Author: Brenda

In October and November 2021, guest lectures will be held as part of the ongoing course on innovation design for humanitarian needs and international development cooperation, offered by Malmö University in collaboration with Parlametric AB. The lectures focus on engineering roles in development assistance and how innovative organizations are working to achieve the global goals.

The lectures are open to all. Read more and join below.

A civil society perspective on development partnerships in East Africa

Special guest: Klas Hansson, Board Member – Svalorna Afrika

1 October, 2021

08:15 – 10:00 CEST

The path to market for a sustainable WASH innovation

Special guest: John Nyberg, CEO – Pure Bio Synergy

7 October, 2021

15:15 – 17:00 CEST

A career in international development

Special guest: Lorena Acevedo, Programme Specialist – SIDA

This meeting will focus on opportunities for engineers in the first hour, and opportunities for students and young professionals in the second hour.

14 October, 2021

15:15 – 17:00 CEST

The path to market for a sustainable WASH innovation

Special guest: Rolf-Johan Ingeson, CEO – Millennium Technology of Sweden AB

27 October 2021

08:15 – 10:00 CEST

Date:  8 October 2021

Time: 0900-1100

Place: Smart City Sweden, Online – Microsoft-Teams 

The event will be held in Swedish.

Aim: To increase Sweden’s exports in smart sustainable cities by introducing tools and methods for integrating research and innovation services, as part of the Swedish export offer.

Target group: Actors and employees in Swedish export promotion (incl. Platforms, authorities, Smart City Sweden’s partners and other export promotions actors)

Organized by: RISE Research Institutes of Sweden and Swedish Research Institute in collaboration with Smart City Sweden.

R&D services can be anything from the research, development and innovation conducted at universities and colleges to the commissioned research that exists at our research institutes and research companies as well as non-profit organizations, but also the test and demo environments (test and demo beds) that exist in the country including so-called ‘system demonstrators’. Test and demo environments can be offered both as a showcase for innovative sustainable products or services and can also be offered as R&I environments to international stakeholders to develop their products and services.

The event will focus on the following questions:

• What do we mean by R&D services? (with actors such as academia, research institutes, authorities, business and civil society)
• What are the differences and interfaces between offering R & D services and other goods and services?
• Is it an export or a foreign investment?
• Are there R&Ds that should not be exposed internationally?
• What is the benefit of combining the promotion of R & D services with other goods and services?
• How can Swedish tests and demo environments be integrated into Swedish promotion?
• How are R&D collaborations generally created between need owners and R & D organizations?
• Which Swedish test and demo environments exist today with international potential? How can these strengthen Swedish exports of goods and services as well as R&D services?
• What tools and methods are available to match stakeholder needs with relevant ones R&D services?

Contact: sten.stenbeck@ri.se

An International Webinar: Transforming Indian Health facilities to be “Climate-smart/Energy Efficient”

Date: 19th October 2021
Time: 11.00 – 13.00 (CET) or 14:30 – 16:30 (IST).
Mode: Zoom webinar

Nordic Center for Sustainable Healthcare and MAMTA Health Institute for Mother and Child have collaborated with sWASH&grow partner, TEM – Lund University, to catalyse the sustainable development agenda focusing on Climate Action, Clean Energy, and Environment and Health.

Sweden is a global leader in building low-carbon economy, and Swedish hospitals use the most innovative energy-efficient healthcare solutions. On that account, this international webinar aims to accelerate the knowledge-led dialogues between the thematic experts and administrative leaders. It is a platform to exchange experiences around the latest and most compatible energy-efficient solutions in healthcare set-ups. The myriad of information-sharing and knowledge-building sessions will benefit the Public/Private health institutions for a more strategic response for transformation and energy-efficient solutions.

The agenda outline and speaker introductions for the webinar will be shared at a later date. 

Date: Wednesday, 6 October at 14.00 – 16.00 CET

Do you work with international business in clean tech and sustainable cities? We invite your company to participate in concrete, funded projects, both nationally and internationally, via the export association, Urban Tech Sweden (UTS) which was initiated by Teknikföretagen in 2019.

UTS’s mission is to reduce the gap between investors, projects and technology and accelerate the transition to climate neutral cities and act as a project accelerator for the Swedish industry. UTS has one of the world’s largest portfolios of companies with urban solutions, a network of investors and organizations that can contribute to climate neutral cities. Read more below.

Matchmaking event

On October 6, a digital Matchmaking event will be held where innovations are sought for the following projects:

• Eco-tourism at Manta resort on Pemba, an island north of Zanzibar, Tanzania, in East Africa. Sustainable solutions are sought for off-grid energy, storage, water purification and transport. UTS sees the project as a pilot for a Swedish-owned eco-tourist resort. But it is equally important in a second step to provide about 300,000 inhabitants with clean water, energy and functional waste management.

• Deep Energy Retrofit in New York and Beyond. Hines, one of the world’s largest property developers, has together with Norges Bank Investment Management and Trinity Church Wall Street delivered a climate-smart property in the middle of New York at 555 Greenwich. The development of the property exceeds NYC’s climate goals for commercial buildings by 2030 by more than 45 percent and is in line with NYC’s carbon neutral goals for 2050. Hines is seeking partnerships with both product and service companies to scale up the restructuring of it´s portfolio and solutions for the real estate sector and network-related solutions. 

For more information on these projects, see the PDFs in the links above. If your company is interested in participating with possible innovative solutions at the Matchmaking event on October 6, please contact Josefin Danielsson josefin.danielsson@electricitystockholm.se

You can also participate in the event without presenting a technology.

Agenda:

14.00             Welcome to Urban Tech Sweden (UTS) – Matchmaking – Jörgen Lööf, ElectriCITY

14.10             UTS – Accelerate the transformation into climate smart cities – Ann-Sofi Gaverstedt, UTS

14.17             sWASH&grow – Scaling off-grid WASH solutions – Sten Stenbeck, RISE

14.24             UTS assignments for sWASH&grow – Business-model and financing

Jan Furuvald, Kapitalguiden

14.31             Eco-tourism at Manta – A pilot project for a Swedish-owned resort

Victoria Vazhinskaya, Novoheat

Matchmaking – Innovations for Eco-tourism at Manta

14.38             Drupps – Water production from the atmosphere

14.45             Stella Futura – Affordable Green Energy

14.52             Naturpooler – Pools with biological treatment

14.59             Swatab – Cleaning and washing without detergent

15.06             Wostman – Low-flushing toilets that saves up to 95% water

15.15             Deep Energy Retrofit in New York – Looking for Grid and Building related solutions

Michael Izzo, Head of Carbon Strategy, Hines

Matchmaking – Innovations for Deep Energy Retrofit in New York

15.22             Soltech – Integrated aesthetic solar cell-solutions for roofs and façades 

15.29             Ecoclime – Circular thermal energy systems and smart property automation

15.36             SaltX – Clean and sustainable energy storage in nanocoated salts

15.43             3eflow – A new way of using water

15.50             SweGreen – Integrating urban farming with buildings energy and ventilation systems

16.00             A new tool for a Business-model and financing – Niklas Schmidt, RISE

16.07             Lessons from the day – Ann-Sofi Gaverstedt, UTS

16.15             Thanks for attending!

Buildings of the future – water and energy solutions you should know about

Date:       16 September

Time:       9:00 – 11:30 (CEST)

Register by 12 September

Buildings play a major role in our lives and in society. We spend most of our time in them and we value them highly, as seen by yet new records in real estate prices. However we want our new buildings to be sustainable and become a place for circular living. We need to think centuries ahead. That is why we would like to present the latest sustainable technologies within the field of water and energy in buildings.

Questions to be discussed:

How can our future buildings become more energy efficient? 

How can we make solar energy an integrated part of ALL new buildings?

How can we save and reuse water in our buildings?

How can we reuse heat in waste water?  

How can we manage and use storm water in our buildings and around them?

If you have any questions or want to know more about membership in WIN please contact info@winway.se.

AGENDA:

Speakers

• Therese Jephson, REWAISE, VA SYD/SWR
• Martin Eldsmark, Kraftringen
• Martin Johem, Ecoclime
• Carl-Henrik Tibblin, Sunroof 
• Representative from Swedish Fire and Rescue Service
• Anna Rundgren / Xavier Leo, Brinja
• Nils Rydén, PEAB
• Bo Mattsson, Impulser
• Finnur Sverrisson, Orbital Systems
• Peter Kisch, FIRS & Future by Lund

Matchmaking 

• Take the chance to meet with the presenting innovation companies and WIN in separate digital meeting rooms during the WIN Matchmaking session.

How is it possible to deliver innovative and sustainable system solutions where the end-user market players are included beneficiaries in the supply chain and the business? How do you share the business benefits with the local market?

sWASH&grow‘s project partner, S-Man Solutions AB which is part of the working group, Urban Tech Sweden is developing methods and models for scaling up, match-making and export. They have developed a Business Model for “Inclusive System Deliveries” that has been tested and will be tested further within the project. Watch the presentation of the draft business model below.

This work is in line with sWASH&grow’s objective to develop tools that improve the opportunities for innovators and aid organizations to bring more circular, inclusive and sustainable innovations to those in need.

The Urban Tech Sweden working group, which is part of the ElectriCITY network plans to organize workshops and match-making events every half year within the project where project results will be shared with stakeholders. They will also develop an online match-making module and do a feasibility study on how to increase the deliveries of off-grid WASH innovations to different markets. The above slideshow is a draft result so far.