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CleaNTeCH Solar power IN SweDeN<br />

GreenTech Visits is a collaboration between Sustainable Business Hub in Malmö, municipalities<br />

and a number of visit objects and companies within the region. The study visits are coordinated<br />

by Sustainable Business Hub.<br />

eNvIroNmeNTal<br />

buSINeSS DevelopmeNT<br />

IN SouTHerN SweDeN<br />

GreenTech Visits is a collaboration<br />

between Sustainable<br />

Business Hub in Malmö,<br />

municipalities and a<br />

number of visit objects and companies<br />

within the region. The study<br />

visits are coordinated by Sustainable<br />

Business Hub.<br />

The target groups for GreenTech<br />

Visits are politicians, policy makers<br />

and administrators in the public<br />

sector, policy makers and officials in<br />

the private sector, as well as journalists.<br />

The study visits focus on sustainable<br />

urban development, resource<br />

For more information: www.sbhub.se<br />

www.sustainable-sweden.se<br />

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efficiency and cleantech. Among other<br />

places the study visits are located in<br />

Malmö, Lund and Helsingborg, cities<br />

that are ranked among the top ten<br />

sustainable cities in Sweden.<br />

The study visit programs can<br />

include visits at reference facilities,<br />

talks about sustainable urban<br />

development, waste management,<br />

energy efficiency and sustainable<br />

healthcare, water and wastewater<br />

management, district heating and<br />

cooling, as well as lectures at universities.<br />

GreenTech Visits are tailor-made<br />

technical visits for international<br />

delegations. There are a number of<br />

visits; they include biogas, brownfield<br />

regeneration, early processes in<br />

Sustainable Urban Development,<br />

green housing in Malmö, the municipal<br />

housing Karlskronahem fossil free<br />

buildings, low-CO2 Heating Skåne,<br />

system solutions for a sustainable<br />

hospital, waste management and the<br />

world´s premier research and<br />

environmental environment in Lund.<br />

Max IV, a world class giant microscope,<br />

will be completed in 2015 and<br />

ESS, the globe´s most powerful<br />

neuron source, will start construction<br />

in 2014. The Danish counterpart State<br />

of Green and GreenTech Visits have<br />

together created a service that will<br />

make it possible for delegations to<br />

visit both Sweden and Denmark<br />

during a one day visit. Other partners<br />

are Skåne Regional Council, The<br />

County Administrative Board of Skåne<br />

and municipalities within the Öresund<br />

region.<br />

Facts: Green Tech visits<br />

GreenTech Visits are financed by<br />

Skåne Regional Council and the<br />

project Energy Öresund with special<br />

finances from City of Copenhagen<br />

and The County Administrative<br />

Board of Skåne. Inquiries about<br />

the study visits and bookings are<br />

handled by Sustainable Business<br />

Hub. The study visits are customized<br />

for international delegations.

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