Table 5 Main policies and regulations in Bogotá to improve environmental impacts
Resources | Policies and regulations |
|---|---|
Water | Regulations are based on integrated management with a participatory approach that involves users, planners and decision makers at all levels |
Programs have been defined from a water demand characterization perspective (qualify and quantify) by different users and based on an analysis of consumption profiles to undertake actions aimed at changes that optimize water use and promote practices that favour the sustainability of ecosystems and reductions in contamination | |
Law 373/1997: A programme for the conservation and the efficient use of water (a set of projects and actions for the efficient use of water) | |
National Policy for Integrated Management of Water Resources/2010: with a special principle (6): “fresh water is considered a scarce resource and, therefore, its use will be rational and will be based on saving and efficient use” | |
Decree 3570/2011: Integrated management of water resources to promote the conservation and sustainable use of water | |
Decree 485/2011: The Bogotá District Plan for Water | |
Signing of agreements with productive sectors of interest to promote efficient use of water | |
Tariffs differentiated by water consumption guarantee based on the minimum subsistence and average consumption; higher consumption is associated with a higher cost per cubic metre | |
Energy | Policies and regulations on energy efficiency seek to ensure energy supply based on the adoption of new technologies and good consumption habits to optimize the management and use of available energy resources. Energy efficiency is a driver used to increase national productivity and competitiveness and is one of the main strategies for mitigating the environmental impacts of the energy chain |
Law 697/2001: The Program for Rational and Efficient Energy Use and other Forms of Non-conventional Energy | |
Resolutions 180919/2010 and 41430/2015: Action plans to develop and apply energy efficiency goals and actions by priority consumption sector | |
Priority programs: i. Residential: lighting, refrigeration, and construction; ii. Industrial sector: Boilers, lighting, driving force, cogeneration, combustion, energy management, ecolabel, cooling chain Transport: Technology reconversion, good practices, and transport means Service sector (government, services): lighting, refrigeration, public lighting, building, and air conditioning | |
Solid waste | Integrated solid waste management through the development of different programs and actions, such as the formulation of guidelines for waste management in different industrial sectors, an information subsystem to track and measure waste generation, recycling processes, and tariffs and other strategies to decrease waste management generation while increasing recycling and the potential use of discarded materials |
Construction waste | Resolution 2397/2011: the entities, generators, transporters, exploiters and sites for the temporary and final disposal of construction waste are aligned, which allows appropriate management measures to be implemented in a city, resulting in reduced environmental impact |
Resolution 00715/2013: Technical–environmental guidelines for activities related to the use and treatment of construction and demolition waste | |
Decree 586/2015: An efficient and sustainable model of construction and demolition waste management is adopted |