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Past events - Study visit
NOVEMBER 2011
9 nov, Green ICT - Study visit to Västernorrland, Sweden
Green ICT, Örnsköldsvik
PROGRAM 8 November
You can find the presentations below the program
Welcome to Örnsköldsvik - the city in the
World Heritage Area High coast of Sweden
Creating a Sustainable Municipality,
Jan Nyman, Municipality of Örnsköldsvik
ePower for the people and the environment,
Torbjörn Johansson, Innovation Impact, has been in charge of the project Citizen Centric Public Service in Sparsely Populated Areas. A project focusing on empowering people thru smart use of ICT and as an effect saving our environment by less needs of travels and transports.
Open sustainability
Thomas Mejtoft, researcher at Umeå University, will illustrate how open source and the ideas behind the open source movement can be used to enhance sustainable behavior.
Green ICT - turning problems into solutions
Håkan Nordin, co-founder of Greenpeace Sweden, entrepreneur with green focus and writer of the book Green ICT say’s: The emission of Co2 in the world needs to be reduced with 80%. Green ICT is one of the solutions. He is going to tell us how.
Do it like this - when you want to go green
Göran Nilsson, Canon Print Solutions and Sture Andersson, Örnsköldsvik municipality, is going to get hands on and give us tools and tips to use back home to reduce the use of paper and energy. Since Örnsköldsvik started to implement these new routines they have reduced print-outs by 4 million per year and thereby saved 500 trees and reduced the emission of CO2 with 280 ton. We will also hear about; Transfer of excess heat, e-meetings and e-learning, Automatic shutdown and Eco-labelled computers.
PROGRAM 9th November Study Visits on site
El-Forest
Energy efficient and environmentally sound forestry machinery of the future . El-forest AB was established 2006 by the inventors of the El-forest forwarder, the first forestry machine in the world that uses highly efficient electric hybrid technology. El-Forest represents the latest in forest hybrid technology and combines a high degree of utilization with the latest environmental technology and driver comfort.
Övik Energi
Övik Energi are using cold water from the bottom of the fjord next to the city to produce something called free cooling. This new plant provides residential blocks, industrial premises and shopping malls with cooling during warm summer days.
Presentations
You can find the presentations below the program
Welcome to Örnsköldsvik - the city in the
World Heritage Area High coast of Sweden
Creating a Sustainable Municipality,
Jan Nyman, Municipality of Örnsköldsvik
ePower for the people and the environment,
Torbjörn Johansson, Innovation Impact, has been in charge of the project Citizen Centric Public Service in Sparsely Populated Areas. A project focusing on empowering people thru smart use of ICT and as an effect saving our environment by less needs of travels and transports.
Open sustainability
Thomas Mejtoft, researcher at Umeå University, will illustrate how open source and the ideas behind the open source movement can be used to enhance sustainable behavior.
Green ICT - turning problems into solutions
Håkan Nordin, co-founder of Greenpeace Sweden, entrepreneur with green focus and writer of the book Green ICT say’s: The emission of Co2 in the world needs to be reduced with 80%. Green ICT is one of the solutions. He is going to tell us how.
Do it like this - when you want to go green
Göran Nilsson, Canon Print Solutions and Sture Andersson, Örnsköldsvik municipality, is going to get hands on and give us tools and tips to use back home to reduce the use of paper and energy. Since Örnsköldsvik started to implement these new routines they have reduced print-outs by 4 million per year and thereby saved 500 trees and reduced the emission of CO2 with 280 ton. We will also hear about; Transfer of excess heat, e-meetings and e-learning, Automatic shutdown and Eco-labelled computers.
PROGRAM 9th November Study Visits on site
El-Forest
Energy efficient and environmentally sound forestry machinery of the future . El-forest AB was established 2006 by the inventors of the El-forest forwarder, the first forestry machine in the world that uses highly efficient electric hybrid technology. El-Forest represents the latest in forest hybrid technology and combines a high degree of utilization with the latest environmental technology and driver comfort.
Övik Energi
Övik Energi are using cold water from the bottom of the fjord next to the city to produce something called free cooling. This new plant provides residential blocks, industrial premises and shopping malls with cooling during warm summer days.
Presentations
SEPTEMBER 2011
8 - 9 sep, Study visit to Burgas, Bulgaria
Cleaner production in Tourism Enterprises
JUNE 2011
29 jun, Study visit to North Karelia, Finland
Climate and Energy Programme 2020,
16 - 17 jun, Study visit to West Romania
Research Institute for Renewable Energies (RIRE)
MAY 2011
31 may - 1 jun, Study visit to Carinthia, Austria
Electric Vehicles
23 - 27 may, Study visit to Derry/Donegal
Energy consumption and Green economy
11 may, Study visit San Sebastián, Spain
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency initiatives
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