Stockholm Royal Seaport Christina Salmhofer, Sustainability Manager SRS Development Administration, City of Stockholm
Jun 14, 2015
Stockholm Royal Seaport
Christina Salmhofer, Sustainability Manager SRS
Development Administration, City of Stockholm
2010 Oil depot
Container terminal
Port
Gasworks
2030 12,000 apartments
35,000 work-places
600,000 m2 commercial
space
Modern port and cruise
terminal
New infrastructure
236 hectares (660 acres)
sustainable urban district
Different pieces of the puzzle
Management tools
Sustainability program SRS, targets:
By 2030, SRS will be fossil fuel free
By 2020, CO2 emissions < 1.5 t/person
SRS will be adapted to future climate change
Requirements on developers
Monitoring and evaluation process
CCI road-map
Incentives
Stakeholder involvement
Capacity-building program
Good-will
Experiences: Road-map - scenarios for decision making
• As an assessment method
• Adopting emission reduction targets
• Preparing actions plans
• Implementing measures
• Monitoring and verifying results (long
term)
• A tool for prioritisation of actions
• The initial prioritisation may change over
time as the calculated impact of one
action may change
• Focus on climate
• Missing other urban/regional (benefits)
challenges: sustainability much more
than just climate issue
Experiences
• Difficult to assess and measure the
impact of transport-related
requirements
• transport systems are complex.
• added impact of two or more actions are
difficult to assess even if the impact of one
actions may be known.
• A sustainable transport system relies on
individual choices – how to predict
behavioural change?
• Will require a good set-up of “carrots and
sticks”
Experiences
• The future is difficult to predict
• Future energy mix depends more on fuel costs
than environmental impact
• Future car fleet – depends more on vehicle and
fuel costs than environmental impacts
we depend on strong political intervention to
reach our targets
• Credits – no useful tool
• CCI System Boundary • Difficult to reach climate neutrality within a given
geographical boundary
• Missing effects of embedded materials
• Missing the main problem – consumption
Challenges
• Involvement of key stakeholders and policy-makers
• Overcoming the barrier of long-term thinking and decision-making
• Assessment of behavioral change
• The transport sector
• Reflection of other urban benefits
• Improving the link between scenario development and robust
strategies
• How best to communicate results to the general public?
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Baseline Energy • Energy use in buildings: max 80 kWh/m2 (including heating, cooling, hot
water, building electricity)
• Use of energy efficient appliances & systems (household appliances,
lighting, elevators, ventilation systems, etc)
• District heating and district cooling
• Electricity - Nordic energy mix
• Eco-labelled electricity used in all amenities
Swedish preconditions
Efficient energy-utilities for district heating and cooling
Very low fossil content in the Nordic electricity-mix
A very good understanding of energy efficiency among the general
public since the 70-ties
Strategies: Energy Non-area specific changes in the systems
• Bio-fuels in district heating – lower CHG emissions
• Increased renewable electricity – lower CHG emissions
Area specific requirements – Scenario 1
• Energy efficient buildings: 55 kWh/m2 (heating, cooling, hot water,
building electricity)
• Local energy production
• 2 kWh/m2 Solar PVs or
• 6 kWh/m2 heat exchanger
• 100 % eco-labelled electricity for all technical installations in buildings
• Reduced energy use in water and wastewater distribution
• Biogas production – from sewage and food waste (wastegrinder to
sewer)
Strategies: Energy Area specific requirements – Scenario 2
• Energy efficient buildings: 45 kWh/m2 (heating, cooling, hot water,
building electricity)
• Local energy production Solar PVs or heat-exchange ??
• Increased biogas production
• food waste (separate collection)
• organic waste from cruise ships (separate collection)
• 100 % eco-labelled household- and operational electricity
Baseline: Transport
Fairly good public transport in the area (subway and buss)
Fairly good infrastructure for pedestrians/cyclists
Parking for bicycles, residential: 1-2 parking/unit
Car-pools in the area with well-situated designated parking
Inner city location => high percentage using public transport (approx.
50% commuting to work)
Strategies: Transport Non-area specific changes in the systems
• Natural changes in the vehicle fleet
• ???
Area specific requirements – Scenario 1
• Reversed traffic hierarchy (physical planning, enabling)
• ICT for behavioural change (planning tools, information systems, etc)
• Limited access to parking
• Car pools
• Consolidation centre for goods
Area specific requirements – Scenario 2
• Implementation of traffic hierarchy through legislative measures
• Area specific restriction on vehicles (electrical vehicles for distribution, etc)
• Mobility management (congestion fees, smart box, proactive advisory service,
etc)
Baseline: Waste (solid + liquid) Solid Waste
• Residential: Vacuum waste collection system (3 fractions), separate recycling
room for remaining waste, e.g. electronics, glass, bulk waste
• Commercial: actors manage their own waste
• Organic waste mixed with combustible waste
• Waste generation about 10% lower than Stockholm average
• Very high volumes to recycling
• 0% to landfill
• Recycling of packaging (not materials)
Water / wastewater
Water and wastewater system in Stockholm is already CO2-positive!
• Water use: 150 l/person (residential) 45 l/person (offices and retail)
• Centralised wastewater treatment (99% BOD and P-removal and >50% N-
removal)
• Biogas generation from sludge (sludge used to cover mining landfill)
• Leakage into sewers estimated to 10% (Stockholm average 40%)
• Losses from water mains estimated to 10% (Stockholm average 25%)
Strategies: Waste Non-area specific changes in the systems
• Vacuum systems are required in all new developments
Area specific requirements – Scenario 1
• Local vacuum operated waste collection system with increased no of fractions
=> increased material recovery
• Food waste from homes and workplaces is collected (through churns)
• Gardening waste is recycled locally
• Local Reuse Center – decrease in residential bulk waste
• Lower waste generation in total (conscious consumption, lighter materials).
• Water use: 100 l/person (residential) 30 l/person (offices and retail)
Area specific requirements – Scenario 2
• Reduce waste generation in total (more IT - less paper, shifting packaging
materials, etc
• Material recovery
• Reuse nutrients from organic waste and water closets
Strategies: Waste Phase 2 Solid waste
• Source separation of organic waste from residential and commercial areas for
biogas production (a potential risk: minimising waste => reduced biogas
production)
• Active incentive system to avoid waste generation and promote reuse instead of
recycling (computers, furniture, appliances, etc.)
• Water fountains in public areas, offices, etc to reduce use of water bottles
• Collection of aluminium packaging and products (excl cans)
• Replace locally distributed printed material with digital media
• Organic waste from public open space used as mulch to avoid composting
Water and Wastewater
• Source-separation of nutrients at toilet (vacuum system) and recycling of
nutrients to replace commercial fertilisers
• Collecting organic waste and black-water from ships to produce biogas and
replace commercial fertilisers (A-credit)
• Stormwater management