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Urban planning and development

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Building Green Hamburg 2024

Join State of Green in Hamburg and discover how Danish architecture, landscaping, planning and design have a great deal to offer and can contribute to paving the way towards more sustainable, livable and connected cities.

Event details

Dates

19 June 2024 - 20 June 2024

Where

Hamburg, Germany

Organisers

Building Green & State of Green

Go to events

Get in touch:

Gry Klitmose Holm
Head of Tours (Buildings & Cities)

[email protected]

+45 4015 0526

Building Green Hamburg brings together decision-makers, experts, and professionals from the built environment on June 19 and 20 at the historic Fischauktionshalle in Hamburg. Discover actionable strategies to reduce the construction industry’s climate footprint while gaining insights from international speakers on sustainable urban development amidst the growing urbanisation and the need for sustainable practices.

With this page the aim is to ignite your imagination with captivating perspectives, white papers, and impactful case stories showcasing Danish solutions dedicated to fostering a more sustainable built environment. We invite you to join us for our site visits at Building Green Hamburg 2024, to find out how these solutions can serve as foundational elements in shaping the future of urban spaces.

Find State of Green’s site visits below. The full program for Building Green Hamburg is available here.

Sub-national climate action

Listen to Sound of Green ‘Sub-national climate action’ as we explore how cities are taking the lead in the race to net-zero, with insights from Mark Watts (C40 network), Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Sophie Hæstorp Andersen, Pelle Bournonville (Realdania), and Louise Koch (Grundfos).

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Events during Building Green Hamburg

Event

Urban planning and development

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Visit ADEPT in Hamburg

ADEPT is an architectural firm based in Copenhagen and Hamburg, founded in 2006. They believe in places over buildings, viewing the city as an organism emerging from synergies among people, functions, and spaces. Operating at all scales, from climate-conscious urban planning to sustainable building

Event

Urban planning and development

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Hamburg bicycle ride with WERK to kinderGARDEN and Creative Blocks

A bicycle ride along the harbor visiting the two projects: kinderGARDEN and Creative Blocks by WERK architects. kinderGARDEN is – as the name suggests – designed as a green and playful landscape with vegetation on the facades. On a total of 7 levels, there is a playground on each floor, a swimming p

White paper: Urban green transition

A 40-page showcase of why holistic and strategic city planning and development within mobility and infrastructure, climate adaptation, as well as environmentally conscious architecture and construction, must take centre stage in the transformed cities of tomorrow.

Explore sustainable city solutions nationally and globally

Solution

Buildings

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The Braunstein Taphouse: Building for disassembly

Designed for craft beer and disassembly – The Brainstein Taphouse is a combined breweries visitor center and community pivot at the Koege Harbour. This case is a part of the white paper “Urban green transition”: A 40-page showcase of why holistic and strategic city planning and development wit

Solution

District heating

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HafenCity: Securing sustainable district heating to the port of Hamburg

3 February 2023

Pursuing energy efficiency is essential if we are to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs for consumers while reducing our energy dependency at the same time. Like many cosmopolitan cities dotted across the globe, Hamburg is redeveloping its inner-city port area into a new urban quarter

Solution

Energy efficiency in buildings

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Living Places: Building low-carbon and more sustainable buildings

Living Places is a new way of thinking about how to build in the future. The project by VELUX Group, EFFEKT and Artelia explores how the building industry can support the health of the people and the planet through building design that is scalable, affordable and commercially viable. It arose by loo

Solution

Biodiversity

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Pulsparken: Setting new standards for climate adaptation and well-being

22 September 2023

According to the Danish Health Profile, Denmark faces a range of challenges that demand innovative solutions. These challenges include a high stress level among adults, with 29% reporting elevated stress levels. Additionally, only 4 out of 10 Danes meet the WHO’s recommendations for physical a

Solution

District energy

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Perfecting pipelines across Hamburg

6 November 2023

Having served more than half a decade as a two-unit coalfired power plant, the Wedel plant with a gross capacity of 289,7 MW, will gradually reduce its burning of coal by up to 30 percent, for the remainder of its operation. Saving around 150,000 tonnes of coal, its closure contributes to a signific

Solution

Building design

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Sneglehusene: A modular housing development that promotes wellbeing

11 September 2023

The Sneglehusene Residences in Nye, Aarhus completed in 2022 are the most recent development using a BIG-designed modular housing concept, which utilises modest materials to create generous living spaces. BIG’s modular housing concept was initially designed for the Dortheavej Residences in the north

Solution

Urban planning and development

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Transforming a former airport into a thriving city

4 September 2023

The development of the Downsview Framework Plan reimagines a former Toronto airport into a thriving new district, building on the rich legacy and natural features of the airfield site and its surroundings. The plan turns an expansive, 520-acre airfield into a green-minded, human-scale, and people-f

Solution

Urban mobility

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Public transport catalysing urban rejuvenation

4 September 2023

The fallout from the 2008 financial crisis pressed Odense to transform from being a big town to a great city. The Odense Tramway project was prioritised as a catalyst for the change, providing the backbone for green mobility while securing further urban investment. The project addressed the immense

Solution

Urban planning and development

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Transforming social housing with nature

A new nature park in Aarhus, Gellerupparken, has provided the green backbone for transforming a deprived area of 1960s public housing estates into socially and environmentally sustainable neighbourhoods. As Denmark’s largest social housing area, Gellerup is formed of large-scale building blocks and

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Water supply

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Danish Water Export Day 2026

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Electricity grid

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Port of Aalborg receives EU funding for hybrid shore power project

Port of Aalborg receives EUR 1.35 million in EU funding for a new project aimed at establishing shore power that can supply electricity both to vessels at berth and to the port’s own equipment.

Solution

District energy

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Warning nets protect underground cables and pipes

During excavation and ground works, accidental damage to buried infrastructure such as fibre optic cables, power cables, gas, water, and district heating pipes represents a major safety and financial risk. Inadequate or unclear marking of underground installations often results in cables and pipes b

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Digitalisation

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North Atlantic Shipping Infrastructure Alteration

A global logistics client aimed to expand its North Atlantic liner agent service from two to seven countries, requiring coordination across multiple markets, partners, and operational systems.

Solution

Building design

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Renewables Focus with Port Development

A European municipality sought to define a clear vision for transforming an industrial area into a hub for renewable energy manufacturing, while aligning stakeholders including municipal staff and elected officials.

Perspective

Climate change adaptation

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12 Examples of Climate-Resilient City Solutions

Climate adaptation seeks to lower the risks posed by the consequences of climate change, including flooding caused by extreme rain events. When approached holistically, climate adaptation can be used to create synergies between urban challenges by addressing several areas of urban development at the same time, ultimately creating climate-resilient cities of the future.