Urban Sustainability: An example of Copenhagen city

Urban Sustainability: An example of Copenhagen city

Payal Gunaki

Introduction

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Copenhagen City has around 307,000 jobs

Tourism an important source of income

Around 15% of the country's gross national product with Carlsberg Breweries, the Novo Nordisk pharmaceuticals, the Maersk shipping conglomerate, the Danisco conglomerate and the FLS Industries

Well equipped with transport infrastructure

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population density high at 5,800 people per sq km

Crime rate of Copenhagen low

Migration; 53,000 'non-nationals‘

Denmark's centre for theatre, classical and music, opera, and the arts

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Existing Status- Cycling Bicycles integrated into wider transport

network

Passengers can easily transfer between cycling and public transport

No missing links main factor in the strategy

More and broader bicycle lanes, improved design of intersections and behavioral

campaigns means of achieving a safer city for the cyclist

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Integrated Transport System

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The Harbour turns Blue! Until 15 years ago, about 100 overflow

channels fed waste water into the harbour

Complete modernisation of wasterwater system

Adoption of cleaning program

Diverting local rainwater

Recreational space

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Meeting rising water demand Management of water resources, groundwater

protection and behaviour change: 3 elements

close cooperation with nearby municipalities andwater supply companies

SMART system to monitor water pressure, leak detection technology

Water meters and financial incentives

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Wind power In Copenhagen a renewable energy

infrastructure has been introduced through a unique partnership based on local ownership

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Making the most of Waste Almost 60% recycled and maximum use is

made of the residual waste to generate heat for the city’s district heating network

National legislationprovided a suite of strategies, policies andinvestments that ensure a high rate of recycling and waste to energy It is illegal in Denmark

to send waste to landfill if it can be incinerated!

District Heating Technologies such as Combined Heat and

Power (CHP) to capture and re-use heat energy that is otherwise lost in the electricity generation process

The district heating network distributes heat energy efficiently around the city

The integration of renewable fuels such asbiomass further reduces the carbon intensity of the network

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District Cooling District Cooling is the centralised production

and distribution of chilled water, partly cooled with cold seawater

Distributed via underground insulated pipelinesto commercial and industrial buildings to cool indoor air

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Creating buildings for life! Green Building practice

Retrofitting expected to account for a decreaseof 10% in electricity and 20% in heat consumption when comparing 2025 with 2010

DGNB Denmark is a Danish certification scheme

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Intelligent Urban Planning

Planning tools, stakeholder commitment and

collaboration between different sectors!

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And finally..

Noise Action Plan politically adopted in 2010

i. Noise-reducing asphaltii. Schools and daycare facilitiesiii.Initiatives in existing housingiv.Noise considerations in new housingv.Traffic planningvi.Influencing transport structure

What’s in store…

Copenhagen, carbon neutral by 2025

CPH 2025 Climate Plan : a holistic plan as well as acollection of specific goals and initiatives withinfour areas energy consumption, energy production, green mobility and City Administration

“ Worlds first carbon neutral capital by 2025”

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Adapting in the future..

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The results are..

Lessons learnt..

A sustainable world starts with sustainable cities..

Can Indian cities adopt this model?