{"id":135084,"date":"2024-11-04T07:56:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T05:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/sin-city-could-be-called-solar-city-how-las-vegas-is-going-green\/"},"modified":"2024-11-04T07:56:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T05:56:29","slug":"sin-city-could-be-called-solar-city-how-las-vegas-is-going-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/sin-city-could-be-called-solar-city-how-las-vegas-is-going-green\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sin City could be called Solar City\u2019: How Las Vegas is going green"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135084\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>From conserving water to scaling up solar, Sin City is investing millions in sustainability measures. Las Vegas is notorious for bright lights, excess and hedonism. But America&#8217;s playground \u2013 or to use its better-known nickname, Sin City \u2013 is going green. From water conservation and waste management to solar power, the city has invested millions in pushing sustainability initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The effort began in earnest in 2005,&#8221; says Marco Velotta, who serves as the city&#8217;s sustainability officer, &#8220;and accelerated with the Recovery Act in 2009&#8221;. The federal act set targets for renewable energy, water conservation, recycling and green buildings. &#8220;With the Recovery Act and City Council direction, the city was able to make an initial investment of $75m (\u00a358m) in sustainability projects,&#8221; Velotta says. Despite a dramatic population increase, water consumption has dropped &#8220;significantly&#8221;, he says. By 2030, 50% of all Nevada&#8217;s electricity is expected to be generated from renewable resources.<\/p>\n<p>The Las Vegas strip in particular has doubled down on efforts to switch to renewable energy. Most resorts developed sustainability initiatives thanks to a 10-year-long 50% property tax abatement programme previously offered by the city (the scheme has now closed). The resorts are also required to comply with the state&#8217;s standard of deriving energy from 40% renewable sources. &#8220;Most have exceeded 40%,&#8221; says Velotta. &#8220;Las Vegas has come a long way in a short amount of time. &#8220;Initially tourists were also surprised by the city&#8217;s sustainability efforts. However, since Las Vegas has emerged as a leader in this area, sustainability has become a part of the city&#8217;s overall story.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Even though the progress made by Las Vegas&#8217;s notoriously excess-laden strip may seem impressive (Las Vegas&#8217;s commercial sector accounts for one third of Nevada&#8217;s total energy usage), the strip started from a &#8220;relatively low baseline&#8221;, points out Steffen Lehmann, professor of architecture and urbanism at the University of Las Vegas, Nevada. He adds, though, &#8220;notably, the strip is making strides, with a concerted effort to enhance the energy efficiency of resort hotels through solar power integration and increased natural daylight&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas is second in the US for solar capacity per capita \u2013 Honolulu is number one. &#8220;Sin City could be called Solar City,&#8221; says Lehmann. And resorts have been capitalising on the 320 days of sunshine the city receives every year.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20241101-how-las-vegas-is-becoming-a-sustainable-city\">BBC<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/sin-city-could-be-called-solar-city-how-las-vegas-is-going-green\/\">\u2018Sin City could be called Solar City\u2019: How Las Vegas is going green<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[575,13438,16780],"class_list":["post-135084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-going-green","tag-las-vegas"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}