On December 5–6, Karlstads Energi hosted an innovative hackathon in Sweden, aiming to tackle an unconventional challenge: finding a sustainable way to give used wine corks a new life. An initiative contributing to the circular economy in the region. The winner was...
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The story about Skellefteå Kraft Hackathon – Track the Stack
In mid-December BioFuel Region (BFR) organized the Skellefteå Kraft hackathon - Track the Stack with the aim to find solutions for digitizing characteristics of large volumes of biomass used at a power plant. This second hackathon, organized by BFR within the...
Safer buildings with new building material instructions
City of Helsinki owns more than 2 000 buildings. The number includes buildings used for housing, education, nursing, and other public services. Total size of the buildings is approximately 2 000 000 square meters. City of Helsinki wants to improve the buildings’...
The story about Stora Enso Hackathon
On December 5th and 6th, companies and research institutes from Latvia, Finland, Ukraine, Turkey, and Sweden gathered in Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences in Valmiera, Latvia and online to address Stora Enso's challenges of sustainability and circularity. The...
Disposable-free for the Climate Pilot
Goteborg & Co will develop a “Green and Sustainable Events Playbook” in collaboration with the MI-RAP partnership. The playbook will provide knowledge, methods and tools to help the music industry tackle sustainability challenges and implement greener event...
Mobile container for removing micropollutants: Gdańsk – Szczecin – Kaunas – Riga
Mobile container for removing micropollutants at the advanced effluent treatment stage. This pilot enables testing most efficient sequences of technologies for removing micropollutants, as well as testing PFAS removal efficiency. After the series of pilots in several...
The story about Liukas Hackathon
Optimizing transport kilometres, working hours, and nutrient deliveries with integrated solution – The story of LiukasHackathon Organised by Jamk University of Applied Sciences with Kuljetus Tero Liukas Oy and Finnish Biocycle and Biogas Association, the international...
Tox-free, climate-neutral residential redevelopment and renovation of a social apartment for a large family
Rigas team first project is the renovation of 11 Ziepju Street is intended as a pilot project and a model for the tox-free, circular and climate-neutral renovation of Soviet-era apartment buildings in Riga, installing a sustainable energy supply and making the...
BEACH-SOS Workshop in Saulkrasti: A Milestone in Coastal Climate Adaptation
We are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of the BEACH-SOS workshop held in Saulkrasti on October 8th and 9th. Hosted by Saulkrasti Municipality, this event brought together a diverse group of stakeholders, experts, and community members to address the...
Greening Transport Chains – The Rail Ferry Example
Stakeholder Cooperation to push the set-up of Green Transport Chains The Rail Ferry pilot between the ports of Rostock and Trelleborg. The deliverable provides guidance and next steps to successfully implement a green combined transport (CT) concept by making use of...