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Now Allmännyttan's climate initiative has taken the first step towards an industry standard for calculating the climate impact from construction. Nine pilot projects are now starting to count on carbon dioxide emissions from their buildings. - Reducing the climate impact from housing construction is a fatal issue. But we are not just talking about it, now we are doing a workshop and will start to set climate requirements in the procurement for real, says Sofia Heintz, new pro

The construction accounts for a large part of the real estate industry's climate impact. In the project Climate Requirements at a reasonable cost, Sweden's Allmännytta, formerly SABO, the credit institution Kommuninvest and IVL Svenska Miljöinstitutet work together with the goal of developing an industry standard for calculating climate impact and being able to set climate requirements for new production. The project also wants to become the standard for integrating life-cycl

Denmark's Triangle Area chairman Jens Ejner Christensen is confident after the meeting with the Minister of Transport in relation to resolving the increasing congestion in the Triangle Area. On Tuesday, representatives of the Triangle Area Denmark met with the Ministry of Transport to discuss the Triangle Area's infrastructure requests with Minister of Transport Benny Engelbrecht. Already today there are significant congestion problems on the highway network in the Triangle a

Urbanization places new demands on urban development. How do we improve the conditions for a sustainable and safe city and tackle the technological paradigm shift we are in? "It is a lot now" one could say and thus aim at technological innovations, environmental threats, digitization and continued urbanization. The development is at a rapid pace and it is important to be prepared for the challenges we face. How is Sweden developing, where are we going? What does the future lo

- Third and final tranche of a EUR 42m loan for urban development projects in Radom signed today at the European Economic Congress in Katowice - In April, the city of Legnica signed a EUR 32m loan – its first direct loan with the EU bank - Overall, around 25 cities in Poland have been supported by the EIB since 1990 Signature with Radom Safer roads, modern municipal facilities and better-insulated public buildings are part of a wide range of urban projects carried out by the

Implementing EU air quality legislation to protect human health and the environment from pollution can be demanding for countries and cities. The European Environment Agency (EEA) has worked together with a number of European cities to better understand policy implementation challenges. The EEA’s new report, published today, summarises key findings on the cities’ progress over the past five years and highlights on-going challenges for improving air quality at the local level.

Four new fully electric street sweepers began cleaning Nottingham’s city centre streets this week in a first for the UK. Nottingham City Council is leading the way in tackling air pollution through a series of innovative measures – the latest of which includes zero emission street sweepers and cage tippers. Not only are the new vehicles cleaner and quieter, they’re cheaper to run – saving the council at least £20,000 a year on fuel costs. Councillor Sally Longford, Portfolio

The Air Pollution Table, with the participation of the administrations (City Hall, Generalitat and Metropolitan Area of ​​Barcelona) and entities, which met today, has launched the creation of the monitoring group for the editorial staff of the Ordinance to establish the permanent Emissions Landing Zone The measure, included in the Barcelona Air Pollution Prevention Program, aims to comply with the recommendations of the World Health Organisation and the commitment establishe

Leeds Innovation District has taken another step forward with outline planning sought for the latest proposed development in this central part of the city of Leeds. An outline planning application, submitted by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, forms part of an estimated £450m investment in redeveloping the Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) site to provide a new adults’ hospital – with added theatres and critical care – and a brand-new home for Leeds Children’s Hospital. The de

The city administration wants to modernise and digitise the Cologne traffic light infrastructure with an investment amount of around 1.9 million euros as a further important milestone in the "Clean Air 2017-2020" program by the end of 2020. From this, they expect improvements in the flow of traffic and a better way to adapt traffic light phases to the specific traffic situation. A corresponding draft resolution is now being forwarded to the Council bodies. The aim of the proj

EUR 905 million new financing for rail and road transport projects across EuropeEUR 1 billion for business investment and corporate innovationSupport for affordable housing in Berlin and a new hospital in Belgium The Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) approved a total of EUR 2.4 billion of new financing to improve public services, upgrade infrastructure and strengthen private sector investment. The Board met in Luxembourg earlier today. “The projects the

The city government of Seoul will invest around $1.2 billion through 2022 to make the city smarter, Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon announced Wednesday. “Before the term ‘smart city’ came to be used more extensively, Seoul was already going smart,” said Park at a press conference at Seoul City Hall on Wednesday. Park Won-soon“For instance, we created the Topis, a big-data system to collect information on public transportation and to provide that information to commuters in real tim

Swedes want to see greener schools and workplaces. Many want to grow together with their children and there is a great consensus that it is important to teach children about cultivation. In addition, half of Sweden's population state that they are self-sufficient in any edible plant during the season. These are some of the conclusions that can be read in Plantagen's annual report Plant trends. For the eighth year in a row, Plantagen is presenting the report Growth Trends, whi

Sciontec Liverpool, the new development company formed out of Knowledge Quarter Liverpool (KQ Liverpool), has launched its search for an investor to bring forward new world-class science and tech workspaces across the city. The current shareholders of Sciontec Liverpool – Liverpool City Council, the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University – are inviting expressions of interest from eligible investment professionals and high net worth companies, funds, par

Thousands of new homes are poised for delivery in Leeds city centre, which could help double its size and create a more liveable city, if a bid for around £60m of funding is granted. Leeds City Council has finalised its bid for investment from the Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) as part of Leeds Living, an ambitious programme to increase the opportunity to build thousands more new and affordable city centre homes by investing in area-wide infrastructure to create vibrant an

This is what a study by consulting firm Mercer, which analysed 231 cities from all continents, reveals. According to a study released by consulting firm Mercer , Lisbon is the safest capital of Europe with a better quality of life. In this way, the Portuguese capital rises 12 positions in the "safety" indicator and one in the "quality of life" ranking. Compared to 2015, in the global list of cities with the best quality of life Lisbon appears in 2019 in 37th place, above Madr

Kommuninvest has today announced its plans to issue a new green bond, the sixth so far and the fourth in Swedish kronor. Danske Bank, Nordea and SEB have been appointed as management banks for the transaction. Given market conditions, a transaction can be expected in the near future. Transaction details are published closer to the transaction date. Under its green bond framework, Kommuninvest loans Swedish municipal investment projects in eight areas, including renewable ener

ASEAN is poised to have faster growth than most regions in the world. The ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025 and the ASEAN Smart Cities Network should provide the necessary framework and network to facilitate the deep and cohesive economic integration of the ASEAN Member States. The growing global trend for smart cities today is to create the digital twin of the city, to capture data and analyse them for relevant government agencies to become "smarter" with these insight

Heat records are struck year after year and extreme weather events such as fires and storms become more common. At the same time, the commitment to the climate has never been as great as now. When young people all over the world are serious about school strike, politics need to respond. Today, Stockholm will make a decision on a climate road map. The first for the region and the first of its kind in Sweden. The goal is a Stockholm region without climate impact. - The climate

Brf Strandpromenaden was the first step towards realizing the vision that Karlskrona municipality has laid for the new area Pottholmen. The second residence, Brf Skärgården, has sold over half of the 49 apartments. Now the project development company OBOS Kärnhem is approaching a construction start for the World Trade Center Karlskrona. - We are very pleased that we have come this far. Since building permits have been granted and we have almost half rented out, we can now sta