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The peaceful streets of Oslo are growing even calmer as the city drives noisy machines off municipal building sites. For locals and builders, the drop in decibels is a welcome side-effect of a goal to keep city-managed construction projects free from toxic emissions. The mandate, which is the first of its kind in the world, came into effect on 1 January .Construction is one of the biggest sources of urban air pollution, but even forward-thinking cities such as Oslo have struggled to clean it up.

The Norwegian capital has led the way in replacing the petrol and diesel that powers its construction equipment with biofuels, which do little to heat the planet but still foul the local air. It is now moving to battery-powered machines.

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[โ€“] lnxtx@feddit.nl 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Good for the local residents, but for global. They are still selling oil.
So it's burned somewhere else.

Also, silent hummer drills?

[โ€“] witty_username@feddit.nl 3 points 5 hours ago

That's what went through my head as well.. Combustion engines emit a limited part of the noises at a construction site. I'm sure electrification is an improvement though