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RESILIENCE LAB DENMARK

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

PIONEERED BY:

RESILIENCE LAB DENMARK
FOR ENERGY, WATER AND DATA

DATA ENERGY
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.

RESILIENCE LAB DENMARK
FOR ENERGY, WATER AND DATA

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 2050.

The aim of Resilience Lab Denmark is to pool The partnership supports the participation of Vejle in
knowledge from all parts of Denmark and share the 100 Resilient Cities initiative, which is supported
this knowledge with the other 100 Resilient Cities by the Rockefeller Foundation and whose purpose is
in the world. Therefore, we are open to new project to make the cities of the world more resilient in the
partners who have contributions to offer in terms of future. Vejle Municipality was appointed as one of the
knowledge, technology, tools etc. 100 global cities in the collaboration.

The city of Vejle was selected as our “live lab city” as Together, the pioneers behind this project possess
the city is one of the selected 100 Resilient Cities. the knowledge, visions and determination necessa-
Moreover, its size and determination ensure that it ry to make cities more resilient in terms of energy,
can and will function as a live demonstration city for water and data, also in year 2050.
new resilience measures for protection of the city,
also in year 2050.

VEJLE LIVE LAB CITY
YEAR 2050

1 SIMULATION OF VEJLE IN YEAR 2050 3 SHOULD WE AIM AT PREVENTING
We intend to simulate the challenges and possi- OR MINIMIZING THE INCONVENIENCE
bilities that the city of Vejle may face in 2050 as OF THESE POTENTIAL INCIDENTS?
the result of a full implementation of the global energy
and environmental objectives as well as the changes in It is our intention to develop preventive solutions
population, data and climate that the city may expect in
the next 35 years within the following fields: that could:

minimize serious consequences of potential
immediate and stress incidents for the city

Energy Water Data

2 POTENTIAL INCIDENTS IN THE CITY IN 2050: ensure that the most vital functions of the city
On the basis of simulations of the expected are upheld during such incidents
circumstances in 2050 and in close cooperation
with consumers, companies, authorities and organisati- re-establish the functions within the city after
ons, we will identify the consequences of these potential such incidents.
future incidents divided into the following categories:
A number of solutions are feasible.
Immediate incidents – i.e. incidents of a sudden The ideas and solutions may originate from a vast number
and disastrous nature: of sources. Therefore, we encourage any company and
Power outages, flooding, torrential rain, internet institution with knowledge, competencies, technologies,
outages etc. tools etc. that may supplement the competencies of
the pioneers to contact us with the purpose of entering
a dialogue on a potential collaboration.

S tress incidents – i.e. incidents that develop over The solutions may involve many different areas such as:
a number of years:
Increased water levels, increasingly larger quantities knowledge, infrastructure, technologies, tools,
of renewable energy in the grid, increased data quan- methods, policies, decentralised solutions,
tities etc. contingency plans, educations, civic groups,
multidisciplinarity, communication, design and
much more.

VLeijvleepirLsoacabescCsiritcyuloafr 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

RESILIENCE LAB DENMARK
FOR ENERGY, WATER AND DATA

RESILIENCE LAB DENMARK

THE PIONEERS

Vejle Municipality boasts a central location in VIA University College is the largest university
Denmark, 110,000 inhabitants and the vision college in Denmark. VIA offers great expertise
thatcitizens, companies and institutions should and experience in the field of waste water that
choose “Vejle intentionally”and together initiate can be cleansed and reused as well as reusable
a dynamic development of the city through precipitation. The energy and environmental
sustainable growth, everyday innovation and research department of VIA University College
co-creation. Vejle Municipality was selected as focuses on the challenge that water poses to
one of the 100 Resilient Cities. The City Council our cities in many ways. The issues include
has built a resilience organization which is consumers’ access to clean water, handling
responsible for ensuring that the resilience work of city waste water and protection of the
of the municipality progresses in an efficient and infrastructure against the effects of torrential
positive manner. rain and flooding.

University of Southern Denmark is one of the Green Tech Center is a live laboratory for
leading universities in the country and includes technologies and services within the field of
an independent department for intelligent energy green energy. The centre offers the more
solutions that works continuously on greening than 100 affiliated companies demonstration
of the Danish energy system. This entails a facilities, live labs and commercialization support
clear focus on innovative solutions for intelligent on markets at home and abroad. The centre
integration of energy flexibility as a result of the is owned by three local families as well as the
fluctuating production from sustainable energy INSERO Group. An innovation hub for Green Tech
sources such as wind and solar power. companies seeking global growth.

INSERO Software supplies innovative and Vejle Spildevand A⁄S has for many years, kept a
intelligent software solutions and systems to keen eye on the effects of the climate changes
airports and the energy industry and specia- such as increased quantities of rainwater in need
lizes in conversion of complex data into useful of handling and flooding of certain parts of the
information. city; the latter has resulted in the creation of a
2050 flooding scenario. Moreover, Vejle Spilde-
+ vand A/S invests intensively in energy measures
that reduce the level of consumption as well as
increase the production of energy.

WE ARE We are currently looking for partners who wish
LOOKING FOR to enter a close collaboration with Resilience
Lab Denmark in order to develop and implement
PARTNERS solutions for a more resilient city in the future
in the fields of energy, water and data.

READ You can get further information on
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THE PIONEERS BEHIND RESILIENCE LAB DENMARK

MICHAEL SLOTH OLE DUE IB JESPERSGAARD BO NØRREGAARD
JØRGENSEN
Director of the Technical and Head of the Ecolarium Coordinator for Smart City Vejle
Environmental Department Resilience Coordinator of Head of Department
Environment, Energy and Tel.: +45 21 75 24 34
Tel.: +45 20 44 69 70 Climate Adaptation Mail: [email protected] Tel.: +45 29 12 57 78
Mail: [email protected] Mail: [email protected]
Tel.: +45 20 33 02 90 VIFIN
VEJLE KOMMUNE Mail: [email protected] Dæmningen 34 C, 2. sal SYDDANSK UNIVERSITET
Skolegade 1 DK-7100 Vejle Campusvej 55
DK-7100 Vejle VEJLE KOMMUNE Tel.: +45 76 81 38 80 DK-5230 Odense M
Tel.: +45 76 81 22 00 Skolegade 1 www.vifin.dk Tel.: +45 65 50 10 00
www.vejle.dk 7100 Vejle www.sdu.dk
Tel.: +45 76 81 20 50
www.vejle.dk

ANDERS MIDTGAARD MIKAEL SCHULTZ JØRGEN ANDERSEN LOTTE THØGERSEN

CEO CEO CEO Director of Research

Tel.: +45 40 82 88 11 Tel.: +45 30 50 75 81 Tel.: +45 40 53 53 37 Tel.: +45 87 55 41 91
Mail: [email protected] Mail: [email protected] Mail: [email protected] Mail: [email protected]

INSERO SOFTWARE VEJLE SPILDEVAND A/S GREEN TECH CENTER A/S VIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
Sverigesvej 19 Toldbodvej 20 Lysholt Allé 6 Skejbyvej 1
DK-8700 Horsens DK-7100 Vejle DK-7100 Vejle DK-8240 Risskov
Tel.: +45 79 25 33 00 Tel.: +45 76 41 37 00 Tel.: +45 40 53 53 37 Tel.: +45 87 55 00 00
w w w.inser osof t war e.dk www.vejlespildevand.dk www.greentechcenter.dk www.viauc.dk

GREEN TECH CENTER
Lysholt Allé 6 ~ 7100 Vejle Nord
www.greentechcenter.dk ~ Tel.: +45 40 53 53 37

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.