Making sustainability reality the Malm example Ola Nord

Making sustainability reality – the Malmö example Ola Nord City of Malmö 12 February 2010

The City of Malmö • Sweden's third largest city • 290, 000 inhabitants • 24% of the city’s inhabitants were born abroad • 164 nationalities are represented • Young inhabitants – 40% are under 35 years of age

From manufacturing town to city of knowledge in 15 years • Malmö university was founded in 1998 • 21, 000 university students

Local sustainability in three steps 1. From Rio 1992 to Local Agenda 21 in Malmö 2. From Agenda 21 to pilot projects such as Western harbour and Augustenborg 3. From pilot projects to mainstreaming sustainability

Success factors • Networking (Eurocities, UBC, etc) • Co-operation with a number of different stakeholders, citizen involvement • Political support • Combination of regional, national and international funding • Action rather than plans

Comprehensive Plan for Malmö

Malmös new Environment Programme 2009 -2020

Energy Strategy

10 Other political statements Covenant of Mayors Malmö signed in November 2008 Eurocities Climate Declaration Ålborg Committments Malmö first city to sign at the Ålborg conference in 2004

Western Harbour • 140 ha former industrial landfill area will house 30. 000 residents, students and workplaces. Development on a 20 -year perspective • The Bo 01 -area, the first step in the development, 9 ha, 600 apartments started as a housing expo in 2001

Environmental focus areas, Bo 01 l Land reclamation, soil decontamination l Architecture and construction l Energy l Waste management and ecocycle l Biodiversity l Transport l IT for the environment

Energy 100 % locally renewable energy • • • Sun, wind and water District heat pump Annual energy balance Minimised energy consumption Campaign for take off award

Second and third phase of development Flagghusen - finalised Fullriggaren: Largest Swedish housing area with passive and low energy housing. Starts 2010 P-house with integrated wind power, lending bicycles etc. Intensive dialogue with building companies

Hyllie l New area, citytunnel station opens in december 2010 l New city district with hotel, shopping centre, housing l Housing area very innovative. Through dialogue with housing companies, the use of innovative materials, new technologies etc.

Ekostaden Augustenborg l Open storm water system l Retrofitting – energy efficiency l Green roofs l Uppgrading of green areas and courtyards, Biodiversity l Waste-recycling and composting l Solar panels l Resident participation l Traffic, carsharing and local electric train

Solar City Malm - Sege Park l Sweden's and Scandinavia’s largest PV installation l 1 250 m 2 l Maximum effect 166 k. W

Wind power – urban wind

Drömmarnas hus, Rosengård l l l Put up in December 2008 Maximum effect 0, 5 k. W Runs the ventilation for bee hives

Existing large scale wind power Lillgrund l Running since 2007 l One of the largest off-shore wind parks in the world l Installed effect 110 MW l Electricity production per year ca 0, 33 TWh l Owned by Vattenfall

The Environment Choir

Adaptation to Climate Change

Thank you! Ola Nord ola. nord@malmo. se www. malmo. se/sustainablecity