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also run on the gas. The Council works
2. Sustainable Housing
closely with Linköping University to
The Environmental and Quality
develop methods and technologies to
Programme for Vallastaden designs a
reduce CO2 emissions and to establish
footpath and bicycle path convenient for
a Biogas Research Centre. Two new
travelling. For climate issues, routine
combined heat and power plants have
communication and advertisement
been built, with 95 percent of homes
with employees and residents have
already connected. In 2012, the Municipal
been conducted. They offer free advice
Council introduced sorting at source for
for house owners, undertake mobile
domestic food waste. Placed in a special
management, make energy survey and
bag that is separated from other fractions
advice for local enterprises, and hold
by an optical sorting process, food waste
contests for children and adolescents on
is a substrate for biogas production and
energy and climate knowledge.
agricultural bio-fertiliser. 80% households sort food waste at source.
3. Local Economic Development
Östra Valla, a former industrial area, is earmarked for sustainable redevelopment. There will be residential premises here, but primarily Östra Valla will be a business incubator for small and medium-sized enterprises and serve as a platform for entrepreneurship and innovation, and a testing ground and demonstration area for sustainable solutions in environmental technology.
Effect and Challenge 1. Effect of the Initiative
The long-term climate and environmental initiatives have had many □ The well-designed Cycle Track in Linköping makes it convenient for people to go out
positive effects: ◆
Annual waste per capita waste has