ProjectZero

Organisation

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ProjectZero is the vision for creating a ZEROcarbon future for the city Sonderborg in southern Denmark by 2029 based on sustainable growth and with many new green jobs as a result.

The ProjectZero concept is based on energy efficiency combined with renewable energy from the County´s own green sources – all documented in the ProjectZero masterplan.

The aim is to develop a world class showcase for energy savings, best practice mindset, participation, technology and business.

All County stakeholders are involved in the implementation, taking responsibility and actions.

Our activities include:

The ProjectZero masterplan – creation of a detailed roadmap for implementation of the vision.
ZEROcompanies and Bright Green Business programs – introducing the business community to Climate management, CDP-filing, creation of new Cleantech clusters and job creation.
The ZEROfamily initiatives – special programs for citizen participation.
ZEROenergy initiatives including replacing existing carbon based energy by geothermal-, solar heat-, photovoltaic-, wind-, biomass/manure-energy and seawater cooling.

Primary contact

Peter Rathje: +45 4040 8636

Our work

September 13, 2019

News

Sonderborg reduced CO2 by nearly 40 per cent despite increased energy consumption

Sonderborg municipality’s total CO2 emissions have been reduced by a further 2.7 percentage points in 2018, and overall CO2 emissions have fallen by 38.3 per cent since 2007. Meanwhile, energy consumption in 2018 increased by 1.7 percentage points.

March 28, 2017

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Surplus Heat from Danish Supermarkets Utilised for District Heating

New collaboration between the retail company Dansk Supermarked and the district heating company Sønderborg Fjernvarme secures efficient utilisation of surplus heat from supermarkets’ refrigeration equipment. The heat export corresponds to heat consumption from 50 households and helps to lower CO2-emissions.

July 14, 2016

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35% less CO2 in Sonderborg

Things are going well in the region of Sonderborg when it comes to reducing carbon emissions. This is the conclusion of the 2015 monitoring process, detailing that the CO2 meter for the region of Sonderborg shows a 35% reduction compared to 2007.

May 02, 2014

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Sustainable Dubai studies Sonderborg´s solutions

Dubai is more than energy-wasting hotels & shopping malls. New thoughts on energy-efficient and sustainable urban development are arising there very fast. The project challenges the famous MASDAR project on energy efficiency.

Case

“Rain Gardens” in Digterhaven

Increased rainfall and frequent rain has become a part of everyday life and concepts like ‘monster rain‘ has become part of our consciousness. Many have been alarmed by summers of flooded sewers, roads and basements. The climate is changing and we must adapt. Sønderborg Municipality has repeatedly experienced flooding where high schools, traffic and other […]

December 22, 2013

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The Sonderborg-area reached 22 % CARBON-reduction in 2012

Green district heating together with impressive savings in the industry and farming, and a greener electricity production, has resulted in an impressive reduction in the Sonderborg-area’s carbon emissions.

November 28, 2013

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Sonderborg agreement opens Green Chinese doors

On behalf of Sonderborg and ProjectZero, Peter Rathje, Director of ProjectZero has signed one of ten EU-China agreements about urban cooperation in Beijing.

November 11, 2013

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Sonderborg´s Climate Roadmap2020 recognized by C40 Expert Committee

The organization has recently completed its evaluation of Sonderborg´s new Climate Roadmap2020 and the Plan was approved, advancing the project to “participant” status in the Climate Positive program, where it will serve as model among global C40 cities for its climate efforts.

Case

ZEROhome program

Late 2010 ProjectZero launched its ZEROhome (ZERObolig) program focused on engaging house-owners in energy retrofitting the areas app. 16,800 private owned houses. The program is focused on the EU energy label and qualified ways to improve the individual houses current energy standards. The ZEROhome program will as part of the project document, how it will […]

Case

ZERO+ house

Early 2009 Sonderborg became the first city in Denmark to build a house that produces more energy than its family consumes in their everyday life. The house has a positive annual energy costs and sells the excess power to the national grid at the market price – the same price the consumers pay when they […]

Policy

Our Masterplan & Roadmap

During 2008 and 2009 more than 75 leading Danish energy specialists analyzed the areas’ opportunities and challenges and created the ProjectZero 2029 masterplan, concluding that Sonderborg can achieve ZEROcarbon by 2029. Key issues: Massive focus on smart use of energy. Lowering consumption by energy efficiency improvement is estimated to reduce energy consumption by 40% compared […]

October 28, 2013

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