resilience lab denmark - brochure - uk - dec. 2014
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AN INNOVATION COLLABORATION ON SUPPLY RESILIENCE IN THE CITIES OF THE FUTURE
RESILIENCE LAB DENMARK
PIONEERED BY:
By 2050, 75% of the world population will live in urban areas. Moreover, the global population will have increased by approximately 2 million compared to today.
In many ways, the urban growth will pose a challenge as cities are highly resource demanding as well as environmental burdens. Furthermore, expansion and maintenance of infrastructure, housing and amenities are required.
Also, stable energy and water supplies and equally stable waste water disposal systems are required. At the same time, cities are vulnerable to bad weather conditions such as storms and heavy rain.
In a larger perspective, the supply issue makes citizens living in or around cities more vulnerable in a wider sense. Badly run cities inhibit and limit the options of the citizens and this may have a destabilising effect in the long run.
We are thus faced with the urgent task of developing models for critical simulation of cities. Moreover, it needs to be established how to optimise supply security in the cities, reduce the environmental burden and resource usage as well as how to make cities less vulnerable to outside influences.
These issues are the reasons why an innovation collaboration was established for the sake of supply resilience in Vejle – a specific Danish city with 50,000 inhabitants.
RESILIENCE LAB DENMARKFOR ENERGY, WATER AND DATA
RESILIENCE LAB DENMARK IS A QUATTRO HELIX COLLABORATION BETWEENRESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, COMPANIES, PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AND CONSUMERS.
ENERGY
DATA
WATER
CONSUMER
RESILIENCE LAB DENMARKFOR ENERGY, WATER AND DATA
RESILIENCE LAB DENMARK
The aim of Resilience Lab Denmark is to pool knowledge from all parts of Denmark and share this knowledge with the other 100 Resilient Cities in the world. Therefore, we are open to new project partners who have contributions to offer in terms of knowledge, technology, tools etc.
The city of Vejle was selected as our “live lab city” as the city is one of the selected 100 Resilient Cities. Moreover, its size and determination ensure that it can and will function as a live demonstration city for new resilience measures for protection of the city, also in year 2050.
The partnership supports the participation of Vejle in the 100 Resilient Cities initiative, which is supported by the Rockefeller Foundation and whose purpose is to make the cities of the world more resilient in the future. Vejle Municipality was appointed as one of the 100 global cities in the collaboration.
Together, the pioneers behind this project possess the knowledge, visions and determination necessa-ry to make cities more resilient in terms of energy, water and data, also in year 2050.
Resilience Lab Denmark is a new partnership for energy, water and data. The pioneers are Vejle
Municipality, Vejle Spildevand (the waste water authority of Vejle), University of Southern Denmark,
VIA University College, INSERO Software and Green Tech Center. Our aim is to collect, simulate,
develop and perform live demonstrations and disseminate knowledge through a Quattro Helix
collaboration in favour of the resilience of Vejle, also in year 2050.
VEJLE 1 SIMULATION OF VEJLE IN YEAR 2050
We intend to simulate the challenges and possi-bilities that the city of Vejle may face in 2050 as
the result of a full implementation of the global energy and environmental objectives as well as the changes in population, data and climate that the city may expect in the next 35 years within the following fields:
Energy Water Data
2 POTENTIAL INCIDENTS IN THE CITY IN 2050:On the basis of simulations of the expected circumstances in 2050 and in close cooperation
with consumers, companies, authorities and organisati-ons, we will identify the consequences of these potential future incidents divided into the following categories:
Immediate incidents – i.e. incidents of a sudden and disastrous nature: Power outages, flooding, torrential rain, internet outages etc.
Stress incidents – i.e. incidents that develop over a number of years: Increased water levels, increasingly larger quantities of renewable energy in the grid, increased data quan-tities etc.
LIVE LAB CITY YEAR 2050
3 SHOULD WE AIM AT PREVENTING OR MINIMIZING THE INCONVENIENCE OF THESE POTENTIAL INCIDENTS?
It is our intention to develop preventive solutions that could:
minimize serious consequences of potential immediate and stress incidents for the city
ensure that the most vital functions of the city are upheld during such incidents
re-establish the functions within the city after such incidents.
A number of solutions are feasible.The ideas and solutions may originate from a vast number of sources. Therefore, we encourage any company and institution with knowledge, competencies, technologies, tools etc. that may supplement the competencies of the pioneers to contact us with the purpose of entering a dialogue on a potential collaboration.
The solutions may involve many different areas such as:
knowledge, infrastructure, technologies, tools, methods, policies, decentralised solutions, contingency plans, educations, civic groups, multidisciplinarity, communication, design and much more.
4 TESTING & DEMONSTRATION OF SOLUTIONS IN THE LIVE LAB OF VEJLEWe aim to implement the solutions in either
the entire city of Vejle or parts of it in order to assess the overall effect and the consequences based on one single holistic scenario which reflects everyday factors such as people, life, movements etc. in a realistic way.
Decentralised and standalone solutions
Conversion of a city from consumption-based to production-based
Live Lab City of Vejle is a circularprocess
We are currently looking for partners who wish
to enter a close collaboration with Resilience
Lab Denmark in order to develop and implement
solutions for a more resilient city in the future
in the fields of energy, water and data.
You can get further information on
Resilience Lab Denmark here:
www.resiliencelabdenmark.dk
WE ARE LOOKING FOR
PARTNERS
RESILIENCE LAB DENMARKFOR ENERGY, WATER AND DATA
RESILIENCE LAB DENMARK
THE PIONEERSVejle Municipality boasts a central location in
Denmark, 110,000 inhabitants and the vision
thatcitizens, companies and institutions should
choose “Vejle intentionally”and together initiate
a dynamic development of the city through
sustainable growth, everyday innovation and
co-creation. Vejle Municipality was selected as
one of the 100 Resilient Cities. The City Council
has built a resilience organization which is
responsible for ensuring that the resilience work
of the municipality progresses in an efficient and
positive manner.
University of Southern Denmark is one of the
leading universities in the country and includes
an independent department for intelligent energy
solutions that works continuously on greening
of the Danish energy system. This entails a
clear focus on innovative solutions for intelligent
integration of energy flexibility as a result of the
fluctuating production from sustainable energy
sources such as wind and solar power.
INSERO Software supplies innovative and
intelligent software solutions and systems to
airports and the energy industry and specia-
lizes in conversion of complex data into useful
information.
VIA University College is the largest university
college in Denmark. VIA offers great expertise
and experience in the field of waste water that
can be cleansed and reused as well as reusable
precipitation. The energy and environmental
research department of VIA University College
focuses on the challenge that water poses to
our cities in many ways. The issues include
consumers’ access to clean water, handling
of city waste water and protection of the
infrastructure against the effects of torrential
rain and flooding.
Green Tech Center is a live laboratory for
technologies and services within the field of
green energy. The centre offers the more
than 100 affiliated companies demonstration
facilities, live labs and commercialization support
on markets at home and abroad. The centre
is owned by three local families as well as the
INSERO Group. An innovation hub for Green Tech
companies seeking global growth.
Vejle Spildevand A⁄S has for many years, kept a
keen eye on the effects of the climate changes
such as increased quantities of rainwater in need
of handling and flooding of certain parts of the
city; the latter has resulted in the creation of a
2050 flooding scenario. Moreover, Vejle Spilde-
vand A/S invests intensively in energy measures
that reduce the level of consumption as well as
increase the production of energy.
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THE PIONEERS BEHIND RESILIENCE LAB DENMARK
MICHAEL SLOTH
Director of the Technical and Environmental Department
Tel.: +45 20 44 69 70Mail: [email protected]
VEJLE KOMMUNESkolegade 1 DK-7100 VejleTel.: +45 76 81 22 00www.vejle.dk
ANDERS MIDTGAARD
CEO
Tel.: +45 40 82 88 11Mail: [email protected]
INSERO SOFTWARESverigesvej 19DK-8700 HorsensTel.: +45 79 25 33 00www.inserosoftware.dk
BO NØRREGAARD JØRGENSENHead of Department
Tel.: +45 29 12 57 78Mail: [email protected]
SYDDANSK UNIVERSITETCampusvej 55DK-5230 Odense MTel.: +45 65 50 10 00www.sdu.dk
MIKAEL SCHULTZ
CEO
Tel.: +45 30 50 75 81Mail: [email protected]
VEJLE SPILDEVAND A/SToldbodvej 20DK-7100 VejleTel.: +45 76 41 37 00www.vejlespildevand.dk
IB JESPERSGAARDCoordinator for Smart City Vejle
Tel.: +45 21 75 24 34Mail: [email protected]
VIFINDæmningen 34 C, 2. sal DK-7100 VejleTel.: +45 76 81 38 80www.vifin.dk
JØRGEN ANDERSEN
CEO
Tel.: +45 40 53 53 37Mail: [email protected]
GREEN TECH CENTER A/SLysholt Allé 6 DK-7100 VejleTel.: +45 40 53 53 37www.greentechcenter.dk
LOTTE THØGERSENDirector of Research
Tel.: +45 87 55 41 91Mail: [email protected]
VIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGESkejbyvej 1 DK-8240 RisskovTel.: +45 87 55 00 00 www.viauc.dk
THE PIONEERS BEHIND RESILIENCE LAB DENMARK
The general office of Resilience Lab Denmark is located
at the Green Tech Center, which manages the leasing of
offices for project use, single person work spaces and
offices of various sizes for Green Tech enterprises.
GREEN TECH CENTER
Lysholt Allé 6 ~ 7100 Vejle Nord
www.greentechcenter.dk ~ Tel.: +45 40 53 53 37
RESILIENCE LAB DENMARKFOR ENERGY, WATER AND DATA
OLE DUE
Head of the Ecolarium Resilience Coordinator of Environment, Energy and Climate Adaptation
Tel.: +45 20 33 02 90Mail: [email protected]
VEJLE KOMMUNESkolegade 1 7100 VejleTel.: +45 76 81 20 50www.vejle.dk
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