AN INNOVATION COLLABORATION ON SUPPLY RESILIENCE IN THE CITIES OF THE FUTURE

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1 AN INNOVATION COLLABORATION ON SUPPLY RESILIENCE IN THE CITIES OF THE FUTURE PIONEERED BY:

2 ENERGY DATA CONSUMER WATER RESILIENCE LAB DENMARK IS A QUATTRO HELIX COLLABORATION BETWEEN RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, COMPANIES, PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AND CONSUMERS. By 2050, 75% of the world population will live in urban areas. Moreover, the global population will have increased by approximately 2 million compared to today. In many ways, the urban growth will pose a challenge as cities are highly resource demanding as well as environmental burdens. Furthermore, expansion and maintenance of infrastructure, housing and amenities are required. Also, stable energy and water supplies and equally stable waste water disposal systems are required. At the same time, cities are vulnerable to bad weather conditions such as storms and heavy rain. In a larger perspective, the supply issue makes citizens living in or around cities more vulnerable in a wider sense. Badly run cities inhibit and limit the options of the citizens and this may have a destabilising effect in the long run. We are thus faced with the urgent task of developing models for critical simulation of cities. Moreover, it needs to be established how to optimise supply security in the cities, reduce the environmental burden and resource usage as well as how to make cities less vulnerable to outside influences. These issues are the reasons why an innovation collaboration was established for the sake of supply resilience in Vejle a specific Danish city with 50,000 inhabitants.

3 RESILIENCE LAB DENMARK Resilience Lab Denmark is a new partnership for energy, water and data. The pioneers are Vejle Municipality, Vejle Spildevand (the waste water authority of Vejle), University of Southern Denmark, VIA University College, INSERO Software and Green Tech Center. Our aim is to collect, simulate, develop and perform live demonstrations and disseminate knowledge through a Quattro Helix collaboration in favour of the resilience of Vejle, also in year The aim of Resilience Lab Denmark is to pool knowledge from all parts of Denmark and share this knowledge with the other 100 Resilient Cities in the world. Therefore, we are open to new project partners who have contributions to offer in terms of knowledge, technology, tools etc. The city of Vejle was selected as our live lab city as the city is one of the selected 100 Resilient Cities. Moreover, its size and determination ensure that it can and will function as a live demonstration city for new resilience measures for protection of the city, also in year The partnership supports the participation of Vejle in the 100 Resilient Cities initiative, which is supported by the Rockefeller Foundation and whose purpose is to make the cities of the world more resilient in the future. Vejle Municipality was appointed as one of the 100 global cities in the collaboration. Together, the pioneers behind this project possess the knowledge, visions and determination necessary to make cities more resilient in terms of energy, water and data, also in year 2050.

4 VEJLE LIVE LAB CITY YEAR SIMULATION OF VEJLE IN YEAR 2050 We intend to simulate the challenges and possibilities that the city of Vejle may face in 2050 as the result of a full implementation of the global energy and environmental objectives as well as the changes in population, data and climate that the city may expect in the next 35 years within the following fields: Energy Water Data 2 POTENTIAL INCIDENTS IN THE CITY IN 2050: On the basis of simulations of the expected circumstances in 2050 and in close cooperation with consumers, companies, authorities and organisations, we will identify the consequences of these potential future incidents divided into the following categories: Immediate incidents i.e. incidents of a sudden and disastrous nature: Power outages, flooding, torrential rain, internet outages etc. Stress incidents i.e. incidents that develop over a number of years: Increased water levels, increasingly larger quantities of renewable energy in the grid, increased data quantities etc. Live Lab City of Vejle is a circular process 3 SHOULD WE AIM AT PREVENTING OR MINIMIZING THE INCONVENIENCE OF THESE POTENTIAL INCIDENTS? It is our intention to develop preventive solutions that could: minimize serious consequences of potential immediate and stress incidents for the city ensure that the most vital functions of the city are upheld during such incidents re-establish the functions within the city after such incidents. A number of solutions are feasible. The ideas and solutions may originate from a vast number of sources. Therefore, we encourage any company and institution with knowledge, competencies, technologies, tools etc. that may supplement the competencies of the pioneers to contact us with the purpose of entering a dialogue on a potential collaboration. The solutions may involve many different areas such as: knowledge, infrastructure, technologies, tools, methods, policies, decentralised solutions, contingency plans, educations, civic groups, multidisciplinarity, communication, design and much more. 4 TESTING & DEMONSTRATION OF SOLUTIONS IN THE LIVE LAB OF VEJLE We aim to implement the solutions in either the entire city of Vejle or parts of it in order to assess the overall effect and the consequences based on one single holistic scenario which reflects everyday factors such as people, life, movements etc. in a realistic way. Decentralised and standalone solutions Conversion of a city from consumption-based to production-based

5 RESILIENCE LAB DENMARK THE PIONEERS Vejle Municipality boasts a central location in Denmark, 110,000 inhabitants and the vision thatcitizens, companies and institutions should choose Vejle intentionally and together initiate a dynamic development of the city through sustainable growth, everyday innovation and co-creation. Vejle Municipality was selected as one of the 100 Resilient Cities. The City Council has built a resilience organization which is responsible for ensuring that the resilience work of the municipality progresses in an efficient and positive manner. VIA University College is the largest university college in Denmark. VIA offers great expertise and experience in the field of waste water that can be cleansed and reused as well as reusable precipitation. The energy and environmental research department of VIA University College focuses on the challenge that water poses to our cities in many ways. The issues include consumers access to clean water, handling of city waste water and protection of the infrastructure against the effects of torrential rain and flooding. University of Southern Denmark is one of the leading universities in the country and includes an independent department for intelligent energy solutions that works continuously on greening of the Danish energy system. This entails a clear focus on innovative solutions for intelligent integration of energy flexibility as a result of the fluctuating production from sustainable energy sources such as wind and solar power. Green Tech Center is a live laboratory for technologies and services within the field of green energy. The centre offers the more than 100 affiliated companies demonstration facilities, live labs and commercialization support on markets at home and abroad. The centre is owned by three local families as well as the INSERO Group. An innovation hub for Green Tech companies seeking global growth. INSERO Software supplies innovative and intelligent software solutions and systems to airports and the energy industry and specializes in conversion of complex data into useful information. + Vejle Spildevand A S has for many years, kept a keen eye on the effects of the climate changes such as increased quantities of rainwater in need of handling and flooding of certain parts of the city; the latter has resulted in the creation of a 2050 flooding scenario. Moreover, Vejle Spildevand A/S invests intensively in energy measures that reduce the level of consumption as well as increase the production of energy. WE ARE LOOKING FOR PARTNERS We are currently looking for partners who wish to enter a close collaboration with Resilience Lab Denmark in order to develop and implement solutions for a more resilient city in the future in the fields of energy, water and data. READ MORE You can get further information on Resilience Lab Denmark here:

6 THE PIONEERS BEHIND RESILIENCE LAB DENMARK MICHAEL SLOTH Director of the Technical and Environmental Department Tel.: Mail: VEJLE KOMMUNE Skolegade 1 Tel.: OLE DUE Head of the Ecolarium Resilience Coordinator of Environment, Energy and Climate Adaptation Tel.: Mail: oledu@vejle.dk VEJLE KOMMUNE Skolegade Vejle Tel.: IB JESPERSGAARD Coordinator for Smart City Vejle Tel.: Mail: ibjes@vejle.dk VIFIN Dæmningen 34 C, 2. sal Tel.: BO NØRREGAARD JØRGENSEN Head of Department Tel.: Mail: bnj@iti.sdu.dk SYDDANSK UNIVERSITET Campusvej 55 DK-5230 Odense M Tel.: ANDERS MIDTGAARD CEO Tel.: Mail: am@inserosoftware.dk MIKAEL SCHULTZ CEO Tel.: Mail: miksc@vejlespildevand.dk JØRGEN ANDERSEN CEO Tel.: Mail: ja@greentechcenter.dk LOTTE THØGERSEN Director of Research Tel.: Mail: lot@viauc.dk INSERO SOFTWARE Sverigesvej 19 DK-8700 Horsens Tel.: VEJLE SPILDEVAND A/S Toldbodvej 20 Tel.: GREEN TECH CENTER A/S Lysholt Allé 6 Tel.: VIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE Skejbyvej 1 DK-8240 Risskov Tel.: GREEN TECH CENTER Lysholt Allé 6 ~ 7100 Vejle Nord ~ Tel.: THE PIONEERS BEHIND RESILIENCE LAB DENMARK The general office of Resilience Lab Denmark is located at the Green Tech Center, which manages the leasing of offices for project use, single person work spaces and offices of various sizes for Green Tech enterprises.