NYC-CPH Dual Urban Water Vision Challenge

Further information

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

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

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

WATCH THE WEBINAR HERE

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

Organizing Partners

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. 

About the program

The celebratory program is a unique opportunity for Danish companies within fashion and interior design to showcase products, engage the American design community, and develop sales channels. ​

One-to-one meetings with American customers

As part of the program, we are offering all participating companies to tap into our combined network of fashion and interior design buyers, retailers, and costumers. Based on your company interest, we will facilitate virtual individual meetings between you and the American counterpart, to assist you in your sales and business development efforts. 

Circular pop-up exhibitions in New York

As we are hoping the Covid-19 situation in New York City continues to allow retail spaces to remain open, we will organize two pop-up exhibitions in SoHo, Manhattan. Buyers, costumers and other stakeholders will be able to book time to exclusively visit these two pop-exhibitions, where you can physically showcase your flagship pieces. A product catalogue will be developed for both physical and online use. 

Who should join?

The program mainly targets Danish SMV’s working within the field of fashion and interior design, who have created product and solutions based on circular economy principles. These include, but are not limited to, lifetime extension initiatives, circular material choices, take-back schemes, leasing or shared economy business models, upcycling practices and so on. ​

This program is designed to both assist companies that already have a strong presence in USA and companies looking to expand into the American marketplace. Those companies who are not established, will be offered workshops on how to enter the market, as well as insights into the opportunities and challenges which the market upholds. 

Why join?

• To expand your visibility among central costumers and buyers ​
• Content specific workshops with highly relevant peers​
• Networking and B2B meetings with potential collaborators, buyers or retailers

About Circular City Week

 Circular City Week New York is organized by Danish Cleantech Hub in New York and attracts over 4.000 American participants annually. ​

The festival includes more than 50+ different events hosted by European and American organizations. ​

It is to date one of the most targeted platforms for circular solutions to attract attention from American sustainability and industry professionals. 

Read more and register for the program HERE. 

For further questions, please contact Tone Søndergaard at tone@di.dk. 

You can learn more about the entire week by visiting our website and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.

If you want to be a partner, speaker or host an event please contact Tone Søndergaard at tone@di.dk 

The overall challenge question is: 

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

The Challenge

The objective is to create this pocket of the Industrial Business Zone  into a viable and vibrant neighborhood hub for the Long Island City community. Using light as a means of connectivity, 12th Street will be an “always on” neighborhood oasis with safety, function and enjoyment at its foundation. With strategic implementation of smart lighting systems, that bring people together, the Campus at 12th Street is primed to be an iconic destination for Long Island City and across the five boroughs. The challenge owners are Long Island City Partnerships, International Nighttime Design Initiative and VOREA.

Challenge respondents will propose two Living Lab themes within their pitch: a showcase for best practice public lighting – beyond the street pole-luminaire typical and to facilitate community-based placemaking research.

For more information, please click here.

Program

9.00 am – Welcome by Danish Cleantech Hub and Gate 21
9.10 am – Pitch rounds of 5-7 minutes per company including questions from the panel
10.00 am –  Thank you

The event will be livestreamed via Zoom.

Register by sending an email to Mille Munksgaard at mimu@di.dk.

About the Challenge

The objective is to create this pocket of the Industrial Business Zone (IBZ) into a viable and vibrant neighborhood hub for the LIC community. Using light as a means of connectivity, 12th Street will be an “always on” neighborhood oasis with safety, function and enjoyment at its foundation. With strategic implementation of smart lighting systems, that bring people together, the Campus at 12th Street is primed to be an iconic destination for LIC and across the five boroughs. The challenge has been submitted by Long Island City Partnerships, International Nighttime Design Initiative and VOREA.

We task the Challenge respondents to propose two Living Lab themes within their pitch: a showcase for best practice public lighting – beyond the street pole-luminaire typical and to facilitate community-based placemaking research (refer to last section: Research and Resources).

The Program

The event is divided into two parts:

November 3 2020: Solution Workshop Day Program @DOLL Living Lab
09.00 Breakfast
09.30 Welcome and A roadmap to NYC – understand your market + Q&A
10:30 Challenges as an accelerator for green export
11.00 The NYC challenge
11.30 Lunch
12.15 Solution hack workshop
15.00 Persuade the challenge owner – methods for preparing your solution, pitch and presentation
16.00 Q&A with US expert
17.00 Networking drinks

November 30 2020: PITCH EVENT @State of Green
14.30 Arrival at State of Green
15.00 Kick off – virtual pitch finale and introduction by Danish Cleantech Hub and Gate 21
15.10 Pitch rounds of 5-7 minutes per company including questions from the panel
16.10 Announcement of winner
16.15 Thank you by Danish Cleantech Hub and Gate 21

For more information, please click here.

Approach: Co-creation is part of our DNA 

BLOXHUB is the innovation partner for this open call. BLOXHUB is a Copenhagen based Nordic Hub for sustainable urbanization. BLOXHUB members include 350 companies, science institutions, organizations and public bodies – all working with architecture, design, construction and tech. These are the pioneers who will be co-creation solutions with you.

Aim: Why are we doing this

Circular solutions in the built and urban environment is still an emerging movement, and we want to showcase how to take this forward. It is only by actually ‘doing’ we can prove how circularity can have both environmental and economic benefits. Through foundation sponsored programs, we are able to put action behind our intentions and offer this opportunity to match Nordic ideas with a visionary New York actor.

You can read much more about the application requirements and process here.

Contact Tone Søndergaard, Director of Danish Cleantech Hub New York at tone@di.dk if you have any questions.

Programme

For questions please contact Mille Munksgaard at MIMU@di.dk. 

For further questions, please feel free to contact Mille Munksgaard at MIMU@di.dk. 

For further questions, please feel free to contact Mille Munksgaard at MIMU@di.dk. 

For further information on the webinar, please contact Mille Munksgaard at MIMU@di.dk

For more information on tickets, program and exhibiting visit the NESEA website.

If you want to be a partner or be considered as a speaker for one of our events, please contact Louis Funder at LFK@di.dk 

You can also stay updated on all the activties through out the week one the Climate Week NYC website.

It is a pleasure, for the first time internationally to present the outcomes of Circularity City – one of the most ambitious urban circular development projects to be concluded! The last three years this public-private alliance brought together actors from all over Denmark to create the circular cities of tomorrow, focusing on value chain collaborations, upcycling, product innovation, and public procurement within architecture and construction.

At this event we will invite you to co-create the next Circularity City with us. Through a dynamic workshop, we will take a close look at how we can accelerate the construction and design sector in New York. Therefore, we invite Danish and American stakeholders to collectively join forces and turn circular ideas into actionable outcomes.

Please be advised that this workshop is focused on design and building professionals with prior knowledge within the fields of city planning, construction, architecture and/or material development.

Agenda:

8.30 am – Doors open & breakfast

9.00 am – Welcome & Keynote by Circularity City project outcomes

9.20 am – Circularity City panel

10.00 am – Interactive workshop in groups

10.45 am – Groups present their takeaway

11.00 am – Networking

Register HERE

For more information please contact Imke Myrick at immy@di.dk

You can learn more about the entire week here and register for all the events.

If you want to be a partner, speaker or host an event please contact Tone Søndergaard at tone@di.dk 

We invite you to an exciting morning event where six Danish pioneers take the stage and exemplify how their products are designed and optimized for a tighter inner circle and showcase how their circular business design moves from the sideline into the mainstream.

A new decade just started, and it is already predicted that circular economy will accelerate to a new level in 2020. Winning strategies for businesses have been proposed and circular business models have been optimized in the recent years. The next step is to mainstream circular business models and unlock the massive economic potential.

At its core, a successful circular business model starts with product design and with the aim to design out waste. On a solid inner circle follows business opportunities with room for innovation and growth. And yet, companies face roadblocks on the transformational path into mainstreaming circular economy. What are the key drivers we need to attack in 2020 to reach the next level of mainstreaming circular business models in New York versus Denmark?

Denmark is among the most efficient countries in the world when it comes to waste and resource management. The Danish waste management and resource sectors are experts at collecting and treating waste to minimize environmental impact and efficient reuse of materials.

Join us and meet six Danish companies pitching applied circularity followed by questions from a panel of American experts.

PROGRAM

9.00 am   –   Arrival & Breakfast
9.15 am    –   Welcome by Michael Waas, Global Vice President Brand Partnerships, Terracycle
9.20 am   –   Introduction to expert panel

– Rodrigo Baustista, Forum for the Future
– Michael Waas, TerraCycle
– Jonsara Ruth, Healthy Material Lab at Parsons School of Design

9.30 am   –  Pitches from Danish pioneers (7 min) + Q&A (3 min questions from the expert panel)

– EGE Carpets, Kim Monrad, Head of Global Accounts & GE EGE Americas
– Zero Building, Peter Jensen, Director
– Scan Underlay, Carsten Andersen, CEO & Founder
– Out of Office Architecture, Adam Roigart, Co-Founder
– ErgoFloor, Ole Sørensen, Sales Manager
– CikoTag, Pijus  Andriulis, Co-Founder

10.40 am   –  Thank you – Imke Myrick, Senior Project Manager, Danish Cleantech Hub
10.45 am   –  Networking

REGISTRATION FORM

Contact Imke Myrick, immy@di.dk for any questions.

Danish Cleantech Hub would like to invite you to join the Circularity City Delegation to New York on 28-30. January 2020. The delegation is part of the Circularity City project, which is an initiative based on boosting both supply and demand of circular solutions in the built environment. Paticpation in the delegation is open and free to all Danish companies with a circular solution for the built environment. 

Contact Imke Myrick at immy@di.dk to learn more and register.

Program: The program is aimed at all companies and stakeholders who contribute in some circular form to the built environment. There is plenty of opportunity for you to get a solid impression of the US market and the potential of the circular economy. Among other things, the delegation offers:

• Lunch & Learn – Seize the opportunity and showcase your solution in New York’s premier architectural and engineering houses
• Site Visit – come out and get a first-hand impression of New York’s building services and design
• Workshops & Networking – meet others in your industry and become smarter
• Meetings – Take the opportunity and meet with potential customers and large customers

Both companies that are already active in the United States or are considering investigating the market potential in the United States are welcome to participate.

Full program available here.

Interested in sustainable, innovative and clean technologies – and implementing them in the places that need them most? Want to be part of a pioneering community network of innovators and entrepreneurs who are passionate about driving social, environmental and economic justice for local populations?

Blue City is a project proposal for a floating development in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Blue City aims to increase the resilience of the neighborhood, driving a new climate-positive economy which fosters innovation and creates jobs in emerging fields. This workshop aims at discussing related issues such as Workforce Development, Economic Modelling, Government Structure and Technologies.

Please use this link for registration and read more about NY Blue Tech at the website.

The first IMPACT FARM on US ground has now been running for 12 months in Harlem. The project has come to life through a partnership between Human Habitat, a Danish design and build studio, Harlem Grown and Juice Generation. The purpose of the IMPACT FARM is to transform a neglected city lot into a lush, green, urban agricultural community hub. The project represents a viable model for replication that can help to increase access to farm fresh produce throughout lower-income neighborhoods in the urban landscape.

The workshop focuses on the learnings from the Juice Generation IMPACT FARM and the intersection with the efforts of New York City in developing similar urban farms. Participants of the workshop will through presentations and extensive knowledge sharing explore if and how the experiences from the Juice Generation IMPACT FARM may be useful in developing impact farms other places in New York City.

Agenda:

9.30 am – Welcome by Mille Munksgaard, Project Manager, Danish Cleantech Hub

9.35 am – Future perspectives on a world where people and nature thrive

10.00 am – Tony Hillery, Founder and Director, Harlem Growth

10.30 am – Mikkel Kjaer, Co-Founder and CEO, Human Habitat

11.00 am – Onsite tour and networking – experience the first US impact farm

For more information and particpation please contact Mille Munksgaard at mimu@di.dk

Market preparedness and establishment program: The offshore wind industry in the Northeast U.S. is developing rapidly. The first large scale wind farm is scheduled to be operational by 2021 and the states have committed to a combined target of close to 16GW of offshore wind power by 2035. A local supply chain must be developed to meet demands of local developers and state authorities. This constitutes an enormous market opportunity for Danish companies in the offshore wind supply chain, but also gives rise to the many questions of taking on a new market.

Why join the program: With the aim of enabling smarter, faster and informed entry and establishment for Danish companies, DI with support from the Danish Energy Agency has developed a tailored Market Preparedness and Establishment Program for companies interested in becoming part of the Northeast U.S. offshore wind supply chain. The intensive management program takes place in both Denmark and the U.S. Throughout the program, participating decision makers will firstly develop the full toolbox and knowledgebase needed to make informed decisions about market entry/expansion. Secondly, the program will equip participants to navigate their sector specific challenges and efficiently manage U.S. operations during a three day visit to the U.S.

Program content:

• Establishment Decisions and Contract Requests: Understand risks, resources and data needs throughout your U.S. establishment/expansion process to quickly and accurately respond to contract requests from U.S. offshore developers and partners
• Strategic Market Selection and Cost Drivers: Identify what drives competitiveness for your company in a new market based on a flexible data driven tool to map and analyze the differences and attractiveness of states such as NJ, MA and NY
• Legal Considerations, U.S. Subsidiary Establishment and Visa Issues: Provides indepth information on U.S. legal subsidiary setup, corporate tax considerations, import tariffs and how to relocate Danish staff to the U.S
• Customer Needs, Partners and Recruitment: All you need to know about specific offshore wind market issues, including partner selection, unionization and local developers’ contract practices and requirements
• Local Content and Investment Climate:Provides actionable insights into states’ investment incentive schemes and local content regulations.

Contact Louis Funder at lfk@di.dk for more information and how to become part of future programs.

A few years back, the Danish Energy Agency implemented an extensive heat pump program, with the aim of increasing the installation of domestic heat pumps. The program included extensive outreach efforts and innovative means of communicating the benefits to house owners.

This workshop focuses on the learnings from the heat pump program in Denmark and the intersection with the efforts of New York City in developing comparable program. Participants of the workshop will through extensive knowledge change explore if and how the experiences from Denmark may be useful in developing a successful heat pump program in New York City.

Participants included:

• NYC Mayor’s Office of Sustainability
• Building Energy Exchange
• NYSERDA
• Danish Energy Agency

Agenda:

• New York City vision for a new heat pump program
• An introduction to heat pumps use in Denmark and the programs that underpins this development
• Interactive workshop facilitated by Transition

For more information about this workshop and our work within energy efficiency please contact Mille Munksgaard at mimu@di.dk

Across the world cities are trying to tackle the increasing health impacts from air pollution an urban heat island effect. Every year, New York City experiences an average of 450 heat-related emergency department visits, 150 heat-related hospital admissions, and 13 heatstroke deaths. The City also averages about 115 excess deaths from natural causes exacerbated by extreme heat annually. From an urban design perspective much can be done to mitigate and to adapt to climate change related health impacts—not least in terms of developing solutions that are co-beneficial and aesthetic at the same time.

During the summer of 2019, the City of New York teamed up with Access Cities, a global alliance for sustainable urban development, to organize an Open Innovation Call on Air Quality and Urban Heat Island Effect as a call to action.

Contestants were requested to propose solutions for a specific neighborhood in NYC with some of the highest rates of heat-related illness and mortality and known air quality vulnerability issues. This Archtober-affiliated event will highlight and celebrate the winner of the Open Innovation Call together with other innovative initiatives in New York, and internationally, which are tackling these challenges.

Program:

5.30 pm – Registration & Refreshments

6.10pm – Opening keynote: Urban Climate Change Research Network, Jeffrey Raven or Cynthia Rosenzweig,

6.20pm – Access Cities Open Innovation Call Track 2 Winner presentation of NYC site specific proposal

6.50 – Findings from ULI study: A Vision for a Greener, Healthier, Cooler Gowanus: Strategies to Mitigate Urban Heat Island Effect

7.15pm – Curated panel discussion

7.45pm – Call to action – Costa Constantinides, Council member 22nd District of the City of New York

7.55 pm – Exhibition by Access Cities Open Innovation Call Finalists & Reception

Archtober:  is New York City’s Architecture and Design Month, the ninth-annual festival of architecture activities, programs and exhibitions taking place during the month of October.

Green Buildings can help us to tackle climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, help create sustainable communities and drive economic growth. A whopping 39% of global emissions can be attributed to buildings and construction processes, and with the Paris agreement commitment to limit the temperature rise by 1.5 degrees, the transition to net-zero buildings is imperative.

At this event, we took a hard look at what is possible, who we can learn from, and how we can find new, transformative strategies together to meet this challenge. A panel of experts from different parts of the Buildings industry presented solutions, and a Dragon’s Den youth panel kept checks and balances, asked the critical questions and set the bar for action high, future proof and implementable.

Program:

3:00 – Registration and coffee

3:30 – Welcome/setting the scene

3:45 –  Six short 5-minute pitches with feedback from youth panel for each pitch

4:55 – Questions from audience

5:15 – Main conclusions

5:30 pm – Thank you for coming

Speakers: 

Corporate and Goverment Climate Action was an exclusive high-level roundtable, which will focus on the impact and nature of the private and public sectors’ climate action commitments towards a low-carbon society. Yearly highlevel event as part of NYC Climate Week. With the UN Climate Action Summit as backdrop, the event will convene around 120 clean economy leaders from the private sector, national governments, cities, financial institutions, and civil society. Expect a highly interactive afternoon together with progressive peers.

Visit the conference website for all the details.

Program: 

As heads of Government and leading global institutions prepare to convene for the opening of the General Debate at the UN General Assembly in Manhattan’s Midtown East, a new gathering representing the drive and action required to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will take place at SAP in Midtown West. Taken together, both events will embody key poles in the ongoing conversation about climate action, sustainability and the next steps in the 2030 agenda.

Bringing together heads of Government, global leaders, the private sector, impact investors, creatives, and key local stakeholders, Winning Together: Sustainability in Action will offer an evening of substantive conversation and impactful networking to address the critical next steps needed to deliver on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Visit the conference website for much more on program and the many high-level speakers.