@article{LechtenboehmerBarthelMertenetal.2010,
  author    = {Lechtenb{\"o}hmer, Stefan and Barthel, Claus and Merten, Frank and Schneider, Clemens and Sch{\"u}wer, Dietmar and Seifried, Dieter},
  title     = {Redesigning urban infrastructures for a low-emission future : an overview of urban low-carbon technologies},
  journal   = {Surveys and perspectives integrating environment and society},
  volume    = {3},
  number    = {2},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:wup4-opus-35664},
  pages     = {1 -- 16},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {Preventing the worst consequences of climate change would require that GHG emissions be reduced to levels near zero by the middle of the century. To respond to such a daunting challenge, we need to rethink and redesign the currently highly energy-dependent infrastructures of industrial societies and particularly the urban infrastructures to become low- or even zero-carbon cities. Sustainable urban infrastructures need technology. In this paper focused on Western European Cities, we discuss a wide set of technologies in the fields of building, energy and transport infrastructures that can significantly contribute to a reduction of energy and/or GHG emissions and are already available or are in the pipeline. Based on the review of a recent study for the city of Munich, we then present how a mix of these technologies could reduce CO2-emissions by up to 90\% for the metropolis of 1.3 million inhabitants and that this strategy could be economically attractive despite a high initial investment. All of the residential buildings of a city like Munich could be entirely redesigned for EUR 200 per inhabitant annually, which is about one third of an average annual natural gas bill.},
  language  = {en}
}