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Urban planning and development

Buildings

Climate change adaptation

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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

events

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

events

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

solutions

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

solutions

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

solutions

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

solutions

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

solutions

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

solutions

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

solutions

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

solutions

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

solutions

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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Air pollution from industry production

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Towards a sustainable industry

Industry stands at the centre of climate and resource challenges - now is the time to rethink how we produce. Discover solutions for competitive, efficient and resilient production in this white paper on "Towards a sustainable industry".

Perspective

Buildings

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Building and construction industry

It takes a lot of energy and resources to construct and maintain the built environment. Transforming it requires innovation, circularity and collaboration. Danish policies and industry initiatives are paving the way for more sustainable building practices.

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Energy efficiency in industry

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Driving resource efficiency with regulation

Resource efficiency is an essential part of any governmental strategy to guarantee sustainable economic growth. Denmark displays policies and instruments that can enhance security of supply, boost competitiveness and welfare, and reduce the environmental footprint of industries globally.

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District heating

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Green Therma receives EUDP funding for the demonstration of the Heat4Ever™ solution in Aalborg

We are pleased to announce that the Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program (EUDP) has awarded us 84 MDKK for the full-scale demonstration of our Heat4Ever™ solution in Aalborg, executed in close collaboration with Aalborg Forsyning (Aalborg Utility), among others.

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Partnerships

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DHI and State of Green strengthen collaboration through associate partnership

As the global demand for climate resilience and water security grows, sustainable water management is key to addressing the world’s environmental and societal challenges. Building on an already well-established collaboration, DHI and State of Green have now entered into an associate partnership.

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Energy efficiency in buildings

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Furniture manufacturer saves 30 percent on energy

A report on energy consumption at Montana Furniture was the starting point for investments in energy optimisation. Montana needed better insight into where and for what they were using energy in the company to identify areas for optimisation and to reduce their consumption and CO2 footprint. Theref