en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000-watt_society
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whose construction starts in 2022.
This construction date is wrong. Smart Living Lab said the 2022 start was postponed, and later stated construction was scheduled to begin in 2023.
Full reasoning
The article says the Smart Living Lab building's construction starts in 2022, but the project's own later publications say that did not happen.
- In the Smart Living Lab's 2022 annual report, the project states that construction work was scheduled to begin in 2022 but has been postponed.
- In an official April 5, 2023 Smart Living Lab press release about the public tender, the project says construction is scheduled to begin in 2023.
So the claim that construction starts in 2022 is outdated and factually incorrect.
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- Smart Living Lab Annual Report 2022 - EPFL
Construction work was scheduled to begin in 2022 but has been postponed.
- New Smart Living Lab building at bluefactory: Fribourg general contractor wins public tender - Smart Living Lab
Construction is scheduled to begin in 2023.
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This is outdated. The 2000‑Watt Sites label was replaced in September 2023, and official Swiss program documentation says no site can be newly certified under that label from January 1, 2024.
Full reasoning
This sentence describes the 2000-watt sites label as if it is still being awarded now. Official Swiss program documentation says that is no longer the case.
The Local Energy / SwissEnergy archive states that the 2000-Watt Area/Site label was replaced in September 2023 by the new Minergie-Areal / SNBS-Areal (or Minergie-Quartier / SNBS-Quartier) labels. It also says that since January 1, 2024, no site can be certified as a "2000-watt site" anymore.
So the article's present-tense statement that the label "is awarded" is outdated.
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- Sites 2000 watts : histoire, solutions de raccordement et archives
Depuis le 1er janvier 2024, plus aucun site ne peut être certifié « Site 2000 watts ». En septembre 2023, il a été remplacé par les nouveaux labels Minergie-Quartier et SNBS-Quartier.
- 2000-Watt-Areale: Geschichte, Anschlusslösungen und Archiv
Im September 2023 wurde es durch die neuen Labels Minergie-Areal und SNBS-Areal abgelöst.
2 by 2050
Zurich's target date is outdated. The City of Zurich says the 2,000‑watt primary-energy target must now be reached by 2040, not 2050.
Full reasoning
This table entry is no longer current for Zurich.
On the City of Zurich's official 2000-Watt-Gesellschaft page, the city explains that after the adoption of the net-zero climate target in 2022, the deadline was tightened: the target of 2,000 watts of primary energy per person per year must now also be achieved by 2040.
So the table's entry "2 by 2050" is outdated for Zurich.
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- 2000-Watt-Gesellschaft | Stadt Zürich
Durch das Klimaschutzziel Netto-Null wurde 2022 die Zielvorgabe für die Reduktion der Treibhausgase verschärft ... Das Ziel von 2000 Watt Primärenergie pro Person und Jahr muss neu auch bis 2040 erreicht werden.