30-01-2007

The Olympic Delivery Authority aims to deliver venues, facilities and infrastructure for the 2012 Olympic Games in a sustainble manner by concentrating on energy-saving schemes, the use of alternative energy sources and recycling. "We intend to set the very highest standards in sustainability and legacy for other games to follow" says the chairman of the London 2012 organising committee, Lord Coe.

However, London Assembly Green party member Darren Johnson expressed disappointment that the plans did not go any further than using renewable energy for 20 per cent of the total energy supply to the the Olympics. "The government has a target for making all new homes carbon-neutral by 2016, but if we cannot get a showpiece development like the Olympic village right by 2012 there is not a lot of hope for 2016". He added that the level of individual water use intended for the village was almost twice the London Mayor’s target of 70 litres.