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.

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Perspective

Power-to-x

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Electrolysis: the next phase of the green transition

18 September 2023

Hydrogen and electrolysis are not new inventions. Hydrogen dates back 13 billion years to the Big Bang and has been used in industry for decades in the post-industrial world.

News

Wastewater management

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Nitrous oxide levels monitored for one year at wastewater treatment plants in Europe and Australia

14 September 2023

Wastewater treatment plants in Denmark, Australia and the UK joined forces for one year to monitor emissions of nitrous oxide. This greenhouse gas may be subject to stricter regulation in future and is thus worth learning more about.

events

Urban planning and development

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Virtual launch: Urban green transition

13 September 2023

With the new white paper on “Urban green transition”, we have begun a journey to demonstrate why holistic and strategic city planning and development within mobility and infrastructure, climate adaptation, as well as environmentally conscious architecture and construction, must take cent

solutions

Resource efficient production

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Halving the water use in Carlsberg’s brewery

8 September 2023

Water is an integral part of the brewing process, which requires large amounts of energy and water for heating, cooling, cleaning and sterilization. This is also the case for one of the world’s biggest beer brands, Carlsberg, that was facing challenges in achieving greater water efficiency, while ma

News

Wind energy

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State of Green at Climate Week NYC 2023

As part of the upcoming Climate Week NYC 2023 from 17 - 24 September, State of Green and partners will be orchestrating a series of events. With emphasis on public-private climate action, the events will revolve around emission mitigation, energy efficiency, green financing, renewables, green hydrogen and biodiversity.

News

Climate change adaptation

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Danes are European champions in applying for green patents

Almost every fifth Danish patent application is green, which ensures Denmark a European top position in green innovation.

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Meet Danish urban water management professionals

Company

Bio-based circular solutions

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Nordic Harvest

Nordic Harvest is dedicated to establishing a genuinely sustainable food production model that not only addresses these issues, but also effectively counteracts them. Operating from one of the world's

Company

Wastewater treatment

KSK Aqua ApS

KSK Aqua supply Saddle Chips for biological treatment of wastewater.

Company

Wastewater treatment

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WaterCare Filtration

WaterCare Filtration is a Danish engineering and manufacturing company specializing in products for the purification and management of rain and surface water. At WaterCare Filtration, complete purific

Organisation

Bio-based circular solutions

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Kalundborg Symbiosis

Kalundborg Symbiosis is a partnership between sixteen public and private companies in Kalundborg. The main principle is that a waste stream in one company becomes a resource in another, benefiting bot

Company

Climate change adaptation

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Just-measure ApS

Just-measure makes data about water quality easy accessible. We make measurements of primelary nitrate and nitrite with online data to our cloud platform within 3 business areas: Drinking water wells,

Company

Biogas

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Nanonord A/S

NanoNord A/S is a Danish, privately-owned company with unique and strong bonds to the world of science and university research. The company specializes in the development of real-time, online oil, foo

Company

Climate change adaptation

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Niels Lützen Landskabsarkitekter

Niels Lützen Landskabsarkitekter is a Copenhagen based landscape architecture studio, that specializes in climate change adaptation and have gained great recognition for our expertise and experience w

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District cooling

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IRON Pump A/S

IRON Pump is a Danish company, specialized in the manufacturing and development of energy efficiency pumps for the maritime and industrial sectors.

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Explore related focus areas

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.