5,500 tonnes of CO2 emissions avoided by ENGAGE participants in Pamplona

15 November 2012 | 14h22 | 184 visits

On the 8th of November, the pioneer ENGAGE city of Pamplona (ES) organised the final event of their campaign to thank the 1,000 participants that enabled to avoid 5,500 tonnes of CO2 emissions thanks to their local actions.

450 posters of local players have been realised in Pamplona during the 14-month local ENGAGE campaign. 54 citizens conducted detailed monitoring of their energy consumption and reduced it on average by 9% in a year. Local stakeholders were also involved and the four organisations monitored avoided 522 tonnes of CO2. The mayor of Pamplona Enrique Maya delivered to all ENGAGEd stakeholders and to the 4 citizens whose posters are the most viewed online a replica of their poster that illustrates their pledge.

By extrapolating to the 1,000 participants of the campaign, the ENGAGE participative communications campaign in Pamplona enabled a reduction of 5,500 tonnes of CO2 emissions in a year. The energy monitoring highlighted the need to focus on private transport, representing 27% of citizens’ emissions. Besides, the very good results of the four local companies demonstrated that stakeholders can save a significant amount of energy if they all get involved.

To celebrate the campaign’s achievements, participants gathered on the town hall square to form the figure of 5,500. With this is an excellent result, Pamplona, who signed the Covenant of Mayors in 2009, are proving that ENGAGE is an efficient tool to help Covenant signatories reach their energy and climate objectives.

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