Smart City Sweden

Last week, European Viable Cities Day took off, hosted by Viable Cities and the European Commission Representation. The day highlighted the mission of climate-neutral and sustainable cities by 2030. It featured a panel discussion on the climate transition and the signing ceremony of Climate City Contract 2030.   Smart City Sweden was part of facilitating the sessions throughout the day, together with actors such as the Sweden-US Green Transition Initiative, Vinnova the Swedish Energy Agency, Business Sweden and the Embassy of Sweden Washington.   The day before, a group of selected leaders were invited to discuss the aggregated purchasing power of private and public city stakeholders for the global transition to climate neutrality. The aim was to come together around a joint initiative. The group also went on several study visits, such as to the new urban district Slakthusområdet and had meetings with the city of Stockholm and the Swedish Internet Foundation, to name a few. #Climateneutralcities #Sustainablecities #climatetransition #climatecitycontracts

Our Project Manager Gina Aspelin Hedbring is in Brazil this week to participate in the Brazil-Sweden Innovation Week. The week is part of the bilateral collaboration between Sweden and Brazil, where sustainable cities is one of the focus areas for collaboration. During the week, the group has been visiting different sites connected to city planning in Florianopolis. Some topics covered included community-led tourism in nature reserves, low-emission zones, climate adaptation and resilience. Among the participants in the Swedish delegation are the Ambassador of Sweden to Brazil, Karin Wallensteen, State Secretary Tobias Karlström and Director General for Trade Policy, Camilla Mellander. Today, Accelerating green transition by innovation is on the agenda, where solutions for sustainable cities are discussed. Embassy of Sweden in Brazil RISE Research Institutes of Sweden Sweden Brazil Innovation Initiative #InternationalCollaboration #SustainableCities

Together with Business Sweden, Smart City Sweden arranged a visit for city officials from Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, and representatives from the Embassy of Kazakhstan to Sweden.   The delegation visited Sjöstadsverket Water Innovation Centre (SWIC), one of the world's leading R&D facilities in water treatment technology, where Swedish company Xylem presented their work in central Asia and water experts from IVL gave a tour around the premises. The same day, Smart City Sweden was part of arranging the SI Global Executive Programme with Impact Hub Stockholm, financed by Svenska institutet.100 senior executives from 22 countries took part in the programme in total and learnt about leadership for the Green Transition. The delegation visited sustainable districts Stockholm Royal Seaport and Hammarby sjöstad, and met with companies such as Epiroc, Envac and Stockholm Vatten och Avfall (Stockholm water and waste). Top picture: participants from the SI Globa Executive Programme (GEP) outside Envac. Bottom picture to the left and middle: The Astana delegation in and outside of SWIC. Bottom right: the GEP group in Hammarby Sjöstad. #InternationalCollaboration #SustainableSolutions #UrbanPlanning #WasteWaterTreatment

🌇 City officials from Annapolis, the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, visited Sweden last week. The delegation visited Stockholm and Gothenburg to explore solutions and collaboration opportunities within sustainable transport (such as electric ferries), sustainable buildings and retrofitting, and the green transition in cities. The group met with companies, transportation experts, urban planners, and more.   🚚 Smart City Sweden also received a visit from China Academy of Safety Science and Technology. The main interest of the delegation was to look at the safety measures while transporting hydrogen fuel gas. Smart City Sweden’s Lidia Partheni gave an introduction and Anders Hjort, Senior Expert at IVL, talked about the biogas/biomethane value chain from production, and distribution to end use, as well as the challenges and risks. Interested in learning more about sustainable cities? Request a visit with Smart City Sweden to learn more: https://lnkd.in/dXpxk5a #SustainableTransportation #UrbanPlanning #Retrofitting #GreenBuildings #Hydrogen #biogas

☀ A delegation from Malaysia visited a sunny Stockholm earlier this week. The delegation, consisting of representatives from The Women & Family, Welfare and Care Economy Executive Councilor of the State Government of Selangor and SELCARE, among others, visited the sustainable district Stockholm Royal Seaport. Lidia Partheni from Smart City Sweden presented various aspects of urban planning, such as gender-sensitive urban planning. Örjan Lönngren from the City of Stockholm gave a guided tour around the area.   Stockholm Royal Seaport is a former industrial land that is being transformed into a green and vibrant part of Stockholm with holistic solutions that contribute to resource efficiency and reduced climate impact. New processes and solutions are tested and developed for a more sustainable future. #StockholmRoyalSeaport #GenderSensitiveUrbanPlanning #Ecosystemservices

Smart City Sweden hosted a meeting with Serge Wilmes, Minister of the Environment, Climate and Biodiversity in Luxembourg and the Swedish Minister of Climate and the Environment, Romina Pourmokhtari. During the meeting, questions such as urban planning and circularity were discussed. The sustainable district Stockholm Royal Seaport was shown as an example of sustainable urban planning.

This week, Smart City Sweden arranged two visits together with ElectriCITY Innovation in the sustainable district of Hammarby sjöstad.🏙 In the early 1990s, Hammarby Sjöstad had a reputation for being a run-down, polluted and unsafe industrial and residential area. Today, Hammarby Sjöstad is one of Stockholm’s most attractive residential districts and a model of successful urban renewal. A delegation from the City of Hamburg and the HafenCity University Hamburg visited the districts to exchange experiences on Urban Digital Twins. Some of the topics discussed were the Urban Twin Transition Centre, a strategic initiative that uses digitalisation for a green transition in cities and the digital Twin Libra, an arena for the energy sector to simulate tomorrow’s energy system. Visiting Hammarby sjöstad this week was also a delegation from the Taoyuan City government, where Hammarby sjöstad and its management were presented and discussed. They were also given a guided tour around parts of the district. Learn more about Hammarby sjöstad here: https://lnkd.in/diussW52 #DigitalTwins #UrbanPlanning #Greenbuildings Jonas Törnblom Allan Larsson Lennart Backlund Rickard Dahlstrand Alexander Gösta Fredrik Johansson Jonas Jonsson

Smart City Sweden was in 2021 approached by stakeholders from the city of Kampala regarding the unsustainable waste situation in the capital of Uganda. The next step has now been taken to lay the foundation to make an incineration facility in the city a reality. - The Kiteezi dump site is the only place where the waste from the city goes, which is about 1300 tons per day. The proposed incineration facility will take the load off Kiteezi while decreasing the climate impact and providing better working and living conditions in the area, among other positive benefits, says Kåre Sundin, Project Director of the feasibility study. #WasteToValue #WasteManagement #Climatechange

Last week, our Project Manager Gina Aspelin Hedbring joined a webinar by Svenska institutet focusing on Innovation for Green Transition 🌱 🌏

Last year, the Swedish Energy Agency and Smart City Sweden arranged a three-day programme for leading US companies interested in solutions related to smart solutions for infrastructure, energy efficiency and reduced climate impact. Now, Building Energy Exchange has gathered the lessons learned in Stockholm into a report: 'International Exchanges – Solutions for Low Carbon Building: Stockholm'. During this event on the 29th of May, the knowledge exchange between the two countries will be discussed and updates on the initiatives will be revealed. #Retrofitting #LowCarbonBuildings #EnergyEfficiency