C40 Cities pushing zero-emission construction equipment

I'm in the camp that anything in this vein is good, but it's a bit underwhelming to see that these cities (one of which I am sitting in) are still looking at this on a per-building basis. These are the entities that have a lot of ability to encourage district-level solutions and resource sharing and I don't see that here. Again, any push to encourage building owners and tenants to clear a higher bar, especially when it comes to carbon, is good. I just don't know why the focus is on one section of the puzzle rather than thinking about how all the pieces can fit together. Make no small plans, right?

I think that the zero-emissions equipment is a tall order - though I'm glad to see someone is thinking about it. The equipment rental & procurement sector really feels like it's own marketplace, we'll have to come up with some good tools to make this easy for organizations to find the right equipment.  It's be interesting to see life cycle cost analysis for electric vs. fossil-fuel equipment. I know there are some out there for passenger vehicles, but big equipment is another ball game and I haven't seen any.  

now the focus is on trucking (which will impact construction material deliveries) and workvans. larger heavy equipment would be the next logical step, especially if cities sign on to decarbonisation plans. the planned phasing out of fossil fuel vehicles will shorten the R&D required to also eliminate ICE construction equipment. https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2020/11/19/21571042/tesla-electric-cars-trucks-buses-daimler-volvo-vw-charging https://www.volvoce.com/global/en/our-offer/emobility/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-out_of_fossil_fuel_vehicles

It is also under-whelming that only 4 cities are signatory to this at this time. 

Enjoyed that Vox article. Thanks!