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Sustainable commuting – fossil free regional commuter traffic for the year 2020
Posted by: | CommentsThe regional commuter traffic company in Skåne, Skånetrafiken, have decided that they will aim to achieve for a work for fossil-free fuelled commuter traffic system for the year 2020.
Working with energy efficiency matters at hospital building
Posted by: | CommentsSkåne Energy agency was consulted by the environmental co-ordinator at Region Skåne, the county council responsible for healthcare within the region, to influence the hospital departments to better their use of energy in particular electricity. The hospital of Kristianstad was chosen due to an engaged environmental co-ordinator. Together with the co-ordinator, it was decided to start working with one devoted department of the hospital corresponding to one floor.
The use of electricity was investigated, electricity meters for the single floor were installed, the medical staff were given advice on energy efficient behaviour and finally measures where identified and carried out in co-operation with the medical and the operating staff.
The idea was to keep on to the other, almost identical floors, copying the energy efficient measures from the first department.
The house was built by Lunds Kommunala Fastighets AB (LKF) year 1998 in Lund, Skåne. LKF:s ambition was to build a house with half the requirement of bought energy when compared to other buildings of similar nature. Jöns Ols is 2 877 m2 and contains 34 apartments. To assist LKF with the project, the Faculty of Engineering at Lunds University was hired to consult with the project.
Sustainable Mobility Skåne
Posted by: | CommentsSustainable Mobility Skåne is a regional center for environmental friendly transports. The aim is to reduce the impact on the environment from transports and to encourage people to choose more sustainable alternatives. To achieve this task SM Skåne works with municipalities, business and authorities in Skåne to create platforms for exchanging experiences, ideas and information concerning the subject in question. They also work with educational purposes.
Turn the light off when not in use!
Posted by: | Comments“Turn the light off when not in use” was an energy-economy campaign, which was carried out in south of Sweden during 2000-2003. The purpose was to change behaviour from an energy consuming direction to a more energy efficient target. Including small changes in every-day life such as turning the light off, decreasing in-door temperature, etc. will cause a significant result in energy savings. Different ways thought about to reach out with this message to the public was used in the campaign. Campaign strategies used included the involvement of the local press, radio commercials, a small book, postcards, etc.
Biogas generation in municipality of Kristianstad
Posted by: | CommentsIn Kristianstad, a medium sized municipality in the south of Sweden, two biogas plants (Waste water and Co-digestion) supplies a local gas grid with 47 GWh biogas per year. About one third of the gas is pre-treated (upgraded) to be used as fuel for vehicles. The rest of the gas is burnt to produce district heating. Some of the pre-treated biogas is exported to nearby cities where there is no local production of biogas or access to natural gas to supplies vehicles with fuel.
Fossil fuel free municipality in Kristianstad
Posted by: | CommentsIn 1999, Kristianstad municipality declared its commitment to become a Fossil Fuel Free Municipality. The reduction of fossil fuels is to be achieved primarily by the use of bio-fuels, both biomass as fuel for heating and production of electricity and biogas as fuel for local buses and other vehicles. The municipality has made great investments in district heating, biogas, bicycle network etc. which has had an impact on the reduction of CO2 emissions.
Solar City Malmö – Scandinavia’s largest solar energy demonstrations
Posted by: | CommentsSolar City Malmö is a non-profit association dedicated to raising awareness of solar energy technologies in a balanced and professional way in order to increase interest and skills amongst different parties in the solar market and general public. The association therefore organises training, seminars, exhibitions, study visits, theme days, conferences, technology competitions, information meetings for businesses, installers and councils, education for students, and advisory and dissemination services. The association is also working at a national level for a functioning solar electricity market in Sweden and for continued support in the field of solar thermal and photovoltaic energy. Solar City Malmö will build up a network and knowledge centre for solar energy.
Klimatakuten
Posted by: | CommentsA free resource for schools who want to improve their education for sustainable development (ESD), with focus on climate issues. The main target are pupils between the age range of 14-19, and the raised awareness is supposed to help influence their attitudes to lessen their overall environmental impact.
Energy efficient housing in the Western Harbour thanks to a dialogue with developers
Posted by: | CommentsWhen the development of the former industrial area in the Western Harbour started, a sustainable district of the city was created. Energy efficiency demands were part of the concept for the first developmental step in the housing expo Bo01 in 2001.
An important part of the concept is low energy use in the buildings. Each unit is only allowed to use 105 kWh per m2 per year, including heating and household electricity. Several of the buildings have met the targets. But there are a number of buildings where the energy consumption exceeds the target excessively. Investigations on why the targets have not been met are ongoing, and the energy consumption is measured continuously.
As a consequence, in the following steps of the development of the Western Harbour, demands on energy consumption were stressed more.
In the second part of the development, energy consumption should not exceed 120 kWh per m2 per year, in the third phase the number is yet to be decided on. It will however be lower than 110 kWh per m2 per year. A considerable number of buildings is expected to stay lower than 80 kWh per m2 per year.
