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Energy efficiency in industry

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ReUse - Recycling of resources from industrial waste streams

In the future, less wastewater should be wasted. Today, many companies pay wastewater treatment plants to get rid of their industrial wastewater, but often the water contains resources that can be used by the company or others. – There is lots of value in process- and wastewater. Both directly

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Waste management

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Creating value from liquid waste in the dense streets of Mumbai

17 February 2023

With India facing growing resource deficiencies in regard to water, solutions are needed for each part of the water value chain. This means, that specific solutions for the individual links, from wastewater to clean water, need to be addressed as soon as possible. In addition, when operating in majo

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Smart cities

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Improving Norwegian Waste Management with Data

2 February 2023

In Norway, the country’s waste management setup is challenged by its mountainous landscape, small roads, and sparse population. A data-based approach is the only way forward for efficient and sustainable waste services. Three Norwegian municipalities decided to embark on a smart sensor journey to ad

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Recycling of waste to material

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Increasing Resource Efficiency at Goodwill Industries of Kanawha Valley, Inc.

2 February 2023

Goodwill Industries of Kanawha Valley, Inc. is a non-profit organization in West Virginia, USA. It’s one of 161 independent Goodwill agencies in North America. Their projects are funded through donated clothing that the organization collects from thrift stores and clothing banks. The organization op

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Green financing

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New Danish models assess the economic and fiscal impacts of climate policies

31 January 2023

Economists from the University of Copenhagen have developed green models to calculate environmental and climate effects on Denmark's entire economy. The models can have a major impact on how we view and measure economic growth and green transition worldwide.

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Job creation and transition

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Sound of Green, a podcast series with insights from Denmark’s green transition

27 January 2023

From managing cloudbursts to setting up climate partnerships, we examine how Denmark has turned acute climate challenges into new opportunities. In our podcast series Sound of Green, experts convey how Danish experiences can push the needle toward global green transition. Find it on Spotify, Apple Podcast and stateofgreen.com.

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Meet Danish urban waste management professionals

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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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Biomass

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M&J Recycling

M&J Recycling is one of the world’s leading suppliers of industrial waste shredders for the waste recycling industry.

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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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Smart waste solutions

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All In On Green ApS

We contribute to the fight against ocean plastic by collecting trash in rivers and other streams and bring it to land. Our solution SeaProtectorOne is fully automatically operated and safe for fish an

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Wind energy

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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP)

Founded in 2012, CIP today is the world’s largest dedicated fund manager within greenfield renewable energy investments and a global leader in offshore wind. The funds managed by CIP focus on investme

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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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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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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

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.