The overall environmental goal is that the impact placed on the environment by emissions from Hammarby Sjöstad shall be a massive 50 % lower than the corresponding level for newly constructed housing areas dating from the early 1990s in Stockholm.
Photo: Erik Freudenthal
Land usage: sanitary redevelopment, reuse and transformation of old brownfield sites into attractive residential areas with beautiful parks and green public spaces.
Energy: renewable fuels, biogas products and reuse of waste heat coupled with efficient energy consumption in buildings.
Water & sewage: as clean and efficient as possible - both input and output – with the aid of new technology for water saving and sewage treatment.
Waste: thoroughly sorted in practical systems, with material and energy recycling maximised wherever possible.
Transportation: fast, attractive public transport combined with car pools and beautiful cycle paths, in order to reduce private car usage.
Building materials: healthy, dry and environmentally sound.
Environmental solutions
Some of the elements that are related with
ecological aspects.
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Hammarby Sjöstad - a unique environmental project in Stockholm- June 2007 (booklet-4000 kB) |
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Hammarby Sjöstad -
with emphasis on water and echology - April 2011 (brochure-1735 kB) |
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Environmental map |
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Summary-KTH evaluation of the environmental profile of Hammarby Sjöstad.2009 (201 kB) |
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Report summary - Follow up of environmental impact in Hammarby Sjöstad: Sickla Udde, Sickla Kaj, Lugnet and Proppen -March 2008(205 kB) |
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The brochure "Hammarby Sjöstad - with emphasis on water and echology" is also avaialble in Mandarin! |
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Hammarby
Sjöstad - in Mandarin (2006 kB) |
Last updated 20110518
