ISSC 2012 – Hong Kong: Carbon Emission

Facing CO₂ - Sustainable Transport in Venice.

The aims of the project were to know the renewable sources of energy in order to identify better solutions to reduce CO₂ emissions and to conduct a study of the intervention that Venetian Authorities are carrying out in order to reach the Kyoto Protocol goals. Having the support of the local Technical High School Primo Levi in Mirano and Vocational School Luigi Luzzatti in Mestre, the students had the opportunity to experience alternative sources of energy and to measured pollutant emissions of petrol and diesel engines. A meeting with the Venice Port Authority allowed them to know the concrete measures adopted to save energy and to use clean energy in the Port of Venice. Finally, they studied the Biosire Project, an initiative aimed to reduce 20% of the CO₂ emissions by 2020 introduced by the Municipality of Venice in the local transport.