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1. Best practice examples – Denmark Jens Frendrup, European Green Cities SUPPORTED BY MUSEC-EIE/06/024/SI2.445716

2. Best practice DK 1: Green Municipality • Think Global/ActLocal • Local Green Strategies • Energy Efficiency • Cleaner Industrial Technology • Waste Handling • Urban Ecology • Environmental Education • Results: new ways of cooperation internally and externally to citizens, industries, farmers, business and municipal suppliers etc.

3. Best practice DK 2: PV assisted ventilation • Energy recovery ventilation • Space consuming very low • Low energy consumption • High energy efficiency • Low noise • PV mixer (solar – grid) • Low price app. 2000 EUR • Results: easy to fit into new built or renovation, necessary to meet low energy standards, high comfort for low price

4. Best practice DK 3: Renewable Energy Island • The island ”Samsoe” was appointed demo in 1997 • 4400 citizens – 11.400 ha • First major step was 11 1MW windmills in 2002 • In 2005 was achieved 100 % renewable electricity and 70% renewable heating • District heating based on solar with additional wood waste • Results: bottom-up planning by local people involvement in any step to implem. and operation

5. Best practice DK 4: Green Diploma • 40 housing association dept. • Yearly energy & environmental report heat, water, electricity and waste – since 2002 • Awarded for energy & environ- mental efficient operation • Now introduced also for construction work (new built as well as renovation) • Results: change of tenants behaviours, better playgrounds, greenings, bird life, transport

6. Best practice DK 5: SUN-ROOF • Flat roofs as new building plots for CO2 free housing units of 84 m2 (2 modules) • Financial help to renovation • No need for connection to exist. Energy supply system • 2 m2 thermal solar panels and 3,5 m2 solar cells (or + 14 m2) • Results: demo project to also inspire Danish building sector into industrial more cost efficient prefabrication units

7. Best practice DK 6: Dogma 2000 • Environmental impact yearly reported in Green Accounts • Targets in Local Agenda 21 plan for improvements • Env. work anchored in resident areas, industries, municipality • Results: 7 municipalites City Council commitment to follow above Dogma rules, common cooperation agreement and common rules for yearly external auditing

8. Best practice DK 7: Solar Cell Coop • In Nov 2004 Copenhagen citizens started ”Solar Cell Coop” inspired from windmills • Turn ownership of solar cells into a more popular movement • In 2005 first plant 440 shares of each 400 EUR sold 2½ months • And next plant 154 shares of each 365 EUR sold in 14 days • Results: progress possible in cities if positive cooperation to energy supply, house owners etc. and economic stimulus !!!

9. Best practice DK 8: Green Shops • Energy & environmental progress in energy, water, waste, transport as well as for products being sold in the shop • Visible Green Shop Award !!! • Audit yearly – and 3 new targets set up every year • First Green Shop in 1996 – now 310 shops in 8 municipalities • Results: Good support for citizens’ awareness rising e.g. buying more ecological food, textile and low energy TV set, refrigirator etc.

10. Best practice DK 9: Copenhagen City Bike • 1000 bikes introduced in 1995 • 2000 bikes now in 2007 • Inner city – borrow for 20 DKK • Take/leave - 110 parking places • Citizens – tourists • Health – city traffic – pollution • ”City Bike One” to Bill Clinton • Results: Visible and popular initiatives for general awareness rising, 400 city bikes now in next city Aarhus since 2005

11. Best practice DK 10: Green Accounts • Albertslund Municipality • 28.000 citizens next to Copenh. • All municipal departments and institutions environmental certifyed during 2007 • All – making Green Accounts • 46 of 52 residential areas now work out Green Accounts on electricity, heating, water, waste • Results: ”Red consumers” more than average are contacted and adviced to reduce consumption

12. Danish National SECA group • Board members of Solar City Copenhagen • Board members of Danish Association for Sustainable Cities & Building • Contact persons for Best Practice long-list examples • Total 31 persons

13. Danish SECA group Mr. Jakob Klint KUBEN, chairman Solar City Copenhagen Mr. Mikael Hastrup Copenhagen Municipality Mr. Jens Windeleff Danish National Energy Agency Mr. Torben Esbensen Esbensen Consulting, chairman ISES Mr. Leo Jakobsen Valby Local City Council Mr. Stig Mikkelsen Dissing+Weitling (architechts)

14. Mr. Martin Nielsson Malmoe City (Oeresund cooperation) Mr. Soeren Poulsen Technology Institute Mr. Joergen Stokbro Copenhagen Real Estate Mr. Peder Vejsig Pedersen Cenergia, chairman assosciation Sustain Cities & Building Mr. Thomas Braendgaard DONG Energy Ms. Kirsten Sander Association of Danish Architects Ms. Helle Voss Marker Dansk Solenergi (Danish Solar Energy) Mr. Jan Erik Nielsen PlanEnergi (energy specialist engineer) Mr. Jens H. Larsen Copenhagen Energy & Environment Agency Mr. Peter Ahm PA Energy (consultant)

15. Mr. Lars Bork Hansen Carl Bro (consultant) Mr. Anders Bille Jensen GAIA (solar cells producer) Mr. Toeger Nis Thomsen Copenhagen Municipality (environmental dept) Ms. Karin Munkholm Copenhagen, board member ass Sustain Cities & Building Mr. Thorkild Green Jensen Aarhus Municipality Mr. Arne Vinten Nielsen Koege, board member ass. Sustain Cities & Building Mr. Torben Gade GBL (urban & landscape architects) Mr. Peter Christensen NCC (contractor) Mr. Peter Hee Kolding Municipality Mr. Soeren Hermansen Samsoe Energy Office

16. Mr. Erik Christiansen EBO-Consult, chairman Solar Cells Coop Ms. Helle Tiedemann Ballerup Municipality Mr. Torben Thyregod VELUX Denmark Ms. Bettina Fellow Fellow Consult (consultant housing associations etc.) Mr. John Steen Jensen EcoVent (producer ventilation)