An exciting experiment to see if an ordinary Swedish family can cut their carbon emissions from the average of eight tonnes a year per person to just one tonne using modern technology got under way last week.
Run as a collaboration between house builder A-Hus, energy company Vattenfall and car maker Volvo, the six month project sees the Lindell family from Hasselby relocated to a specially designed eco-house, which comes complete with renewable energy supply and an Volvo C30 electric car.
TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk got the chance to speak exclusively with Nils Lindell, who moved into the new house on Friday along with his two children Hannah, 16 and Jonathan, 13 and his wife, Alicja. We asked him what he thought he would miss most from his old, carbon hungry lifestyle and how he feels about changing from a petrol car to a zero emission electric one.
We also got the chance to pose our questions to Johan Konnberg, business director, Volvo Cars’ Hybrid Centre, to find out what the Swedish car maker hopes to learn from its participation in the project and how the use of an electric car might help the family meet its ‘One Tonne’ target. He also tells us how the project might seem like something from the space age but it’s all achieved using current technology including solar photovoltaic energy generation and state-of-the-art housing insulation.
Watch the YouTube video above or visit:http://www.youtube.com/user/TheGreenCarWebsite . Check out the OneTonneLife.com website to see how the family get on.
