– 21,000 tonnes of greenhouses gases –
The 40-acre site includes 60 buildings that house meeting rooms, restaurants, shops, a bank, a post office, a 24-hour press centre for 3,000 journalists and medical facilities – and through all of that runs a covered avenue.
The estimated 21,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases expected to be produced by the site will be offset after the conference by projects in the Southern Hemisphere, the French government says.
French company Engie is supplying a condensing boiler that recovers the lost energy generated in the traditional combustion process, a technique the firm says delivers greatly increased efficiency.
There will also be so-called “wind trees” – effectively windmills – while Ikea will supply furniture, Google the computer screens and the Renault-Nissan group are providing 200 electric cars.
The 900 trees sacrificed for the wood in the giant room that will host the plenary sessions for 2,000 delegates will be replanted.
“The materials we are using have already been used, we are using them again and they will be used once again after the COP,” said Patrick Bazanan, of Decoral, the company building part of the site.
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