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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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Green Shipping

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Towards zero: Denmark's push to decarbonise global shipping

29 November 2023

Building on longstanding maritime traditions, Denmark is committed to accelerating the global transition towards climate-neutral shipping and finding ways to overcome regulatory, financial, technological, and political barriers. Dive in to Denmark's push to decarbonise global shipping by exploring this white paper.

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Power-to-x

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Germany and Denmark strengthen industry cooperation on green hydrogen

27 November 2023

A new German-Danish Offtake Declaration seeks to help Europe achieve its green hydrogen targets under REPowerEU while solidifying Northern Europe as a prime hub for the green energy transition.

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Energy efficiency in buildings

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Touring the energy-efficient buildings of the World Capital of Architecture

7 November 2023

In commemoration of Copenhagen's title as the World Capital of Architecture 2023, State of Green and Creative Denmark organised a delegation trip, welcoming stakeholders from the US and Canada to discover the energy-efficient buildings and sustainable architectural landscape of the Danish capital.

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Smart cities

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Redesigning Vendersgade, Copenhagen

6 November 2023

Gottlieb Paludan Architects has rejuvenated Vendersgade by focusing on better conditions for cyclists and establishing water-sensitive urban design measures to manage rainwater. Gottlieb Paludan Architects is responsible for the architectural redesign of Vendersgade and for managing all above-ground

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Carbon capture, storage and utilisation

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Implementing Power-to-X facilities to enable the green transition of the transport sector

16 October 2023

The shift towards sustainability and the resultant decrease in CO2 emissions have a profound impact on the transportation sector. Therefore, it is necessary to realize the adoption of sustainable solutions in the years ahead. While electric cars are poised to become the predominant choice for light

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Urban planning and development

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Virtual event: Adapting a holistic view to urban green transition

13 October 2023

On 11 October, State of Green hosted a virtual morning session, launching the white paper on “Urban green transition”. The session included both Danish and international perspectives on urban planning and development.

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Meet Danish urban mobility professionals

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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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JAJA Architects

JAJA is an award-winning Danish architecture and urban planning studio that works both practically and theoretically with projects that contribute to the creation of a better future.

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Waste management

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Simon Moos Maskinfabrik A/S

With more than forty years of experience, Simon Moos Maskinfabrik A/S is the industry leader in know-how about sludge dewatering, sludge processing and the effective management of related tasks and lo

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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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Heavy transport

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Dansk Gummi Industri A/S

Dansk Gummi Industri is a leading supplier of flexible, protective and cost-effective solutions for transport, handling and storage of wind turbine blades, towers and nacelles.

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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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Buildings

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Port of Aalborg

Port of Aalborg is more than a traditional port, transport hub and business park. We work with partnerships and collaboration. Sustainability and green transition. Symbioses and synergies. Knowledge a

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Air pollution

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EIT Urban Mobility Innovation Hub North

EIT Urban Mobility is a public/private partnership under the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union. Headquartered in Barcelona (Spain), its regional Innov

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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.