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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 green buildings that are sustainable and energy-efficient will be key to our efforts to tackle climate change.

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Cities occupy 3% of Earth’s land but account for 70% of global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions
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Buildings are responsible for 40% of global energy consumption and 33% of greenhouse gas emissions
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In Europe alone, more than 220 million buildings – or 75% of the building stock – are energy-inefficient, with many relying on fossil fuels for heating and cooling
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Cities occupy 3% of Earth’s land but account for 70% of global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions Buildings are responsible for 40% of global energy consumption and 33% of greenhouse gas emissions In Europe alone, more than 220 million buildings – or 75% of the building stock – are energy-inefficient, with many relying on fossil fuels for heating and cooling

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PKA’s CEO Takes a Seat in Influential Climate Alliance

11 August 2022
CEO of PKA, Jon Johnsen, is the only Dane to be part of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) climate network. The UN is behind the initiative, and members of the network include some of the biggest private investors in the world. The goal is to accelerate financing of the green transformation especially in emerging markets.
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Circular building materials

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Towards a More Sustainable Real Estate Portfolio

11 August 2022
Since 2008, PKA has reduced its CO2 footprint by 85% in its Danish real estate portfolio, and by the end of 2025, there must be a further 50% reduction. The aim is to contribute to a greener housing stock in Denmark, but also secure an attractive and sustainable return to the members of the pension
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Urban planning and development

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Nordhavn: The smart urban area of the future

27 July 2022
On this 360 virtual tour, you can explore the urban district of Nordhavn, Copenhagen. It is an urban area which combines liveability, sustainability and intelligent solutions in a vibrant smart city neighbourhood.
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Bio-based circular solutions

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Danida Green Business Partnerships is open for applications

21 July 2022
Danida Green Business Partnerships (DGBP) is a business instrument under the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The programme focuses on green transition through development projects developed and implemented in partnerships between commercial and non-commercial partners.
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Buildings

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The Marble Pier

19 July 2022
The construction sector accounts for 40% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, concieving of ways to design and construct more sustainable and buildings are imperative. One way to challenge old building traditions is by choosing more sustainable building materials. In Nordhavn, Copenhagen, R
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Green buildings

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Gottlieb Paludan Architects wins competition for transit stops with modular design in wood

12 July 2022
Gottlieb Paludan Architects has been appointed winner of the design competition for a new concept for transit stops for buses and trams in three Swedish cities; Göteborg, Mölndals and Partille.
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Meet Danish green buildings professionals

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Green financing

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PKA

PKA is a non-profit labor market pension fund based in Denmark. We manage the pensions of 350,000 members employed primarily in the social service and health care sectors

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Buildings

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Transition ApS

Transition supports the transition to a sustainable society.

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Bio-based circular solutions

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Viegand Maagøe

We co-create the green transition. The transition relies on a combination of technologies, financing, people, and communications. This is why we are experts in advising about these topics.

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Energy efficiency

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frient

frient offers high-quality smart home devices that can reduce electricity consumption, enable home automation, and protect the users' homes and families. The frient devices are available for installer

Public Sector

Urban planning and development

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Middelfart Municipality

Middelfart Municipality (MM) on the island of Fyn has worked with climate actions since 2007. The municipality is one of the first in Denmark to hold a Climate Action Plan together with a political ag

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Buildings

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ADEPT

ADEPT focus on urban development and building architecture with an aim to push users, clients, profession and the world around us towards a deeper responsibility for the limited global resources. We d

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Buildings

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Nordic Waste A/S

At Nordic Waste we are specialists in biological and chemical treatment of contaminated soil and residual products from the industry etc. The purpose is to recycle the soil and residual products back

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Air pollution

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Energy Machines

Energy Machines™ is a leader in the design, implementation, and operation of integrated energy systems for buildings. Buildings are a growing climate problem, accounting for over 28% of global CO₂ emi
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.