Meet Ithaca: The US’ greenest ambitions

Approximately 360km from New York City lies the city Ithaca, which is the first city in the US to have explicitly expressed their goal achieving an equitable transition to carbon-neutrality town-wide by 2030. This makes the city an obvious destination for companies that offer green solutions!

It is therefore a pleasure to announce that Green Hub Denmark, as a member of the SmartCityTech partnership, presents the webinar Ithaca’s road to a greener future.

 

So, are you interested in hearing more about Ithaca's plans for decarbonization and would you like the opportunity to find out if your company can play a role in Ithaca's green transition?

Then sign up for the webinar, where Ithaca's Sustainability Director, Luis Aguirre-Torres, will talk more about the city's Green New Deal. You are of course welcome to participate in the webinar on March 9, even if you do not participate in the mission in May!

March 9, 2022

14:00-15:00 CET

Online, Microsoft Teams

 

 14:00 – 14:05 Welcome

By Thilde Møller Larsen, Green Hub Denmark

 14:05 – 14:20 Ithaca’s Green New Deal

By Luis Aguirre-Torres, City of Ithaca

 14:20 – 14:35 BlocPower and their collaboration with City of Ithaca

By Molly Kiick, BlocPower

 14:35 – 14:45 Q&A

 14:45 – 14:50 Goodbye and Next steps

By Thilde Møller Larsen, Green Hub Denmark

In 2019, The City of Ithaca adopted its Green New Deal which aims to eliminate the city's 400,000 tonnes of annual CO2 emissions. The Town also set two goals for its own operations to be met by 2025: to meet the electricity needs of Town government operations with 100% regionally sourced renewable electricity and to reduce emissions from the Town fleet of vehicles by 50%. As the first step in the process, the city has chosen to decarbonize and electrify thousands of both privately owned and publicly owned buildings and homes by the end of the decade.