city
• Economic- the city is a place where people attend conferences on sustainability, and this provides jobs for the locals
• Environmental- waste management: financial rewards given to people who compost their green waste. 90% of packing waste recycled.
• Environmental- renewable every and gas supplies: locals encouraged to invest in renewable energy. City uses biogas to provide energy for 28,000 homes.
• Environmental- green space: 44,000 trees have been planted (reduces air pollution and provides recreational green space). 40% of the city is forested.
• Environmental- water recycling/ conservation: rainwater is retained and reused (reduces amount of water used). Buildings have green rooves.
• Sustainable traffic management- integrated public transport strategy. Tram network provides cheap, efficient, accessible public transport.

  Tram journeys increased by 25,000 in one year

  Car journeys reduced by 30,000 in one year
• Sustainable traffic management- cycling: 400km of cycle paths and 9000 bike parking spaces.
• Sustainable traffic management- areas of the city have restrictions on car parking spaces (can be fined).
• Freiburg is in Germany