ElectriCITY shares the knowledge and experiences we have gained locally with other municipalities and cities — an accelerator for climate-neutrality.
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The citizen initiative ElectriCITY Innovation has created a model that engages residents to actively participate in the climate transition, with a bottom-up approach and a holistic perspective on climate issues. This model is based on a method developed and refined over more than ten years in Hammarby Sjöstad, integrating housing with energy issues, e-mobility, and the circular economy. By linking these areas, we can save energy, promote sustainable transportation, and increase awareness and engagement in environmental issues among residents.
The work in Hammarby Sjöstad is also a powerful example of how citizens, businesses, academia, and the public sector can collaborate to drive the climate transition forward. Together, we can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make the transition economically beneficial for all parties involved.
What challenges does your municipality face? How can we help accelerate the climate transition in your area?
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energy issues!
Since 2014, ElectriCITY has worked on energy issues in collaboration with housing associations in Sjöstan. This work has led to energy and cost savings for these associations, with 26 of them reducing purchased energy by more than 50 percent.
In Hammarby Sjöstad, the goal for 2030 is for all housing associations and joint property associations to achieve climate neutrality in Scope 1 and 2 according to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. An energy community with a marketplace for energy and capacity trading is to be implemented in Sjöstaden, and the experiences gained will be shared with other districts and municipalities.
Energy mapping
If necessary, carry out a larger energy survey of an entire municipality, as a starting point for the work, together with an external company.
Ecodrives to investigate the status — Energy mapping of properties and training of brf boards in energy efficiency. This includes the board appointing an energy manager who receives further training through regular energy meetings.
Energy networks
Initiate, arrange and support networks with regular meetings — Energy meetings — for energy managers in housing associations and communities. At the meetings, knowledge is disseminated and experience is exchanged between the housing associations, while new innovations and solutions are presented.
Energy investments
Initiate and act as a mentor for procurement of energy investments for cost-saving investments in renewable energy, such as geothermal energy, solar cells and new control systems. Doing things together not only creates security, but is also cost-effective in the form of discounts for larger purchased volumes.
Energy community
Supervise the work of creating a formal local energy community. Formulation of regulatory guidelines so that services, innovations and business models can be created to realize efficient energy communities. Development of marketplace for energy services that enables control, aggregation, sharing and participation in flex markets. A more efficient technical management that contributes to more efficient management of energy resources, greater access to detailed information about the building’s energy use for residents, increased resilience and energy security.
Platform
Digital platform and digital control room. Contribute to the development and launch of a digital platform for energy-related and social interactions between members of the energy community with clear goals for energy use, production of renewable energy, flexibility and energy use per square meter. As well as the development of a digital control room to give condominium associations the opportunity to monitor and control the building’s energy use and to provide advice and support to other associations in the community.
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transport issues!
ElectriCITY Innovation is based on the needs of citizens for transportation, goods, and services, and how these best fit into the city’s transport system.
We work with the overarching goal of reducing emissions from fossil fuel-powered vehicles by focusing on electric cars. This can be achieved through a well-developed charging infrastructure, both public and private charging points at home, the establishment of electric car pools, and the introduction of environmentally friendly transportation options.
Joint procurement
As a first step, ElectriCITY can initiate volume-discounted joint procurement of charging points for electric cars.
Fossil-free transport
Framework Agreement for Fossil-Free Transport (RAFT), through joint procurement of local transport, set requirements for conversion to fossil-free operation to and from properties and thereby create a fossil-free zone.
Transshipment
Transshipment hubs — for transshipment of goods from larger fossil-powered transport vehicles to smaller electric-powered vehicles for local distribution in city centers or city districts.
Planning support
Through the CERO model, deliver travel pattern data that can be used for planning traffic solutions and expanding transport services within the municipality.
Transport manager
Initiate and develop a network of transport managers in brfs, communities. These are tasked with facilitating the residents’ sustainable travel habits by setting up mobility hubs in the brf association’s garage or in parking areas adjacent to the property. The mobility hub can, for example, provide electric bikes, box bikes, tools for simple bike repairs and an electric car pool for car sharing between neighbours. In the near future, it may be possible to partially finance such a car pool through support services to the electricity grid via V2G.
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circularity
The EU’s and Sweden’s environmental and waste policies have a clear direction towards a society with higher resource efficiency and a more circular economy. The goal of ElectriCITY’s work with circular economy is to contribute to projects focused on recycling and reusing products and resources. This includes, among other things, reducing the carbon footprint through “climate-smart food” and “climate-smart shopping,” as well as increasing the reuse and sharing of products.
Reduce the plastic in residual wast
Citizen engagement for reduced proportion of plastic in residual waste. To, in cooperation with, for example, the municipality’s va-verk, engage and motivate residents and brfs to sort correctly and reduce the proportion of plastic in residual waste, among other things with the support of a specially developed app.
Set up Urban Farming
• Initiate and develop urban cultivation, with own production of greens in, for example, a city district with the aim of becoming self-sufficient in certain vegetables and fruits that require long transports.
• Public pallet collars
• Cultivation with waste heat
• Hydroponic cultivation in unused spaces in housing associations and apartment buildings
Cooperation with citizens, associations and local actors.
Initiate and supervise various efforts in collaboration with citizens, associations and other local actors. It can be about larger public events, study circles, lectures/presentations and dialogues, events, digital platforms around various topics in the area of circular economy. Themes can be textiles, food, food waste, recycling, mending & mending, clothes swapping days, local food markets. Here, the municipality opens up places for activities and civil society gets help with initiatives.
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digitalization
Digitalization permeates all our projects, from the digitization of energy and property systems to transportation and the circular economy. With the development of a digital twin, we have created an interactive and transparent platform for urban development, allowing various stakeholders to collaborate to explore and compare different urban development strategies in a virtual environment. This platform also serves as a foundation for discussion and consultation between citizens and decision-makers.
Create a digital twin
Project lead/supervise in the work to produce a digital twin, based on open source code and and freely available tools such as Unity and Google Maps, which makes it flexible and adaptable for different areas of use. Areas of focus for the digital twin may vary with local conditions.
Examples of key areas and functions that can be developed are, for example:
• Energy coordination: Where it may be about opportunities for energy efficiency improvements in properties. Future and present power needs. Expansion plans with an energy and climate focus or a need for visualization and data analysis in energy communities.
• Movements & mobility in city districts/municipalities: Show where active routes are or will be and which routes are best suited for commercial activities. Transport needs, where pedestrians and road users are today and in the future when the municipality changes. Where there is an experience of security and insecurity.
• Future urban development plans: Demonstrate and facilitate planning for resilience and climate adaptation. Ensure and demonstrate sustainable urban development. Achieve reduction in CO2 emissions and better use of resources.
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climate-smart school projects
ElectriCITY has developed various school projects implemented in Hammarby Sjöstad, as well as in neighboring districts and municipalities. The aim is to raise awareness and engagement around environmental issues and the global goals among students, while also helping them realize that they can make a difference. These projects also foster new forms of collaboration between teachers, students, and the surrounding community.
The Future Scouts
The activity is adapted for grades 4–6. The task for the students is to develop new products or services that can have a positive impact on the environment and the climate, preferably adapted to be used locally, over a period of 1–2 weeks.
Scrap Art
An activity adapted for students in years 4–6. Here the students make works of art — out of rubbish. In addition to producing their artwork, the students must also present the thoughts behind their work.
Start up
An activity for grades 8–9 and upper secondary school. The task is for the students to develop simple business plans for products and services with an environmental/climate focus. The project period can range from one full day to one week, depending on the availability of time.
Energy Communities
Activity for students in years 5–6. Two sessions with at least a week in between where the students also have the opportunity to discuss advantages, disadvantages, which actors can be included and finally construct their own energy community.