FIVE-day technical visits in sweden 5-day Technical Visit! Award winning Swedish energy system NY Karta! Green Business Region offers a five-day programme on sustainable waste man age ment in the Dalarna region. This programme focuses on the city of Falun a beautiful part of Dalarna with a rich cultural heritage. During your visit you will meet some of the most exciting and innovative cleantech companies in our region. They offer a number of solutions that minimise the environmental impact within the waste management sector. The programme is tailor-made for politicians, civil servants and private businesses. Welcome to Falun, Sweden! Contact information Green Business Region Stiftelsen Teknikdalen Box 760 SE-781 27 Borlänge SWEDEN Telephone: +46 (0) 243 24 64 00 E-mail: contact@greenbusinessregion.se www.greenbusinessregion.se www.symbiocity.org Investing in your future EUROPEAN UNION European Regional Development Fund
Programme Day 1 The unique electric hybrid waste collector truck at Falu Energy & Water. Photo: Marcus Lind DAY ONE > > Arrival at Stockholm Arlanda airport. > > A comfortable bus trip with guide and interpreter to the region Dalarna, approximately 200 km northwest of Arlanda. A stop for lunch is made along the way. > > Introduction of Swedish history, environment and society will be delivered on the bus trip. 13:00-14:00 > > Check-in at Grand Hotel, Falun. 14:00-16:00 > > An introduction by Falu Energi och Vatten and Stiftelsen Teknikdalen / Green Business region. The award winner Falu Energi och Vatten shows exemplary leadership in local district energy by providing clean, sustainable energy solutions. They inspire other cities and communities to take the next steps. 16.00 18.00 > > Free time 18:00 > > Dinner with representatives from Falu Energi och Vatten.
Programme Day 2 Falun Copper Mine, World Heritage Site c Lars Myregrund DAY TWO Waste to energy 09:30-11.30 >> Study visit at the Falu Recycling center 12:00 >> Lunch 13:00-15:30 >> Study visit at Västermalmsverket district heating plant and pellet plant. 17:00-18:00 18:00 >> Guided tour at Falun Mine, which is part of the Falun World Heritage, is on Unesco s World Heritage List and is considered so valuable that it is of importance for the whole of humanity. >> Dinner at Falu Copper Mine.
Programme Day 3 FEV District Heating Power Plant, Falun DAY THREE Hydropower and Wind Turbines 09:00-12:00 > > Study visit to Sundborn hydropower and Wind Turbines Park. 12:00 > > Lunch at the Carl Larsson Museum 13:00-16:00 > > The study visit continues. Dalarnas museum - visit and dinner 17:00 > > Dalarna Museum is the County Museum of Dalarna - open to the world. It reflects the region s collective cultural heritage with its distinctive history, tradition and culture, which even today can be experienced by visitors around the landscape. As a visitor, you should begin your visit in Dalarna at the Dalarna Museum to understand the tensions and dynamics that exist between the province s different areas. Here, Sweden s most traditional and most industrialized regions are located side by side.
Programme Day 4 The lake Rogsjön provides Falun with drinking water. c Willem Vandulmen DAY four Water 09:00-12:00 14:00-15:30 18:30 >> Study visit to Lennheden drinking water plant. >> Planning and preparation of the next step. Evaluation. >> Check-in and dinner at hotel in Stockholm. 12:00-14:00 >> Lunch at Sahlins Ostrich Farm. After a lunch with 15:30 ostrich delicacies we take >> Bus transport to you on a guided tour Stockholm. where you will get to know the world of ostriches, and see the the farm s environmental solutions.
Programme Day 5 Waxholm in the archipelago of Stockholm. c Guillén Pérez DAY FIVE Stockholm 09:00-12:00 >> Alfred Nobel is one of the where the famous Nobel most famous Swedes of prize dinner with the all time. He invented Swedish Royal family is dynamite and patented held. 355 inventions during his 12:00 lifetime. Alfred Nobel s will gave Sweden the >> Lunch Nobel Prize. Today it s the world s most famous prize. We will take you to the Nobel Museum and Stockholm City Hall 13:00 >> After a nice lunch you will have time to explore the city and do some shopping. Late afternoon >>Transport to your flight at Stockholm Arlanda Airport.
Host organisation Green Business Region is the cleantech hub for the regions of Dalarna and Gävleborg and the host organisation for this Technical Visit, which also is a part of the Swedish SymbioCity concept. www.symbiocity.org Contact information Green Business Region Box 760 SE-781 27 Borlänge SWEDEN Telephone: +46 (0) 243 24 64 00 E-mail: contact@greenbusinessregion.se www.greenbusinessregion.se Investing in your future EUROPEAN UNION European Regional Development Fund