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C apital Lubos Fendrych LubosFendrychstudentumledu Global Studies Program College of Fine Arts Humanities amp Social Sciences Some facts 880000 inhabitants but expecting to grow up to one million in 2020 ID: 815644

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Slide1

Stockholm: European Green Capital

Lubos

Fendrych

Lubos_Fendrych@student.uml.edu

Global Studies

Program

College of Fine Arts,

Humanities

& Social

Sciences

Slide2

Some facts

880,000 inhabitants but expecting to grow up to one million in 2020

City built on 14 islands

40% of area is parks and green areas (the world´s first national city park)Awarded the EU Green Capital Status in 2010The only global city to meet stringent the World Health Organization’s recommended air contaminant standardsAmong best cities to live in (health care, education, business environment, the number of sunlight hours, environment)

Slide3

Slide4

Do you Fika? A

way

of life in SwedenFika as a noun refers to the combination of coffee and sweet snack But Fika as a verb means the act of partaking in

Swedish social life“I have learned, over a cup of coffee, for even a brief time to stop 

doing

 and to enjoy just 

being“

(

Averbuch

, The New York Times, 2013)

Fika philosophy is also reflected in the Swedish approach to the environmental issues

Slide5

Growing… But sustainably and environmental-friendly

30 major urban development project are currently under way (

Hammarby

Sjöstad, Stockholm Royal Seaport, etc.), plans to built 100,000 new homes by 2030 The key question is how to reach balance between ensuring that all city services will meet the expectations and requirements of citizens, and, simultaneously, will not endanger both the city´s goal to become fossil-fuel free city by 2030 (2050) and energy efficiency?The City´s Environmental

Programme and Stockholm City Plan=

> employing sustainable energy solutions, crafting smart environmental designs adapted

to future climate

change, and support ecological mea

n

s of transport

Slide6

A case study of Hammarby Sjöstad – the first environmental city district

Based on a

closed

ecocycle where waste and energy use are minimized, and as much as possible is recycled and compostedHalf of the overall energy is produced by residents themselvesRenewable fuels, re-use of waste heat, production of biogas from wastewater, household energy efficiency (insulation, solar panels, green roofs, water-saving shower heads) => up to 50% reduction of energy consumption

Slide7

Towards zero waste

99 % of all household waste is recycled, ecologically burned, composted or reused, 1% of waste ends up in landfills

recycling

stations are as a rule no more than 300 metres from any residential area Most Swedes separate all recyclable waste in their homes (80% of Swedish population support stringent ecological programs) A vacuum-powered tubes to transport and collect recyclables and garbage

Slide8

Waste to Energy

50% of the household waste is burnt to produce energy at incineration plants

The

Högdalen co-generation plant separates combustible waste as an energy source in electricity and district heating productionThe remaining ashes which do not burn are sifted to extract gravel that is used in road constructionThe smoke from incineration plants consists of 99.9 per cent non-toxic carbon dioxide

Slide9

Waste to energy

Sweden has

developed a large capacity for efficient and profitable waste treatment (imports 700,000 tonnes of waste from other countries)Re-using materials or products means using less energy to create a product, than burning one and making another from scratchStockholm households keep separating their newspapers, plastic, metal, glass, electric appliances, light

bulbs, batteries, and food waste

Newspapers are turned into paper mass, bottles are reused or melted into new items, plastic containers become plastic raw material; food is composted and becomes soil or biogas through a complex chemical

process

Slide10

District Heating SystemHeating plants burn climate-neutral fuels (

biofuels

, household waste) and produce heating and electricity together (90% of the fuel´s energy can be utilized)

Accounts for almost 80% of total heating needsDue to the system, emissions of greenhouse gases have decreased by 40% since 1990.

Slide11

Transportation in Stockholm

The key requirements: a high level of mobility and a low emission level

Congestion charge (up to 10 USD per day) => reduced emissions

( and traffic (around 20%) Rubbish trucks and all inner city buses are run on recycled electricity, ethanol or biogasA special focus on cycling and walking mobility80% travelers in rush hours use public transportWalking and cycling comprising

39% of all

trips

during

weekdays

, using cars account for

30%

Why

Stockholmers

are

willing

to

travel

by public transport?! =

>

Slide12

Public transport accessibility is exceptionally high

Persuasive

“pull“ factors (bus corridors, bus rapid transit system, multi-modality, etc.)Aesthetics of public transport => “the world´s longest art gallery“ decorated with sculptures, paintings, engravings, etc.

Slide13

Boston and recycling

Residential recycling rate is only on 20% (80% in San Francisco, 60% in Seattle)

Food waste comprises 25% of the current waste stream

100 cities have curbside collection of organic waste => Boston has only a voluntary programsInsufficient recycling capacity (the only one industrial scale composter in Marlborough)Does city of Boston (Massachusetts legislation) do enough to scale up recycling rate? “Chicken-and-egg“ problem in Boston: cannot begin a massive organic waste diversion program until there is capacity to process it, no company will build a new digester without a guarantee of volume

Slide14

Boston and recycling

But thing are moving up! =>

The Massachusetts Commercial Food Waste Bill:

apply to all institutions producing more than one ton of food waste per week (1,700 public institutions) The new legislation enforces to donate the edible food, ship it to an digestion facility, or use it as animal feed Converted to the law on October, 1, 2014State’s overall waste-reduction plan: aims to reduce waste streams by 80% by 2050

Slide15

References

OECD Green Growth Studies (2013):

Green Growth in Stockholm, Sweden

. http://www.oecd.org/about/publishing/corrigenda.htmThe London School of Economics and Political Science. LSE Cities Report. Stockholm: Green Economy leader Report, London, 161 p.Stockholms stad (2013): Stockholm: a sustainably growing city, 46 p.Averbuch, Y. (2013). The New York Times. In Sweden, the Fika Experience. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/sports/soccer/in-sweden-the-fika-experience.htmlThe Swedish Recycling Revolution (2014). https://sweden.se/nature/the-swedish-recycling-revolution/Midwest energy news (2013): Is burning garbage green? In Sweden, there is little debate.

http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2013/10/17/is-burning-garbage-green-in-sweden-theres-little-debate/Fitzgerald, J. (2013). The Boston Globe. Boston needs to embrace curbside collection of organic waste.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2013/09/20/organic-waste-should-recycled-boston/UzKGiYwCUDpCVeatM4LvkJ/story.html

Ritchie, H. (2014).

Massachusetts Imposes Ambitious Law to Eliminate Commercial Food Waste.

http://www.sustainablebrands.com/news_and_views/waste_not/hannah_ritchie/massachusetts_imposes_ambitious_law_eliminate_commercial_foo