Business areas
Optimising urban systems
Unlocking the synergies between urban systems offers a wealth of environmental and economic gains. SymbioCity identifies the links between landscape planning, waste management, architecture, ICT, urban functions, industry and buildings, energy, traffic and transport, water supply and sanitation.
Architecture
Architecture in a sustainable city is not just about design; it also plays a vital role in improving the environment, safety and general prosperity.
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Energy
We are throwing energy down the drain – literally. Find new recycling loops in your city, bring them together in a coordinated strategy and save money and resources.
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Landscape planning
Planning and harmonising urban areas vastly improves the environment. And brings economic and social benefits, too.
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Traffic & Transport
Develop a more effective urban transport system that cuts environmental impacts while saving lives and money.
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Waste management
Innovative handling of waste unlocks environmental, economic and social benefits. You just have to find the links.
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Urban functions, industry and buildings
Making a city sustainable means looking closely at the spatial, environmental, social and economic requirements of urban functions.
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Water supply and sanitation
Unlock the synergies between urban systems and turn water not into wine, but drinking water, biogas and agricultural fertilizer.
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Information and Communication
Information and communication technology is the backbone of the city, and you can save resources by simply listening. Read more.
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Finding benefits through synergies
Symbiosis – the integration of two or more organisms in a mutually beneficial union – is what SymbioCity is all about. We look at cities and urban areas as a whole and help you harvest the benefits from combining urban functions and exploiting the synergies between them.
Sweden once depended heavily on fossil oil imports. But for the last 10 years we have managed to decouple economic growth and CO2 emissions. While growth increased 44%, emissions were reduced by 9%. This is the result of more than 30 years of trial and error with new systems for sustainable urban development. We believe our experience could be applied to improve sustainable development all around the world.