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Setting the Stage for ProbonoH2020 Interventions: Understanding Our Living Labs 🏢 ProbonoH2020 is transforming six European districts into Green Building Neighbourhoods (GBNs) 🌱. Our Living Labs in Madrid, Dublin, Porto, Brussels, Aarhus, and Prague are where we’re testing innovative solutions for energy efficiency, sustainability, and social inclusivity. 💡 Before we begin, it’s crucial to understand where we are. That’s why our baseline evaluation, led by CARTIF, is so important. 📊 This assessment provides a clear starting point, guiding us to tailor solutions to each Living Lab’s unique needs, ensuring impactful, sustainable outcomes. 🌍 🔍 Why This Matters: - Benchmarking: Sets a reference point to measure impact. 📏 - Customisation: Tailors solutions to specific needs. 🎯 - Engagement: Involves local communities, fostering collaboration. 🤝 The baseline data will help us develop accurate models, create Digital Twins, and continuously monitor our interventions to achieve our sustainability goals. 🚀 The journey from baseline to breakthrough promises to pave the way for greener, more sustainable urban environments across Europe. ✨ Learn more about our baseline evaluation activities 👇 https://lnkd.in/dUzNXwVE #Sustainability #GreenBuildingNeighbourhood #Innovation #PROBONO #Horizon2020 #UrbanTransformation

Two important initiatives I'm passionate about coincide on the same day in 2024: Global Exhibitions Day #GED24 and #WorldEnvironmentDay. Exhibitions play a crucial role in driving business and development sustainably, bringing communities together while managing our environmental footprint. It's also clear we are at the initial stages of creating a lasting, positive impact on the environment for future generations. #sustainability #exhibitionsmeanbusiness

This Sunday the 2nd of June, Beta Mobility partner, Robert Joseph Martin will be giving a keynote at Impact the Future's Future Living Festival in BaneGaarden on the topic Future Mobility: Beyond electric cars for happier, healthier and sustainable cities. The keynote will include: 🌿 The current state of transport's decarbonisation efforts in the Nordics and globally. 🚘 An insight into our AI car-mapping tool, AutoAtlas. 🔮 Strategies to think about the future of mobility that don't replicate our existing car-dominant planning paradigms. Following the keynote, Beta Mobility will moderate a discussion between nabogo, Urban Impact, and GoPlugable - (We are fundraising SEIS/EIS) on how citizens can be involved in how we re-think mobility. _ Future Living is a free one-day festival where citizens, companies, academia and public officials come together to collectively discuss how we can create the sustainable and inclusive cities of our futures.

Let meet and talk about future water mobility!

It’s been a busy September here at UMX! Check out our *four* new #OnlineCourses — all self-paced and available for free: 🚗 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐕𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 (𝐔𝐕𝐀𝐑𝐬) Join our course to learn how Urban Vehicle Access Regulations (#UVARs), such as Low Emission Zones and Congestion Charges, can effectively combat urban traffic and pollution, while providing you with real-world examples and best practices for successful implementation. 👉 https://lnkd.in/dRGXZbrg Authored by Lucy Sadler 🚌 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭: 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 This course covers strategies for enhancing service speed, improving ease of use, and expanding transit networks. It also helps to break down the complexities of funding, ownership, and coordination. 👉https://lnkd.in/dYqT-WnS Authored by Paul Barter 🏙️ 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐇𝐮𝐛𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 Explores different types of #MobilityHubs, key success factors, and common challenges. Featuring insights from leading experts and practical design principles, it provides a step-by-step guide to designing and implementing mobility hubs. 👉https://lnkd.in/eWsqR-Qn Authored by Jens Müller 👧🏽 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐬: 𝐔𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 Transform your streets into vibrant spaces for everyone with this course, which provides insights and tools to design child-friendly environments that prioritise safety, featuring safe crossings, play areas, and green spaces. 👉https://lnkd.in/dF2kFssu Authored by Carlota Sáenz de Tejada Granados #SustainableCities #PublicTransport #CarDependency #KidFriendlyCities EIT Urban Mobility EIT - European Institute of Innovation and Technology Valerie Aubry Sheena King

London Climate Week is almost upon us. We are excited to be joining Undaunted’s Innovation Hub this #LondonClimateActionWeek to represent Nodum at the founder’s showcase. Undaunted: Tackling climate change with innovation has become one of the greatest green tech accelerators in Europe. Very much looking forward to catching up with chums old and new and showing how Nodum's solutions can make overnight charging and V2X cost effective and accessible for more people. If you are an investor or a climate enthusiast interested to view these solutions and interact with talented founders of the climate innovation ecosystem, register for the event now: https://lnkd.in/e_7GQA_s #EVCharging #mobility #accessibility Undaunted: Tackling climate change with innovation is fostering a thriving innovation ecosystem that aims to make London and the UK a great place to start and scale intelligent, sustainable solutions to the climate challenge at pace.

Rant. There are way too many 'sustainability conferences' on right now. Prolific growth. It's out of control. At a sector level. At a regional level. At a global level. The next few weeks are a whirligig of sustaino-chat. All will say 'collaboration is key'. But doing a lot of talking about collaborating is no substitute for *actual* collaborating. #sustainability #airmiles #moratorium

🌍 CIVITAS Forum, Parma, Italy, here I come! 🍝 And no, I’m not just going to eat pasta while listening to interesting presentations. 🎤 This year, this meeting of sustainable mobility pros from all over Europe will have me as a panellist. And I am quite pleased about it. 🚉 I’ll be speaking about movmi's MaaS project – Shared Mobility Compass Card – and how it created a modeshift in Vancouver. 🚲 It’s part of the panel titled "Driving Sustainable Urban Mobility: Strategies for Behavioural Change" and will take place on the 2nd of October, 2pm, in the Plenary room. 💡 I’m loving the title, the content, and the opportunity to contribute to the discussion. 🤝 Looking forward to meeting the other panelits, the conference attendees and of course, catching up with Kari Anne Solfjeld Eid and Michael Glotz-Richter. 📩 If you are around, do come to the panel and message me so that we can meet. --- I’m a human behaviour change geek and regularly share behavioural insights related to sustainable behaviours - with a particular focus on transport behaviours. #BehaviouralScience #BehaviourChange #EffectiveInterventions #Nudges #TransportBehaviourChange #SustainableTransport #Psychology #PublicPolicy #ResearchInsights #BehaviourInsights #CF2024

#Higer's 2023: Go Green, Go Higher! ✨ Grateful for every companion who joined Higer on the journey of crafting a hopeful and challenging 2023: 1. Higer, steadfast in the domestic market, has also boldly stepped onto the international stage, earning acclaim with outstanding strength and high quality. 2. Embracing green travel, moving towards a more eco-friendly, sustainable future. 3. Welcoming the era of smart connectivity, injecting new vitality into intelligent travel. Looking forward to more expansion, innovation, and brilliance in the upcoming year! 🚍 #HigerNews

Final thoughts from #Climateweek. Three intense days and interesting networking has come to an end. Also an unexpected quick reunion with old Futerrans, which totally made my day ❤️ - What great people I’ve had the chance to work with! So, summarising the experience on the plane back to Sweden: do I think it’s worth coming back next year after all my harsh criticism and question marks? Well, yes. There is actually a very important reason to come again: advocating and showcasing what truly successful circular business models look like. Apparently it’s still just a dream rather than a possible reality for most (even if the same suspects also sit on stage and claim to know everything about it). Adapteo has such an important influencing and sharing role to take. Just imagine what a 600 employee business from the northern part of Europe can achieve if we put our heart into breaking status quo’s and impossibility mind-sets, and showcase what a low carbon built environment can look like. Flexible, moveable buildings is the rubber band any company or community needs to handle changing space needs. Betting on qualitative and well thought-through space solutions, doesn’t only cut emissions - they also bring measurable social-economic impact as well as end-user wellbeing. So for next year, let’s direct all our powers to turn talk into action and honest sharing. Both achievements, tools - and failures. That’s how we learn, focus and bet on the truly potent solutions that bring meaningful results both to people, planet and business. Or as we formulate it in our mission: helping society thrive in an ever-changing world.