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with a clear exclusion of nuclear energy
The 2008 Zurich vote did not generally exclude nuclear energy. The official wording said the city would promote renewable energy and refrain from new contracts with nuclear power plants.
Full reasoning
The article overstates what the 2008 Zurich referendum decided. In the official City of Zurich explanation of the vote, the fourth environmental objective was not a blanket "exclusion of nuclear energy." Instead, the city said that Zurich would "promote the use of renewable energy" and "refrain from new contracts with nuclear power plants." Those are narrower commitments than a general exclusion of nuclear energy.
So the phrase "with a clear exclusion of nuclear energy" misdescribes the referendum's actual wording and scope.
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- Verankerung der Nachhaltigkeit und der 2000-Watt-Gesellschaft in der Gemeindeordnung der Stadt Zürich | Stadt Zürich
Die Ergänzung der Gemeindeordnung verankert vier wesentliche Umweltziele ... Drittens fördert die Stadt Zürich die Nutzung von erneuerbarer Energie und verzichtet viertens auf neue Verträge mit Atomkraftwerken.
The Swiss Federal Office of Energy stipulates that the 2000-watt sites label is awarded to residential developments demonstrating sustainable practices in construction, operation, renovation, and mobility.
This label is no longer being awarded. EnergySchweiz says the 2000-Watt-Areal label was replaced in autumn 2023 by Minergie-Areal and SNBS-Areal.
Full reasoning
This sentence is outdated in a way that makes it factually wrong in the present tense. The article says the Swiss Federal Office of Energy currently awards the "2000-watt sites" label. But EnergySchweiz now describes that label in the past tense: it says the 2000-Watt-Areal label existed from 2010 to 2023, was replaced in autumn 2023 by Minergie-Areal and SNBS-Areal, and that since 1 January 2024 areas are certified under those new standards.
So the article's present-tense description of the label as something that "is awarded" is no longer accurate.
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- 2000-Watt-Areale Schweiz - Nachhaltige Arealentwicklung
Das 2000-Watt-Areal-Label war von 2010 bis 2023 wegweisend für nachhaltige Arealentwicklung. Es wurde durch die neuen Labels Minergie-Areal und SNBS-Areal abgelöst. ... Seit dem 1. Januar 2024 können Sie Ihr Areal nach diesen neuen Standards zertifizieren lassen.
whose construction starts in 2022
EPFL reported that construction was only scheduled to begin in 2022 and was later postponed. So saying construction 'starts in 2022' is incorrect.
Full reasoning
This statement is contradicted by EPFL's own later update on the Smart Living Lab project. In its 2022 annual report, published in 2023, EPFL wrote that construction work was scheduled to begin in 2022 but has been postponed. That means the article's wording that construction "starts in 2022" is inaccurate.
The error is not just that the sentence is dated; it asserts that the start happened in 2022, while the project update says the 2022 start did not occur as planned.
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- Smart Living Lab Annual Report 2022 - EPFL
Construction work was scheduled to begin in 2022 but has been postponed. In the meantime, the research teams continue to work out of their temporary facilities.