L8 - Greenwich Millennium Village (A modern village)

Question 1

What are the 3 components of sustainable living?

Answer 1

Economic - jobs, good wages, fair trade, infrastructure

Social - services, justice, working conditions

Environmental - renewable energy, 0 emissions, waste management

Question 2

What is being done to make transport in London more sustainable?

Answer 2

Santander cycle hire scheme - 13,000 bikes

4,500 electric car charging points

Congestion charge increases public transport use and decreases car use

Hybrid buses

Question 3

What is being done to improve the energy efficiency of homes and buildings in London?

Answer 3

Low-energy building techniques, using sustainable forested wood as cladding
Buildings orientated towards the sun for solar panel use

Question 4

What is being done to make housing more sustainable?

Answer 4

Affordability
FirstSTEPS affordable housing scheme - rent to buy
You buy 25-50% and rent the remainder

Question 5

What is being done to make employment more sustainable?

Answer 5

Reusing derelict land - East Greenwich Gasworks refurbished to be a new tertiary sector
- Companies allowing more working from homes, numbers doubled to 8.6%

Question 6

What is being done to maximise green space?

Answer 6

New car parks are now being built underground to save space, building longitudinally

Greenwich ecology park, Hyde park, Olympic park - purpose built green spaces

Keeps London’s rural green belt.

Question 7

How do recycling schemes help environmentally?

Answer 7

Help reduce resource consumption by reusing packaging.