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Carbon Foot Print for

Hopenhagen

The Hopenhagen Live activitities in 2009 duringthe COP15 took place at the City Square ofCopenhagen - a city in the city with green andsustainable solutions. The Carbon Foot...

City of Randers

25 years of focus on energy and the climateRanders Municipality (pop. 94,250) occupies aparticularly strong position in the fields ofenergy and climate. Over the past 25 y...

The Aarhus Docklands –

one of Europe’s lea...

The transformation of The Aarhus Docklandshas been started in Aarhus – Denmark’ssecond-largest city and one of the commercialhigh-growth regions in Scandinavia. Over thenext...

Sustainable Urban

Development: "Vores By"

...On January 1st, 2009 Carlsberg's productionof beer moved to Fredericia in Jutland, leavinga 33 hectares industrial site in Valby,Copenhagen open for urban development. Thear...

Nordhavn – a New

Sustainable

Neighbourhood...Nordhavn is the northernmost part of theCopenhagen docks with an amazing locationclose to the central areas of Copenhagen and aunique view of the open Øresund, piers, docksa...

Kolding Municipality

The Municipality of Kolding in Denmark hasapp. 90.000 inhabitants. In 2008 theMunicipality of Kolding was nominated as one ofthree ecocities in Denmark. Key drivers wherea h...

City of Aarhus

Aarhus boasts a unique position in the globalwind energy market and it is home to some ofthe world’s biggest manufacturers of windturbines, e.g. Vestas. It constitutes the wo...

Municipal energy

renovation project saves

...The City of Aarhus has completed a projectconcerning energy renovation of a municipaladministration building corresponding to theDanish building regulations’ low energy class...

Transport Plan for the

Municipality of Kol...

Kolding has long been one of Denmark’sleading municipalities as regards environment,energy and climate and aims to be a role modelwithin sustainable transport planning. Ramb...

Bike-Copenhagen

Currently, more than 1.2 million km are coveredby cyclists in Copenhagen – every day! Thisamazing number of cyclists is presumably aworld record and constitutes an important ...

Low-energy Buildings in

the City of Copenh...

The City of Copenhagen wants to promote thetechnological development in the area of low-energy buildings. Therefore, new publicbuildings in the City of Copenhagen are buildas...

Solar Cells and Parking in

Copenhagen

See how you can link traffic and environmenton an elegant platform. When you park yourcar in the city of Copenhagen you have to pay.Therefore – in 2007 - 1,600 pay-and displa...

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New York Timesimpressed by Danishbicycle...A new Danish bicycle superhighway hascaught the attention of the New York Times.

Danish Ministry ofClimate, Energy and Bui...Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy andBuildingThe Danish Ministry of Climate, Energyand Building was established on 3 October2011, when the building area was added to there...

Energibyen Skive

Skive Municipality has from 1983 to 2008invested in total amounts 38.6 million in energysaving arrangements. The economic savingsof the actions is estimated at approx. 54 ...

Energy ConservingRenovation ofValhalsgad...The City of Copenhagen has finished anextensive renovation of the Culture Centresituated at Valhalsgade 4 in a collaboration with8 Danish producers of cutting edge energysol...

Aarhus Cycling City - newambitions for th...Relaunching the bicycle as an urban means oftransport has become relevant for a number ofreasons. First, with the advent of the globalfinancial crisis, the bicycle has...

The light rail is on track

In January 2009, the Danish NationalParliament earmarked DKK 500 million to thefirst stage of the light rail project in Aarhus, andin October 2009 the Danish Transport Min...

The harbour turns blue

The idea of swimming in Copenhagens harbourwould have been out of the question fifteenyears ago. Close to 100 overflow channels fedwastewater into the harbour making the wate...

Sustainable energy inNorth HarbourNorth Harbour – Northern Europe’s largest newurban development area – is an example offuture sustainable urban areas. Our vision isthat North Harbour with its potential 40,00...

Nordhavn - Winner projectfor sustainable ...Together with COBE architects and SLETH,RAMBOLL was elected as the winning proposalin the international idea competition on thedevelopment of Nordhavnen - a new citydistrict...

Environmentally friendlystreetlighting in...Restoration of street lighting with environmentalfriendly light sources. Højbro Square has wonthe Danish Outdoorlighting Prize in 2008.Energy-friendly LED solutions are used...

Zero and Low CarbonSustainable CommunitiesMany communities set objective for reducingtheir climate foot print in a cost effective andsustainable way. The Danish Island of Samsoe,which declared this objective 10 ears...

DI Transport

The Danish Transport Federation (DITransport) is an independent businessorganisation within the Confederation of DanishIndustries (DI). DI has 11.000 members, ofwhich more t...

Smart Energy City,CopenhagenThe world population is growing and so is theneed for efficient energy services and the needfor low carbon solutions. At the same time morepeople prefer to live in cities. C...

City of Odense

With its 186.000 inhabitants, Odense is the thirdlargest city in Denmark covering an area of304,2 km2. It is a city with a size that opens thepossibility of creating integrat...

District heating in Beijing -the best air...The District Heating in Beijing is of interest in aDanish perspective. Beijing was the first city tostudy and use the experience from the districtheating system in Greater Co...

Sustainable City forSustainable CitizensE.ON is working to address the growingenvironmental problems of cities throughclimate-smart, long-term infrastructuresolutions. We are building the energy systemsof the futu...

Thorkil JorgensenConsulting EngineersGreen Building Design Thorkil JorgensenConsulting Engineers are Green Buildingdesigners with offices in Copenhagen and HoChi Minh, Vietnam. Our mission is to optimize ...

Henning Larsen Architects

Henning Larsen Architects is an internationalarchitecture company with strong Scandinavianroots.Our goal is to create engaging,sustainable projects that reach beyondthemselv...



Cycling Embassy ofDenmarkCycling Embassy of Denmark is a formalizednetwork with an association framework and 20member organizations. The people participatingin the network are some of the leading exp...

CLIMATE SOLUTIONS Thy& Mors CLIMATE SOLUTIONS Thy & Mors CLIMATESOLUTIONS Thy & Mors was established inconnection with The UN climate summit inCopenhagen 2009 by Nordic Folkecenter forRenewable Ene...

More Electric Vehicles inCopenhagenThe City of Copenhagen wants to spearheadthe phasing in of Electric Vehicles (EVs) as analternative to gasoline and diesel. The bestframeworks for an EV market EVs have been...

Carlsberg SustainableUrban DevelopmentIn 2009 Carlsberg’s production moved to a newsite in Fredericia, leaving a 330.000 m2industrial site in Valby, Copenhagen open fordevelopment. It is the vision of Carlsberg P...

Copenhagen Metro

At a visit at the Copenhagen Metro you will seethe control and maintenance centre. You willhear about the daily service and see how thestations and the driverless trains are ...

Green roofs inCopenhagenCome and explore green roofs inCopenhagen.We will show examples of howgreen roofs are implemented in Copenhagen.We tell visitors about the benefits of greenroofs, in which w...

Energy planning inmunicipalitiesSince we got our first energy plan in 1976Denmark has had a stable and strong energypolicy capable of implementing this plan. Anumber of legal acts have initiated planningac...

Samsø – Denmark'sRenewable Energy IslandWhen you live on Samsø, your electricitydoesn’t come from a traditional power station.Samsø has eleven land-based wind turbinesthat its entire electricity needs. In a sim...

City of Copenhagen

Copenhagen has an ambition to become thefirst carbon neutral capital in 2025. The goal issupported by a municipal strategic climateaction plan where 50 initiatives are rol...

Atkins Danmark

Atkins Danmark A/S is part of Atkins plc, thelargest multidisciplinary consultancy in Europeand the world’s eighth largest design firm. Weprovide multidisciplinary consult...

Moeller & Groenborg,Architects and Planne...The Danish architectural practice Møller &Grønborg was established in 1960 and worksamong other things with infrastructure andenergy related problems in the landscape.Møl...

Energy City Frederikshavn

In 2006 a number of Danish energy expertsdesignated Frederikshavn as Denmark’senergy city. The experts emphasised thearea’s special qualities, namely thatFrederikshavn: ...

ECOmove

ECOmove as a company is relatively new tothe market of producing electric cars. But ourteam has many years of experience developingand designing cars. And that experience, co...

City of Aalborg

At the first European conference onSustainable Cities and Towns in 1994 theAalborg Charter was launched. With almost3000 cities signing the Charter, it has been thesingle mo...

H2 Logic

FUEL CELL MOTIVE POWER & HYDROGENINFRASTRUCTURE H2 Logic is a leadingdeveloper of hydrogen & fuel cell technologythat enables sustainable & zero emissionelectric propulsion...

Green Lighthouse -Denmark’s first certifi...Green Lighthouse is Denmark’s first carbon-neutral public building and an example of asuccessful public-private partnership. Twoyears after Green Lighthouse at the Univ...

Cycling: The fast wayforwardCycling has always been a Danish tradition, butCopenhagen has gone one step further andmade cycling integral to urban planning anddesign. The majority of Copenhagenerschoose...

Energy efficient officebuilding - Ramboll...The vision for Ramboll’s new Head Office for1.600 employees was to become a holistic andsustainable reference project. Therefore theHead Office project group in close co-op...



Middelgrunden WindTurbine Co-operative (M...Visit a wind farm and learn to develop an off-shore windfarm in a densely populated area.Middelgrunden consists of 20 windmills placedin a concave line with an interval of 18...

Bicycle Bridge at VejlandsAlléThe bicycle bridge crossing the small river atVejlands Allé on Amager is being replaced witha new bridge, built with a superstructure inenvironmentally certified tropical woo...

Green Investments WillPave the Way For Eu...Supported by Danfoss, DONG Energy,PensionDanmark and Technical University ofDenmark (DTU), the Danish government setsout the green agenda for the Danish EUPresidency the upc...

Ramboll

Ramboll is a leading engineering, design andconsultancy company founded in Denmark in1945. Today, we employ more than 10,000experts with a strong presence in NorthernEurope,...

PA Consulting Group

PA Consulting Group is an independent andemployee-owned consulting firm, focused onhelping leaders develop and implement thestrategies that will create sustained value forth...

Green City Aarhus

Europes first energy city;; The village within thecity. Århus and Denmark taking sustainablecity development to a new level. JyskBoligudvikling is the developer of thi...

City of Herning

WelcomeHerning is situated in the heart ofJutland, about 170 kilometres from the Germanborder and three and a half hours drive fromCopenhagen.Herning is a major trade fair an...

Kalundborg Municipality

Kalundborg is a leading industrial city with anindustrial leverage as a middle-sized Europeancity, despite its only 50.000 inhabitants. On topof this Kalundborg contributes t...

COWI

COWI is a leading International consultinggroup. We provide state-of-the-art serviceswithin the fields of engineering, environmentalscience and economics with due considerati...

City farming

World food production is threatened by climatechange, which leads to extreme weathersituations with torrential rain or prolongeddroughts. If food production decreases thefoo...

Bicycle Account createsbetter bicycle con...The City of Copenhagen has recently publishedits Bicycle Account 2010, which shows theadvances in cycle traffic in the Danish capital -and where there is room for improvement...

Hydrogen CommunityLollandThe vision behind Hydrogen CommunityLolland is to position the region as a Europeanrole model for full scale implementation ofhydrogen technology. The future expansion of...

Cleantech cooperationwith the City of Har...The cooperation between the City of Aarhusand the City of Harbin started back in 1984when the first sister city agreement wasestablished. For almost 30 years now, the twocit...

District Heating in theCopenhagen RegionThe 160 km hot water transmission system isowned by CTR, VEKS and Vestforbrændingand supplies heat to 21 distribution networks in18 local authorities. Besides CopenhagenEner...

Energy Strategies of themunicipality of E...Esbjerg municipality works on many levels withenergy-saving activities. From the citizen-driven projects with street competitions forCO2-saving measures to the overall plann...

A Climate-adapted HeatingPlan will make A...A new Climate-adapted Heating Plan waspassed in 2011. In the future, it will help makethe City of Aarhus CO2-neutral.The Climate-adapted Heating Plan describes future heatsup...

Danish Container Houseto be Showcased in ...A partnership of Danish constructioncompanies with great experience within lowenergy buildings are building sustainably inChina. However, there is also interest incontainer ...

Smart Cities andCommunities Boosted byNe...One of the greatest challenges facing the EU ishow best to design and adapt cities into smartintelligent and sustainable environments.Almost three quarters of Europeans live ...



Small Island CommunityWins the 2012 Manag...Samsø 2.0 – Energy Education, from Denmark,has won the 2012 ManagEnergy Award for itsoutstanding sustainable energy actions at thelocal and regional level.

Rethinking the Electric Car

A consortium of Danish companies isdeveloping an innovative, range-extendedelectric vehicle that uses biomethanol as anenergy carrier.

City Buses to Run onRenewablesTwo large electric buses are now to be testedin Copenhagen. They pollute significantly lessand produce less noise compared to traditionaldiesel buses, and they could be the a...

Copenhagen is Greenestin EuropeCopenhagen has been awarded the EUCommission’s prestigious European GreenCapital Award for 2014. The Danish capital isreceiving the prize for, amongst other reasons,getting ...

Sister City AgreementPaves Way For Collab...Copenhagen is looking forward to a strongpartnership with Beijing. The sister cityagreement signed by the two capitals todaypaves the way for collaboration in the areas ofsu...

Sustainable SolutionsFrom CopenhagenThree new movies show sustainable solutionsfrom Copenhagen

The Plan Has Been Madefor a Carbon Neutra...Copenhagen has now launched the plan whichwill enable the city to realise its ambition ofbecoming the world's first CO2 neutral capitalby 2025. The plan shows that the goal i...

EU pedalling on EuropeDayDenmark boosts bicycling in the capitals ofEurope, when Europe Day on 9 May iscelebrated with green events throughout theEU.

Can You Export DanishBicycle Know-How?The short answer is yes. Danish municipalitiesand consultants have a lot of knowledge thatcan benefit other countries in their efforts toimprove conditions for cyclists.

Bicycle Infrastructure tobe Integrated in...The renovation of platforms, buildings, and theurban space around Nørreport, the busiestrailway station in Denmark, has begun.

Copenhagen Harbour -Winter Swimmers' New ...Copenhagen residents are head over heelsover the city’s new harbour bath – even thoughit’s January and the weather is frightful.

Samsoe Lets the SunDeliver the PowerNext year, the sun will deliver 80 percent ofDanish island Samsoe’s power supply.

New Hydrogen RefuelingStation Opened Nort...H2 Logic A/S recently opened a hydrogenrefueling station 150 meters north of the polarcircle, at the Arctic Driving Centre in Finland.The station is operated by the leading F...

New Report AdressesEnergy for Smart Citie...New report from Risø addresses energyrelated issues for smart cities as the world’spopulation continues to grow and the majority ofthe people are living in urban areas.

Atkins Denmark Involvedin the Makeover of...Atkins Denmark is contributing with bicycleknowledge and solutions in connection withAtkins UK’s Masterplan for Oxford Circus andRegent Street

Benefits of Green CityPlanning go Beyond ...Copenhagen’s green city strategy does notonly create green jobs and reduce CO2emissions – it also brings a long line ofdocumented social and economic benefits forthe city as...

Copenhagen CleantechClusterCopenhagen Cleantech Cluster (CCC)’s visionis to develop one of the world’s leading andmost renowned cleantech clusters, creatingsuperior value for the cluster companies and ...

Wind Turbines inCopenhagenWind is an inexhaustible resource with apotential for reducing the CO2 emissionremarkably and Denmark is far ahead in thedevelopment of wind technology. At the sametime win...



E.ON Develops anInfrastructure of Chargin...The Öresund region has 3.9 million inhabitants,of which 1.9 million in Skåne. There is a clearvision that the region will have 82,000 electriccars by 2020. Already in three y...

Better Place Danmark

Making the world a Better Place Better Place isthe world’s leading electric vehicle (EV)services provider. We strive to accelerate theglobal transition to sustainable...

Grundfos pumps improvethe quality of life...The lack of wastewater treatment in urbanareas results in significant risks for humanhealth and the environment. The odour ofsewage is common in Chinese cities, and manyr...

Giving integrated publictransport the gre...Like many other cities, economic growth inCopenhagen has brought with it increasedtraffic congestion. However, by investing in anefficient, reliable and highly integrated pub...

Kalundborg IndustrialSymbiosisCooperation generates better results andprovides opportunities for companies toincrease production without consuming moreenergy, water and raw materials. The ideabehind t...

Fill the tank with wastewoodHaldor Topsoe’s TIGAS technology canconvert waste wood into synthetic gasoline. Noadjustments are needed - the TIGAS fuel iscompatible with existing engines and fuellingsta...

H2 Logic - Hydrogen golfcarts at Storådal...Public display and test case of hydrogen golfcarts. The golfing club of Storådane inHolstebro have substituted their normal batterypowered golf carts with hybrid hydrogen pow...

E.ON and the Municipalityof Mora Cooperat...In the municipality of Mora, there has long beena vision of making Mora into a more sustainablecommunity and a better place to live. E.ON, inturn, already operates an extensi...

District heating in the Cityof AarhusAffaldVarme Aarhus (Department of Waste andDistrict Heating) is a municipal, contractmanaged company. Its most important job is tosupply and develop safe, environmentally ...

CO2-neutrality by 2030 –an aim for a grow...The City Council of Aarhus has adopted a setof holistic, political goals concerning the climateand the environment of the city. This meansthat all plans and policies in the C...

Bike friendly workplace

The service seeks to implement a number ofmeasures to increase the modal split incompanies towards cycling. It is an employer-based system that focuses on motivation andgood ...

Gate 21

Gate 21 is working to create a sustainablesociety and green growth through strategicpartnerships between the public sector, privateenterprise and the research community. G...

Danish Partnership forHydrogen and Fuel C...The Danish Partnership for Hydrogen and FuelCells is an independent and strategiccollaboration between private companies,research institutes, government, regionalauthorities...

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