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Reducing air pollution caused by traffic and industries and improving indoor climate

Cities worldwide are facing numerous challenges. Among these, we find air pollution, which is currently a global health issue causing premature deaths of millions each year. Air pollution in cities is predominantly caused by transportation and industry. With urbanisation set to increase significantly, the problem will affect even more people in the future if no action is taken.

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Climate partnerships

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New alliance between the Danish Ministry of Environment and the business community will strengthen biodiversity

Together with key players from the Danish business community, the Danish Ministry of Environment has formed the Biodiversity Partnership seeking to remove barriers or create incentives to help Danish companies in their voluntary efforts to protect the world's nature.

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Energy efficiency in buildings

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Decarbonising the buildings of New York through partnerships and knowledge exchange

On 23 May, State of Green and partners hosted a morning session in New York City to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange in order to accelerate the decarbonisation of buildings. Experts from the US and Danish solution providers gathered to discuss deep energy efficiency retrofits and the importance of partnerships in achieving a net-zero New York City.

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Active House USA - Smith residence

Traditionally, green building standards are concerned primarily with the construction materials and building process. Active House standards are the first residential building standards to focus on what happens once the homeowners are living in the home. The immediate goal is to provide the homeowne

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Indoor air quality

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Improving indoor air quality and learning with energy-efficient rooflights

The Thomas Buxton Primary School in Whitechapel, London was facing multiple challenges. Deteriorating rooflights were leaking, disrupting lessons, and failing to meet safety standards. The old rooflights could not manage the glare and heat and the school was relying more on artificial lighting. Furt

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Indoor air quality

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Energy-efficient window solutions creates sustainable homes

The owners of a newly-constructed house in Wroclaw, Poland, bought a plot of land adjacent to a large park area near the Grabiszyński Park. The house is perfectly located among lush natural scenery, but yet a demanding plot of land in terms of constructing a house. The plot presented a number of cha

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Sustainable fuels

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Green requirements for fuels help Denmark reach climate targets

In the future, more cars and trucks must be filled with green fuels. Therefore, the Danish government will increase the national CO2-displacement requirements for road transport fuels in order to reach Denmark's climate targets for 2025.

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EIVEE

EIVEE calculates your company's entire CO2 emissions with market-leading precision across scope 1, 2 and 3. We deliver industry-leading data quality so you continuously track and validate your ent

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Shipping and maritime

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Blue Water Shipping

Blue Water Shipping is a global provider of all logistics services in modern supply chain management. At the heart of Blue Water is an organisation of professionals skilled to offer complete and tailo

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Buildings

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Livingbetter AS

Healthy and sustainable combined ventilation and heat recovery solution

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Buildings

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Juul Frost Architects

Juul Frost Architects is an award-winning multidisciplinary studio with a holistic approach and a human focus. The purpose of our architecture and urban development is to promote quality of life, he

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CLIIN Robotics

CLIIN Robotics provides versatile robots for the benefit of natural and work environments across industries

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HydroHullCleaning

Our underwater hull cleaning ROV, 'The SeaBadger' is a state of the art ROV cleaning large ships hulls while they are in the water. Under the water line, ships get biofouled, meaning that algae, and o

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Living labs

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BABLE Smart Cities

BABLE provides business and technology services for smart city green solutions. We create automated services that simplify and offer expert advice to guide transition, development and scaling. Our onl

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Transition ApS

Transition supports the transition to a sustainable society.

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Air pollution

With urbanisation set to increase, air pollution will affect even more people in the future if no action is taken. Through strict environmental legislation and air quality monitoring, Denmark has reduced atmospheric pollution in most areas to less than one-fifth of the levels during the late 70s.

Climate change adaptation

Expanding mitigation to include adaptation in dealing with climate change, enables a holistic view that can combat previous negative social, environmental, and economic impacts and result in both climate resilient and more liveable places to live. Over the next 15-20 years, Denmark will spend more than EUR 5 billion on adapting its cities to climate changes.

District energy

Put simply, district energy is about moving energy in water, with a valuable temperature, from a place of production to the place of consumption. Denmark’s district heating system is highly energy efficient and has been one of the key drivers for reduced energy consumption and CO2 emissions from the energy sector.

Green buildings

With urbanisation, demographic changes, and climate change, our cities and their buildings are facing immense challenges. Creative and innovative thinking can lead us towards a more sustainable approach to designing, creating, and using the buildings that form the basis for our everyday lives, to the benefit of both our planet and the people that populate our urban centres. Ensuring that new buildings are sustainable and energy-efficient will be key to our efforts to tackle climate change.

Smart cities

As the pace of urbanisation quickens, cities face immense challenges related to waste management, mobility, climate adaptation and energy. However, as their political, economic, and technological power grows, cities can harness this trend to act as leaders in the green transition and drivers of the green economy. Cities need smart solutions to ensure that they are optimised for sustainable economic activity, energy consumption, and an improved environmental impact.

Urban mobility

Cities must be built for people to be sustainable, healthy, and liveable. Targeted policy-making with urban mobility in mind is a strong reinforcement of these objectives. The key is to acknowledge the importance of city space and city life as an attractive, informal, and democratic meeting place for the city residents.

Urban waste management

Urban waste management entails the entire system of collecting, sorting, treating, utilising and ultimately disposing of waste. When properly facilitated it can provide a source of energy and resources, while significantly reducing pollution.

Urban water management

Cities around the world increasingly face pressure from both growing populations and climate change, challenging urban water supply in terms of available resources and in terms of treatment of increased wastewater volumes. An integrated approach to urban water management can ensure cost efficiency and synergies. E.g., wastewater treatment can provide the city with energy and nature-based solutions can delay or store rainwater for later use.