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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Integrating an intelligent and holistic approach to city planning and transportation management to create more sustainable cities

Our cities are growing and so are the challenges to make them liveable. It is estimated that 70 per cent of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050. This increase in urbanisation demands an intelligent, holistic and integrated approach to city planning and transportation management in order to meet the societal challenges faced by cities all over the world.

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District heating

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Danish municipalities to reduce emissions by 76% by 2030

26 September 2023

A new study of 92 Danish municipalities unveils a common commitment to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 76% by 2030. The study underlines the importance of local efforts to spur national green transition.

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Stejlepladsen masterplan: spaces for diversity

25 September 2023

The Stejlepladsen masterplan seeks to further develop a unique, densely arranged, and organically developed Copenhagen community into an inclusive and multi-generational neighbourhood supporting active community at all times of the day.

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Decarbonising Danish construction

25 September 2023

Reduction Roadmap is an Earthshot project which works to translate the Paris Agreement into industry-specific reduction targets for new Danish housing projects. The result is a science-based transformation tool and call to action for the Danish building sector. The construction industry is one of t

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Transforming through symbiotic relationships

25 September 2023

As part of the ‘Desire’ project, Kalundborg has been selected as one of eight sites across Europe to test different design principles for green transition — helping to inform a broader toolkit for building sustainable, circular societies. The project seeks to identify what to do to create ongoing

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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

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Energy efficiency in buildings

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Risk & Resilience: The role of cities in tackling the climate crisis

22 September 2023

CCAG will act to move policymakers, government officials and business leaders to address the key problems at the heart of the crisis, focusing on action. The pages 29 – 37 outlines sector learnings on how the Danish real estate sector has built a scalable framework with built-in #ESG transparency on

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Meet Danish smart cities professionals

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Bioenergy

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Energy Modelling Lab

Our expertise is analyses of energy systems, energy markets and potential impact of new technologies and policies. We develop scenarios showing the most feasible and low-cost pathways to accomplish a

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Buildings

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Wireless Logic Nordic

Wireless Logic Nordic is today the marked leading M2M/IoT solution provider in Denmark, and has also delivered and supports over 500.000 connections to a range of applications and assets throughout Eu

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Offshore wind

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KJAER DATA

KJAER DATA is your preferred IT partner, when you do not have sufficient IT resources inhouse to handle your IT operation, security, infrastructure, and connectivity on a daily basis. We are always av

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Circular business models

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TheNewSort

We provide a digital solution that enable citizens to sort packaging materials correctly in their own municipality.

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Energy efficiency

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EDF Denmark

Enabling Denmark’s journey to decarbonisation We use our global network and local experience to find the best innovative low-carbon solutions for each of our customers.

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Bio-based circular solutions

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Nordic Sustainable Construction

The programme Nordic Sustainable Construction is part of Nordic Vision 2030 initiated by the Nordic Ministers for Construction and Housing and works to support the Nordic countries in establishing the

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Bioenergy

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resolvent

resolvent brings innovation, digitalization and sustainability into your business.

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Buildings

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Livingbetter AS

Healthy and sustainable combined ventilation and heat recovery solution

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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.