sustainable resource-management

Cargonomia is a low-tech logistic center providing solutions for the transport of goods, in particular healthy and locally produced food in Budapest. It also a place to try out, rent and/or buy several types of cargobikes to solve your own transport needs. Cargonomia is a collection hub and distribution point for locally produced and organic food provided by partners. It aids in connecting producers to consumers directly by offering a community space for picking up goods while also making direct deliveries with the ease of cargo bike.

Extreme weather conditions give green roofs a hard time: extreme temperatures and long periods of drought can have a devastating impact on the vegetation. This limits the variety of plants than can survive, and leads to high maintenance costs.

The STRATEGO project aims at supporting national authorities to draft their National Heating and Cooling Plans (NHCP). The project will use the results of the studies Heat Roadmap Europe (www.euroheat.org) under which an assessment of the European potential for efficiency in heating and cooling has been carried out together with the mapping of thermal resources and demands.

Euroheat & Power is the international network for district energy, promoting sustainable heating and cooling in Europe and beyond. A non-for-profit association which unites the district energy sector. Their members come from over thirty countries around the globe and include national district heating and cooling associations, utilities operating district energy systems, industrial associations and companies, manufacturers, universities, research institutes and consultancies active in the sector.

Istanbul has started an extremely ambitious project in committing to expand the City’s own renewable energy supply, by placing floating solar panels on water surfaces by the Büyükçekmece dam, making use of the unused space on the city’s water basins and ponds.

eRoadArlanda is one of several projects in the Swedish Transport Administration’s pre-commercial procurement of innovation for the development of electrified roads. The techniques that have been developed in recent years are based on conductive technology that use an electric rail installed in roads to power and recharge vehicles during their journey.

ENLIL is  vertical turbine designed to capture one of the most important renewable energy sources, wind power by using the dynamics of modern cities. As an addition to commonly known turbines ENLIL is designed to capture the fast and continuous flow of all traffic on the roads. The solar panels located on the top of the turbine provide extra electricity to be captured. By generating appr.

SymbioCity is a Swedish government initiative run by Business Sweden and SKL International. Business Sweden oversees the SymbioCity trademark and promotes national exports on behalf of the Swedish government and industry. As part of Swedish international development co-operation, SKL International uses the SymbioCity Approach to support cities in developing countries to plan and build sustainably e.g. by identifying inclusive and innovative solutions. The SymbioCity Approach seeks to improve the living conditions of people in urban settlements.

Thinking Energy, a joint interactive trial between E.ON and Milton Keynes Council, was established in 2011. It involves 75 family homes in Milton Keynes. The aim of the trial is to develop and test innovative ways to manage energy consumption in the home. The idea is that homeowners will benefit from improved comfort, convenience and cost savings.
Trial participants have access to energy data via a web browser, tablet or smartphone application on-the-go. The easy and convenient access to data is making it easier for customers to understand and control their energy consumption.

In addition to the existing YouBike public bike and U-Motor electric scooter sharing, Taipei City Government will start U-Car electric car sharing system to provide a more efficient transportation option.
The existing U-Car can reach maximum speed of 250km/hour. Considering the traffic need of longer distance between cities, Taipei City Government will cooperate with Keelung, Taoyuan and Hsinchu and other neighboring cities.