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The Municipality of Uppsala is further investing in the promotion of circularity concepts within the local construction industry. For this purpose, a new recycling service for used building materials ..
Following the announcement of the Swedish city of Malmö as the new MCR2030 Resilience Hub, we talked to mayor Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh about the way this will affect future plans in the realm of urba..
Helsingborg has set a target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 and its authorities are so serious about it that they have issued sustainability-linked bonds. The performance indicator for that financial instrument will be the trajectory of the municipal emission reduction rate in the following years. The goal of the bonds is to attract capital for the carrying out of bolder and more expansive green initiatives so that increased quality of life and a healthier environment will be brought about. The action makes Helsingborg the first municipality to try this approach.
The Swedish city is one of the exemplary models in terms of climate action
At the start of this week, Malmö’s authorities informed the public about the city’s achievements and future plans in terms of achieving climate neutrality. Although it is one of the best performing European cities in that regard, its administration (which uses 98% of fossil-free energy) seeks new ways to continue the acceleration at local, national and international levels.
It was a couple of parking spaces a few days ago. But now the area outside Malin Henriksson Talcoth’s gourmet sausage shop in Gothenburg has a bench, a picnic table and racks for cycles and e-scooters. It also has people talking, eating and enjoying themselves, despite subzero temperatures.
La Suède invite ses citadins à réinventer la ville, en commençant par leur rue. Ce projet de "ville minute", vise à créer des espaces plus respirables, plus conviviaux, et participatifs. Un projet enthousiasmant en période de pandémie.
Pour atteindre ses objectifs climatiques, l’Union européenne doit doubler le rythme de rénovation de ses bâtiments résidentiels et tertiaires. La Suède est déjà parvenue à une décarbonation quasi complète du secteur. Mais elle est bien seule.
54% of Sweden’s power already comes from renewables – the target is 100% by 2040 – and more and more is being generated locally on a small distributed scale, says Harry Kretchmer writing for the World Economic Forum. ‘District Heating’ plants are today using excess heat to warm over 75% of Swedish homes. Residential generation …
Interview with the Mayor of Uppsala in Sweden
The Fossil-free Energy Districts project, FED, is an innovative effort by the City of Gothenburg to decrease the use of energy and the dependence on fossil fuel in a built environment. A unique local marketplace for electricity, district heating and cooling is developed together with nine strong partners.
On April 23, eight Swedish cities – Enköping, Gothenburg, Lund, Malmö, Stockholm, Umeå, Uppsala and Växjö – took a major step forward in the climate transition. Within the framework of the strategic innovation program Viable Cities, they are now inspirers and blowtorches for other cities, in Sweden and the world, so as many cities as possible will reach climate neutrality by 2030.
Cities and their partners will now accelerate and develop systems and processes within Viable Cities to achieve increased economic, social and environmental sustainability in line with the global sustainability goals. The eight cities yesterday signed a letter of intent, which is an important step in the process of formulating a Climate City Contract. In short, it is a question of changing how we finance climate change in order to speed it up.
The closure of the last coal-fired cogeneration plant moves the city much closer to its goal of becoming fossil fuel-free by 2040
Operations at the coal-fired cogeneration plant KVV6 at Värtaverket, which has supplied heat and electricity to Stockholmers since 1989, ground to a halt on 16 April. This event made no ripples in the coronavirus-dominated media mix, but it was worth mentioning. Now that the last remaining facility of this type in Sweden’s capital has been shut down, the city's has come much closer to its ambitious target of being fossil fuel-free by 2040.
Under its green bond framework, Kommuninvest loans Swedish municipal investment projects in eight areas, including renewable energy, energy efficiency, green buildings, public transport, water management and waste management.
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The Swedish city is a pioneer of its own in the field of sustainability. One of its praiseworthy initiatives was the creation of the LFM30 roadmap to climate-neutral construction. In essence, this is a large-scale collaborative platform among all the main local stakeholders involved in the construction industry, working in accord with the public administration to achieve a climate-neutral status for their city.
Mayor of Lund Philip Sandberg announced that the Swedish city wants to join the EC's Mission for climate-neutral and smart cities.
Sweden is pursuing a hyperlocal variation, on a national scale. A plan piloted by Swedish national innovation body Vinnova and design think tank ArkDes focuses attention on what Dan Hill, Vinnova’s director of strategic design, calls the “one-minute city.” It’s a order of magnitude smaller than other recent think-local planning conceits. While Paris works with a 15-minute radius and Barcelona’s superblocks with nine-block chunks of the city, Sweden’s project operates at the single street level, paying attention to “the space outside your front door — and that of your neighbors adjacent and opposite,” Hill says.
This concerns the allotment of land for affordable housing
The Swedish city of Malmö might have found a way out of plaguing housing shortages with the development of a new model called Mallbo. This is an abbreviation of Malmö Allemansrätt Boende (Malmö Public Law Housing) and according to authorities, it represents both a model and a tool that will allow achieving the goal of a more sustainable housing market.
Located in Malmö, the SUNRISE neighbourhood of Lindängen is one of the most active neighbourhoods when it comes to citizen involvement in the co-creation process. Within the scope of the SUNRISE project, a co-creation approach was successfully implemented in Lindängen, a multi-ethnic neighborhood of 7,620 inhabitants located in the south of Malmo, Sweden. Lindängen is
Deep renovation of the buildings is a key for sustainable development, however, the rate of deep renovation of residential buildings in the European Union (EU) is lower than what is required to meet the climate and energy goals. This paper analyses peculiarities and commonalities in market conditions and approaches to deep renovation of single-family (or detached) houses in Denmark and Sweden. The market analysis covers the Political, Economic, Social and Technical (PEST) dimensions and is based on systematic literature review and findings of market gap analysis. The PEST analysis is complemented with responses from 49 stakeholders/experts to examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT analysis) for deep renovation market. The synthesis of SWOT and PEST led to some strategies for deep renovation. Furthermore, policies and strategies adopted by some other countries have been discussed to place findings from this study in the regional and global context. Capacity building in designing and managing deep renovation with technological advancement and construction practices; and enforcement of quality assurance systems of artisans could avoid the perceived risk and inconveniences associated with renovation. Encouraging systematically planned stepwise deep renovation through One-Stop shop and linking such renovation with appropriate financing mechanism could attract more homeowners with financial limitations. Besides, clustering several houses in need of renovation and appropriate energy/carbon pricing mechanisms could make the renovation market more attractive for investors and construction companies. The findings of this paper are of interest for the construction companies, policymakers, investors, and analysts about deep renovation market.
On December 11, politicians in nine Swedish cities signed the first Climate City Contracts in Europe. The goal is set — climate neutrality 2030 — and what an exciting journey it will be!
The measures include extra cash for green transport, money for climate-smart renovation of public housing and support for biofuels
In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Sweden possibly vetoing the EU Recovery Fund, and Prime Minister Boyko Borrissov saying he would announce his resignation depending on the EU's weekend summit after he fired three of his ministers, and so much more.
Pour imaginer un futur compatible avec la lutte contre le réchauffement climatique, le réseau "Viable Cities" a commencé par recruter un conteur en chef. Rencontre.
« La crise sanitaire du Covid-19 nous apprend des choses sur la crise climatique : la crise est globale, mais c’est son impact local qui a des répercussions directes sur la vie des gens. Et ce sont les collectivités locales qui sont en première ligne, pour organiser les soins, l’alimentation, l’école, le transport. Ce sont elles qu’on écoute, qui ont la confiance des citoyens, pas le Premier ministre ».
Pour Peter Grankvist, "chief story teller" ou conteur en chef du projet Viable cities, la crise sanitaire conforte l’approche que neuf villes suédoises ont adoptée en se lançant le défi de la neutralité carbone pour 2030.
Jusque-là, rien de très original. Mais la méthode pour y parvenir, l’est. Le projet en lui-même a adopté le processus de « l’innovation à mission » conceptualisé par l’économiste italienne Marianna Mazzucato. Et pour ne pas perdre la mission de vue, le réseau Viable cities, qui rassemble neuf villes au total, a commencé par embaucher un journaliste écrivain passionné par le futur et l’innovation. Il gère une équipe composée d'artistes et de spécialistes en sciences humaines et en psychologie, qui étudie les histoires les plus célèbres et cherche à en tirer un modèle.
Helsinki takes seriously its responsibility in fighting the climate change. Our goal is a carbon-neutral Helsinki by the year 2035. We are preparing one million euro Helsinki Energy Challenge, by which we seek innovations, technologies and impactful solutions for replacing coal in the heating of Helsinki on sustainable way.
Gothenburg, Sweden — The Swedish government decided today to deny the EU-backed Gothenburg gas terminal its final permit on climate grounds. [1]
This development is the latest in a series of faltering gas projects and follows years of local opposition including a blockade of the harbour and terminal by hundreds of people in September.
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