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    COWI A/S
    Helsingborg Stad
    Helsingør Kommune
    Öresundskraft AB
    AB Helsingborgshem
    Forsyning Helsingør
    NSR AB
    Lund University of Technology
    Zabala
    CENER
    CENIFER
    Nasuvinsa (3rd Party to Tudela municipality)
    Government of Navarra
    Tudela Municipality
    University of Magdeburg
    COWI A/S, Norway
    Trondheim Kommune
    Statkraft Varme
    Heimdalgruppen
    TOBB
    Svartlamoen Boligstiftelse
    SINTEF

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The Partners

Photo: Morten Larsen


  COWI A/S


COWI is a leading consulting group that creates value for customers, people and society through our unique 360°° approach.

Based on our world-class competencies within engineering, economics and environmental science, we tackle challenges from many vantage points to create coherent solutions for our customer.

With offices all over the world, we combine global presence with local knowledge to take on projects anywhere in the world - no matter how large or small. At any given moment, we are involved in more than 17,000 projects.

We have more than 80 years experience in the business, and COWI is a leader within its field because our more than 6,200 employees are leaders within theirs.

Together with our customers, we create coherence in tomorrow's sustainable societies.



Contact person: Reto M. Hummelshøj
E-mail: Reto M. Hummelshøj
Address: Parallelvej 2
DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby
Denmark
Tel +45 56 40 00 00
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www.cowi.com


  Helsingborg Stad


Helsingborg Stad is the Municipality and local authority responsible for planning and regulation. Helsingborg Municipality has about 122,000 inhabitants and employs about 9,000 people.

The following units will be involved in the project:
  • Miljøkontoret, the environmental department, responsible for strategic planning and follow-up on environmental measures
  • The central economic administration.


Contact person: Camila Alfredsson
Address: Miljøkontoret
Carl Krooks gata 10
SE-25189 Helsingborg
Sweden
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www.helsingborg.se


  Helsingør Kommune


Helsingør Kommune is the municipality of around 61,000 inhabitants. The local authority is responsible for planning and regulation. The organisation employs about 5,100 people, 570 of them in the administration.

The following units will be active participants in the project:
  • The development department, responsible for strategic planning and follow-up on environmental measures
  • The technical administration in charge of operating the municipal buildings.


Contact person: Ole Christiansen
Address: Stengade 59
DK-3000 Helsingør
Denmark
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www.helsingor.dk


  Öresundskraft AB


Öresundskraft is Sweden's fifths largest energy company, which for more than 100 years has supplied the region with light, power and heat. The energy sale was about 7 TWh in 2005, supplying 240,000 customers with 5 TWh power, 1 TWh natural gas and 1 TWh district heating. The company employs about 380 people, who design, build and operate energy and communication grids. The services provided today include district heating, district cooling, natural gas and communication.

Profit in 2005 amounted to MSEK 179,4, up two percent over the previous year. Revenue increased by 10 percent to MSEK 2,723.



Contact person: Håkan Axelsson
Address: Box 642
SE-25106 Helsingborg
Sweden
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www.oresundskraft.se


  AB Helsingsborghem


Helsingborghem is owned by the municipality of Helsingborg and operates about 12,000 dwellings. Together with other local Housing Associations. The company expects to refurbish/build about 600 dwellings every year and is thus the dominant player on housing development in the region. The number of employees is about 120, and the yearly turnover about 60 mio. euro.


Contact person: Jane Kylberg
Address: Box 3055
SE-250003 Helsingborg
Sweden
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www.helsingborgshem.se


  Forsyning Helsingør


Forsyning Helsingør is the municipal owned district heating company that serves about 25,000 inhabitants and a number of small- and medium-sized industries with 172 GWh heat per year. the company is also the local heating authority energy advisory centre. The number of employees is 11.



Contact person: Steffen Agger
Address: Haderslevvej 25
DK-3000 Helsingør
Denmark
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www.fh.dk


  Nordvästre Skånes Renhållnings AB


NSR (Nordvästre Skånes Renhållnings AB) is owned by eight municipalities in the region and works towards contribution to the development of an intelligent, ecological sustainable society based on reduction of waste, recycling and reuse as well as treatment of waste with robust, economic and environmental friendly methods. NSR operates landfills with gas extraction, waste incineration and sewerage and biogas plant. NSR employs about 100 people and has an environmental management system certified to ISO 14001.



Contact person: Jörgen Dehlin
Address: Hjortshögsvägen 1
SE-25189 Helsinborg
Sweden
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www.nsr.se


  Lund University of Technology


The university has around 5,500 students and is the technical faculty of Lund University. Research in energy sector with regard to acclimatisation of buildings has a long tradition. Several departments have research related to this topic. Underground thermal energy storage has been studied since the mid 1970's.



Contact person: Göran Hellstrøm
Address: Paradisgatan 5C
SE-22100 Lund
Sweden
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www.lu.se


  Asesoria Industrial Zabala


Asesoria Industrial Zabala. The AIZabala team consist of a multidisciplinary team with around 40 people. Zabala co-operates with more than 60 consultants on a European level, in all types of projects. The company has more than 15 years experience of coordinating European projects, and has specialised in process facilitation and administration of integrated projects in Spain.



Contact person: Laura Sesma
Address: Paseo Santxiki, 3 bis
E-31192 Mutilva Alta
Navarra, Spain
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www.zabala.es


  CENER


CENER is the Renewable Energy National Centre of Spain, which is divided in four departments: wind energy, solar energy, biomass and bioclimatic Architecture. The department of Bioclimatic Architecture of CENER, involved in this project, is specialised in the application of the criteria and strategies of energy saving in building construction by means of their own solutions of bioclimatic architecture and the integration of renewable energies in construction.



Contact person: Francisco José Serna Lumbreras
Address: Calle Ciudad de la Innovacion 7
ES-31621 Sarriguren
Spain
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www.cener.com


  FFER of CENIFER


The "Centro Nacional Integrado de Formación en Energías Renovables" (Integrated Nacional Centre for the Training in Renewable Energies) is sponsored by the Government of Navarra. Its main lines of activity are:
  • Initial or ruled training, occupational for unemployed people and continuous for professionals working in the sector
  • Collaboration with the Education Department for the development of the curricular competence in the sector
  • Diffusion of RES.
The centre, located in a bio-climatic building, is supported by a team of professionals who collaborate with Technological Centres, Universities and Companies in different development projects.



Contact person: Begoña Urien
Address: Calle aduana S/N
ES-31119 Imarcoain
Navarra
Spain
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www.cenifer.com


  Nasuvinsa (3rd Party to Tudela Municipality)


NASUVINSA (acronym in Spanish of Navarra de Suelo y Vivienda, i.e. Land & Housing Corporation of Navarre) is an instrumental Public Company of the Government of Navarre serving the citizen. Its mission is the sustainable spatial and urban development of the Autonomous Community of Navarre, as well as the development and management of land regardless of its classification, category, subcategory and use, and real estate development and management of all types of real property and buildings, especially social housing.



Contact person: Ana Bretaña
Address: Avda, San Jorge, 8 Bajo
31012 Plampona
Navarra
Spain
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www.nasuvinsa.es


  Government of Navarra


Navarra occupies an area of 10,400 km2, has a population of 560,000 inhabitants and presents an important industrial sector which contributes 33% of the gross added value generated by the region. Navarra is a successful example of RES deployment. In 1995, Navarra started its current drive in renewable energies and sustainable development and the results of this materialised in the Energy Plan approved by the government of Navarra in January 1996. As a result of these energy plans, in 2002 the regional electricity consumption reached 60% supply by RES.



Contact person: Ana Olaiz
Address: Carlos III, 2
ES-31002 Pamplona
Spain
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www.navarra.es


  Tudela Municipality


Tudela is, in order of population and development, the second city in Navarra, region from the north of Spain and border with France. The city has, at present, a population of about 30,000 inhabitants, a number that is always increasing due strong city planning and a high birth-rate.

The activity of Tudela city council (Municipality) is supported by 266 people, 32 of them in the Urban and Environmental Regulation Department. That progress and development has transformed the city from an almost agricultural economy to a predominant industrial region in one decade. This progress has been especially noticeable in the energy sector, with a clear bet for renewable energies.



Contact person: Ana Iturre
Address: Plaza Vieja
ES-31500 Tudela
Spain
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www.tudela.com


  University of Magdeburg


Magdeburg university has established the work group "Social Aspects of Sustainable Energy Production and Consumption" at, the Teaching and Research Unit Environmental Psychology of the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg. The work group comprises associates of the Institute of Psychology (including students, graduates and professors) who are studying and working with people in their environments, investigating their thinking, feeling and acting. It counts with more than 10 years of experience in the field of renewable energy use and supply and in co-ordination of international projects. It realized numerous field studies with interdisciplinary and intercultural teams.



Contact person: Petra Schweizer-Ries
Address: Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg
Pfälzer Platz, Building 24
39106 Magdeburg
Germany
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www.uni-magdeburg.de/upsy


  COWI A/S, Norway


COWI Norway is a subsidiary of the COWI Group. The company is one of the largest engineering consultant companies in Norway and offers a wide range of multidisciplinary services within buildings, construction, infrastructure, energy and environment. The company has broad experience with managing and conducting large complex projects. Around 120 of 550 employees are located in Trondheim.



Contact person: Fartein Brautaset
Address: Otto Nielsens vej 12
P.O. Box 2564 Sentrum
NO-7414 Trondheim
Norway
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www.cowi.no


  Trondheim Kommune


Trondheim kommune (municipality) is the local authority responsible for planning and regulation. The mayor's office is the official endorser for Trondheim as Concerto community. The following units will be active participants in the project:
  • Miljøavdelingen, responsible for strategic planning and implementation of environmental measures
  • Trondheim Eiendom, the responsible unit for all municipal properties
  • Plan- og bygningsetaten, legislative authority granting development permits.

Contact person: Hans-Einer Lundli
Address: Munke gt. 1
NO- 7004 Trondheim
Norway
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www.trondheim.kommune.no


  Statkraft Varme


Statkraft Varme is one of the leading energy service companies in power and district heating in Norway. The annual energy supply is approximately 300 GWh heat, of which 50% of the energy comes from renewable sources. This comprises 25% of the heating demand in Trondheim. The company is now owned by Statkraft, the largest power company in Norway.



Contact person: May Toril Moen
Address: Sluppenvejen 6
NO-7005 Trondheim
Norway
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www.tev.no


  Heimdalgruppen


Heimdalgruppen is the region's largest property developer with an annual turnover of ca. 750 million NOK. In their latest projects, Heimdalgruppen has had increased focus on ecological principles in housing development projects.



Contact person: Ellen Tveit Klingenberg
Address: Vester Rosen 79-Tiller
NO-7075 Trondheim
Norway
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www.heimdalgruppen.no


  TOBB


TOBB is a co-operative building and housing association which builds and allocates housing to its members at cost price and acts as general manager for the co-operative housing societies. The Housing units are usually organised into co-operative housing societies where the residents own and are jointly responsible for the ongoing management of the co-operative housing society. TOBB is currently managing 93 housing associations with 12,400 dwellings in Trondheim and Middle Norway for ca. 30,000 members.



Contact person: Asgeir Sandnes
Address: Krambugata 1
NO-7005 Trondheim
Norway
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www.tobb.no


  Svartlamoen Boligstiftelse


Svartlamoen Boligstiftelse is an ideal trust, with representatives from the inhabitants and the municipality, managing the development of affordable housings at Svartlamoen in Trondheim according to ecological and LA-21 principles.



Contact person: Leif Kristian Solberg
Address: Gregusgate 9B
NO-7042 Trondheim
Norway
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www.svartlamon.org/boligstiftelsen.php


  SINTEF


SINTEF is Scandinavia's largest research organisation. Energy and building technology are among the many key research areas where SINTEF holds an internationally recognised position in many fields.



Contact person: Tore Wigenstad
Address: Strindveien 4
NO-7042 Trondheim
Norway
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www.sintef.no


  PROJECT AND SUBCOORDINATORS

If you have any questions about our project, please contact:

Reto M. Hummelshøj
E-mail: Reto M. Hummelshøj


Laura Sesma
E-mail: Laura Sesma


Fartein Brautaset
E-mail: Fartein Brautaset

  LINK TO MUNICIPALITIES

Helsingør
Helsingborg
Tudela
Trondheim