Sustainable City-Learning From Växjö

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This paper introduces the experience of Vaxjö, the greenest city in Europe. It had carried out sustainable energy program named “Fossil Fuel Free Växjö”, developed the biomass-based eco-energy. It also has succeeded in Water and Waste management, green vehicle program, eco-building and eco-community and so on.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 374-377)

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288-291

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October 2011

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© 2012 Trans Tech Publications Ltd. All Rights Reserved

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[4] Figure from: http://www.vaxjo.se

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9531-3

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