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A SSUUSSTTAAIINNAABBLLEE CITY – AND HOW TO GET

THERENEW CITY LANDSCAPE – GREEN SOLUTIONS OF SUCCESS

Nordic Week – St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum – 29 Sept 2010

KAARIN TAIPALE, PH.D. (URBAN STUDIES)KAARIN TAIPALE, PH.D. (URBAN STUDIES)Aalto University School of Economics, Centre for Knowledge and Innovation Research, Helsinki

A SSUUSSTTAAIINNAABBLLE E CITY - environmentally - socially, culturally, societally - economically

HOW TO GET THERE? WITH INNOVATIONS IN - energy - urban mobility - procurement - metropolitan governance - public space

A SSUUSSTTAAIINNAABBLLE E CITY?

Delhi – 22 Oct 2009 – Kaarin Taipale

ERASMUS BRIDGE, ROTTERDAM, NLERASMUS BRIDGE, ROTTERDAM, NL

IN A SSUUSSTTAAIINNAABBLLE E CITYA PEDESTRIAN IS THE KINGTHE KING!

HOW TO GET THERE? INNOVATIONS IN ENERGY

”We can can build and retrofit buildings to achieve 60 – 90% 60 – 90% energy savings energy savings as compared to

standard practice”(Dr. Urge-Vorsatz, CEU)

”Positive Power Buildings””Buildings as generators of energy”

(Jeremy Rifkin)

Poznan – 09 Dec 2008 – Kaarin Taipale

1. SAVINGS1. SAVINGS

2. EFFICIENCY2. EFFICIENCY

WIND, SOLAR, HYDRO, BIOMASS, GEOTHERMALWIND, SOLAR, HYDRO, BIOMASS, GEOTHERMAL

3. RENEWABLE 3. RENEWABLE ENERGYENERGY

INNOVATIONS IN URBAN MOBILITY

BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) IN CURITIBA, BRAZIL

INNOVATIONS IN PROCUREMENTPROCUREMENT

CITIES AS GOOD CUSTOMERS!(e.g. Case Curitiba BRT)(e.g. Case Curitiba BRT)

SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA & CITY NETWORKS FOR PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

(e.g. Procura+ of ICLEI)(e.g. Procura+ of ICLEI)

SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA FOR FINANCING

& LAND LEASE (e.g. Case Viikki, Helsinki) (e.g. Case Viikki, Helsinki)

INNOVATIONS INMETROPOLITAN GOVERNANCEMETROPOLITAN GOVERNANCE

Poznan – 09 Dec 2008 – Kaarin TaipaleSOURCE: SIR RICHARD ROGERS

INNOVATIONS IN PUBLIC SPACEPUBLIC SPACE