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Connecting New York with Danish Cleantech
Solutions and Expertise

Danish Cleantech Hub is a public-private partnership, led by the Confederation of Danish Industry
and State of Green. We support the visibility and commercialization of Danish cleantech solutions
and expertise in New York, China & Germany.

Connecting New York with Danish Cleantech Solutions and Expertise

Danish Cleantech Hub is a public-private partnership, led by the confederation of Danish Industry and State of Green. We support the visibility and commercialization of Danish Cleantech solutions and expertise in New York, China & Germany.

What we do

For Danish Partners

We support the visibility and commercialization of Danish cleantech solutions in New York. Danish Cleantech Hub provides the local platform and strong network necessary to bringing Danish solutions into play in New York. We offer Danish companies an effective route to success in the US through matchmaking with local partners and a joint promotion of Danish solutions.

For American Partners

We enable US companies and organizations to tap into Danish city goverments know-how and solutions. Danish Cleantech Hub engages with public and private New York stakeholders interested in learning from the Danish experience. We provide a forum for informational exchange on new approaches and solutions within energy efficiency, climate adaptation and resiliency.

How we can help you

Partnership structure

Our Focus Areas

How We Work

Public - private collaboration

Danish Cleantech Hub is an international public-private partnership. The founding partners are The Confederation of Danish Industry and State of Green. We work with a variety of partners including public agencies, private business, universities, and NGOs in order to tell New York the story of the green transition of Denmark. Deeply integrated in the cleantech ecosystem of New York, Danish Cleantech Hub can provide a single point of entry for all cleantech related activities between Denmark and New York.

Activities and projects

Danish Cleantech Hub organizes high-level conferences, customized fact finding tours, collaboration agreements, and workshops to create awareness of Danish cleantech solutions. By engaging Danish cities and municipalities as public partners, the Danish Cleantech Hub inspires US counterparts to look to Denmark for all climate adaptation needs.

We also implement projects financed by foundations and public development programs. These are examples for the project sponsors we are working with.

Deep market integration

Danish Cleantech Hub is deeply integrated in our host markets and ecosystems. We create local initiatives that makes us integrated drivers of a city agenda, and which places us in the heart of local action.

Our principle initiatives

Corporate case studies

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april 2021

14apr(apr 14)3:00 pm28(apr 28)6:00 pmWorkshops: NYC-CPH Dual Urban Water Vision ChallengeWorkshops: Participate in the three workshops for the NYC-CPH Dual Urban Water Vision Challenge.

Event Details

The New York State Department of Environmental Protection (NYC DEP), in partnership with Access Cities, have launched the Urban Water Vision Challenge for new and innovative and scalable ideas, technologies, and approaches to discover how stormwater can be successfully captured and treated to optimize benefits, reduce risks to public health and promote co-benefits.

The overall challenge question is:

How can innovative stormwater treatment and reuse practices help urban areas address the challenges of flooding and recreational water quality exacerbation caused by shifts in rain patterns due to climate change?

In the upcoming weeks you will have the opportunity to participate in the two workshops, where you will get to dive into the challenge, brainstorm ideas and discuss potential solutions with fellow minded peers. The aim of the co-creation workshops is for multi-sector groups to co-develop several potential feasible solution ideas to the city challenge, to be later pitched to a panel of senior city stakeholders.

REGISTER for the two workshops to learn about the challenges in more detail and what the process and key dates of activities for you to get involved in.

Key Dates
Workshop 1 ‘Ideation, Brainstorming and Prioritization’: Wednesday 14th April 15:00-17:00 CET (09:00-11:00 EDT)
The first workshop will focus on detailed presentations from both NYC and CPH on the challenges and will allow the participants to have the first focused Q&As. The participating companies will then get 2-3 minutes to pitch their company/technology to the other participants. Following this, the companies will be encouraged to match-up and invited onto the online digital platform space. Here, the companies will work in groups and brainstorm initial solution ideas in breakout rooms. The goal isn’t a perfect idea, it’s lots of ideas, collaboration, and openness to wild solutions. The only way to get to good ideas is to have lots to choose from.

Workshop 2 ‘Developing one idea for the pitch session’: Wednesday 28th April 15:00-18:00 (09:00-11:00 EST).
In the second workshop, the companies will dive into how to present their pitch. A pitch is a great way to communicate an idea, how it works, why it counts, and who it benefits. And in the process of making it, participants will clarify the key elements of their idea and refine how they talk about them. A pitch is a primary way that they will present their idea, and they will be using it to convince different types of people—from other companies to potential city officials to rally to their cause.

Pitching Session: May (exact date TBC).
The participating companies will be able to present the co-creation solutions in front of a panel of judges including the city representatives. More to come on the date and time – as well as the venue setup for the final pitching session.

Deadline for applying to take part in the workshops is 9th April 2021. Register for the workshops HERE.

Read more about the NYC-CPH Dual Urban Water Vision Challenge HERE, or watch the kick-off webinar for the NYC-CPH Urban Water Vision challenge HERE.

For further questions, please feel free to contact Natalie Nolte at nnol@di.dk.

Time

14 (Wednesday) 3:00 pm - 28 (Wednesday) 6:00 pm

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20apr9:00 am10:00 amBuild Back Greener - Green Recovery Strategies for the Building SectorAs part of US Climate Action Week 2021, ROCKWOOL International and Danish Cleantech Hub invites to the event Build Back Greener - Green Recovery Strategies for the Building Sector

Event Details

Build Back Greener – Green Recovery Strategies for the Building Sector

As part of US Climate Action Week 2021, ROCKWOOL International and Danish Cleantech Hub is opening the virtual doors for the event ‘Build Back Greener – Green Recovery Strategies for the Building Sector’.

The buildings and construction sector is highly energy-demanding and carbon-intensive, accounting for 39 percent of global energy-related CO₂ emissions and it must be emphasized, that it already makes business sense to build green. Green buildings have a lower operational cost than traditional ones and their asset value is around 10% higher. Yet, to fully decarbonize the built environment as a system, we need to make sure that all players along the value chain collaborate and focus on the reduction of emissions and creating green jobs and economic growth.

The climate change movement in the built environment has gained serious momentum in recent years. Spearheaded by government and the private sector, more and more stakeholders are signing up to set and help meet energy and climate targets across the buildings sector. The construction sector can pave the way for a green economic recovery and provide the boost we need to jump-start the economy in the aftermath of COVID-19.

During the event and with the Leader’s Summit on Climate as the backdrop, American and Danish experts across the building sector will discuss best in class recovery strategies on how to leverage building retrofits and public-private partnerships to support economic development and innovation while creating green jobs, focusing on the ambitious goals already set by New York State and New York City.

Program (EST):

9.00 am – Opening Remarks

Janet Joseph, Senior Vice President for Strategy and Market Development, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

9.05 am – Keynote: Green Infrastructure and Long Term Strategies

Speaker TBC

9.15 am – Climate Partnerships: Fostering Collaboration to Accelerate the Green Transition

Ingrid Reumert, Vice President, External Relations & Sustainability at VELUX and Vice Chair for the Building and Construction Climate Partnership

9.25 am – Putting Strategy into Practice

Rory Moss, President, ROCKWOOL North America

9.35 am – Fireside chat: Partnerships as a Way to Support Innovation, Growth and Job creation in the Buildings Sector

Sander Dolder, Senior Vice President, New York City Economic Development Corporation
Rory Moss, President, ROCKWOOL North America
Ingrid Reumert, Vice President, External Relations & Sustainability, VELUX
Paulina Lis, Program Manager and Technical Adviser, Private Building Efficiency, C40 Cities

10.00 am – Thank you and end of program

SIGN UP FOR THE EVENT HERE!

For more information, or questions regarding the event, please contact Mille Munksgaard, Senior Project Manager and Advisor at mimu@di.dk

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Time

(Tuesday) 9:00 am - 10:00 am EST

Location

Zoom event

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