19. 9 criteria for sustainable infrastructure

Hei! Welcome to The Urbanista. Season 2

The podcast for urban designers and city planners where we discuss about city water management and sustainable urban development. In this episode we talk with Ella Tanskanen - Head of Sustainability Services at Greenstep. We discussed several topics related to CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive) - a strategic tool for sustainability analysis. 

• Key aspects of new EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.
• Primary challenges companies might face in implementing the CSRD.
• How should companies approach the management and verification of sustainability data to comply with the CSRD.
• Opportunities and Financial Impact Evaluation 

Greenstep - services for financial management, human resources, business development and guidance - https://greenstep.com/ 

Connect with Ella on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ella-tanskanen-221415a4/?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app

Thank you Urbanistas for listening! 

The Urbanista is a production of Uponor Infra Oy, produced and edited in sunny Helsinki by Mariia Andriushenkova. 

Hei! Welcome to The Urbanista. Season 2

The podcast for urban designers and city planners where we discuss about city water management and sustainable urban development. In this episode we talk with Michael Hanf - Lead, Sustainable Business at VTT and host of The Circular Coffee Break podcast, where he talks about all the things related to circular economy and beyond. 

In this episode with Michael we have covered several important topics: 

• The correct definition of the Circular Economy 
• Challenges in Circular Economy
• Consumer Engagement in Circular Economy
• Circular Economy in Urban Planning 
• The power of our society 
• Circular design principles 

The Circular Coffee Break Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5Q7CY3dTcW0TfXpMCehyvd
Connect with Michael on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhanf/

Thank you Urbanistas for listening! 

The Urbanista is a production of Uponor Infra Oy, produced and edited in sunny Helsinki by Mariia Andriushenkova. 

Hei! Welcome to The Urbanista. Season 2

The podcast for urban designers and city planners where we discuss about city water management and sustainable urban development.

GWI NEWS - is a new format that we have on The Urbanista podcast in collaboration with Global Water Intelligence. GWI is the leading publisher and events organizer serving the international water industry.
More news and events related to the water industry you can find on their webpage:
https://www.globalwaterintel.com/
 
Tallulah Lutkin - is a Utility Performance Editor at GWI. Tallulah will share with us the most important and interesting news about water, tariffs for water, events for water utilities and many more.
Subscribe to the Urbanista and stay tuned for more!

News we discussed:

1) Water at COP28 in Dubai: at first glance, COP28 was disappointing for water
2) In the US, California has adopted new regulations to pave the way for direct potable reuse

3) The consequences of Europe’s new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
- A new era for corporate water reporting
- When will companies face CSRD standards?

More information about these news on: https://www.globalwaterintel.com/

Connect with Tallulah Lutkin on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tallulah-lutkin-5b110a10a/

Thank you Urbanistas for listening! 

The Urbanista is a production of Uponor Infra Oy, produced and edited in sunny Helsinki by Mariia Andriushenkova. 

Hei! Welcome to The Urbanista. Season 2

The podcast for urban designers and city planners where we discuss about city water management and sustainable urban development. In this episode we talk with Mustafa Sherif - Urban Planner & Studio Manager at AFRY,  Placemaker EU Leader and Host of Urbanistica Podcast "Cities for people". During this episode we discussed several key topics about urban development and liveable cities:

• What does a liveable city mean in a Nordic context?  
• Key urban problems in the Nordics.
• Key insights from 400 episodes on the Urbanistica Podcast.
• Accessible cities and placemaking.
• 15 min cities – why are they so controversial now? 
• Utopian cities will never exist.

Urbanistica Podcast - Cities for People - https://www.linkedin.com/company/city-life-urbanistica-podcast/
Connect with Mustafa on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mustafa-sherif/ 

Thank you Urbanistas for listening! 

The Urbanista is a production of Uponor Infra Oy, produced and edited in sunny Helsinki by Mariia Andriushenkova. 

Hei! Welcome to The Urbanista. Season 2

The podcast for urban designers and city planners where we discuss about city water management and sustainable urban development. In this episode we talk with Panu Pasanen - Sustainability expert and CEO at One Click LCA.  We discussed several topics related to Environmental Product Declaration and LCA (Life Cycle Assessment):

• Criteria for EPD
• EPD standards have changed 
• Comparison of EPDs 
• LCAs and EPDs 

One Click LCA - World-leading platform for life-cycle assessment, environmental product declaration, and sustainability. https://www.oneclicklca.com/

Panu Pasanen - Sustainability expert, CEO at One Click LCA  -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/panupasanen/

Thank you Urbanistas for listening! 

The Urbanista is a production of Uponor Infra Oy, produced and edited in sunny Helsinki by Mariia Andriushenkova. 

Hei! Welcome to The Urbanista. Season 2

The podcast for urban designers and city planners where we discuss about city water management and sustainable urban development.

GWI NEWS - is a new format that we have on The Urbanista podcast in collaboration with Global Water Intelligence. GWI is the leading publisher and events organizer serving the international water industry.
More news and events related to the water industry you can find on their webpage:
https://www.globalwaterintel.com/
 
Tallulah Lutkin - is a Utility Performance Editor at GWI. Tallulah will share with us the most important and interesting news about water, tariffs for water, events for water utilities and many more. 
Subscribe to the Urbanista and stay tuned for more! 

News we discussed: 

1)  European regulation updates: amendments to Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive
2) Two new utilities inaugurated into Leading Utilities of the World at Amsterdam International Water Week
3) Emerging ideas at Amsterdam International Water Week : 
- Greenhouses powered by wastewater treatment plants
- France leading the way on bathable rivers and reuse 
- Falling water demand
4) Tariff Survey 2023

In September GWI published its annual Tariff Survey: tariffs saw a sharp 8.2% average increase across the world.

More information about these news on: https://www.globalwaterintel.com/

Connect with Tallulah Lutkin on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tallulah-lutkin-5b110a10a/

Thank you Urbanistas for listening! 

The Urbanista is a production of Uponor Infra Oy, produced and edited in sunny Helsinki by Mariia Andriushenkova. 

Welcome to Infra Stories. 

Stories about places all across Nordics, where infrastructure projects with significant impact for the local communities have been built. Stories about innovative and sustainable solutions.

Fighting against flooding in Roskilde, Denmark

The city of Roskilde in Denmark is probably most famous for its annual music festival. 130,000 visitors enjoying eight days of live music until it inevitably rains, the festival floods and leaves everyone swimming in 80 hectares of mud. 

Unfortunately, the coastal areas surrounding the fjord just to the north of Roskilde, are suffering from a much more serious type of flooding. Residents in Jyllinge Nordmark  are painfully aware of this: far too many of them have been left standing in water up to their waist when the fjord and local streams flood their homes. Sadly, this has happened several times over the past decade, resulting in flooded basements and costly damage. Basically, the future will see an increasing demand for reliable stormwater solutions.

One of these coastal protection initiatives was a large new pumping plant supplied by Sulzer, a specialist in fluid engineering and pumping technologies for fluids. The plant was designed to send excess water from the River Værebro back into the fjord when the river breaks its banks. 

Kenneth Larsen, Technical Manager at Sulzer described the situation. “A system of this kind must not go wrong. When we put our solution out to tender, we specified that the structure had to be made of polyethylene plastic to withstand chemical influence from the very salty water passing through the system. The plant pumps were installed in a custom-made Wehopanel structure of polyethylene plastic delivered by Uponor Infra, which could withstand the water and has a design life of over 100 years.

The highly durable Wehopanels developed by Uponor Infra can be dimensioned and equipped individually for countless applications, such as tanks, support structures, pumping station buildings and floating or submerged marine structures. In recent years, many innovative new products and structures have been developed using Wehopanel. 

Thank you Urbanistas for listening our stories!

The Urbanista is a production of Uponor Infra Oy, produced and edited in sunny Helsinki by Mariia Andriushenkova. 

Welcome to Infra Stories. 

Stories about places all across Nordics, where infrastructure projects with significant impact for the local communities have been built. Stories about innovative and sustainable solutions.

A new lease of life for an iconic railway station - Warsaw West railway station.

The modernisation of the Warsaw West railway station is the largest construction project currently underway in the Polish capital. Once completed, it will become Poland’s largest station, with 120,000 passengers expected to pass through daily by 2030. To  always ensure uninterrupted rail traffic, it is necessary to ensure adequate drainage of the railway line and other track assets. Five batteries of PE-HD retention tanks meet the strictest criteria of durability under heavy loads from rail traffic.

Thank you Urbanistas for listening our stories!

The Urbanista is a production of Uponor Infra Oy, produced and edited in sunny Helsinki by Mariia Andriushenkova. 

Hei! Welcome to The Urbanista. Season 2

The podcast for urban designers and city planners where we discuss about city water management and sustainable urban development. In this episode we talk with Riina Känkänen - Head of Sustainability at Ramboll Finland  and Chairman of Infrastructure Committee in Green Building Council Finland. We discussed the complex definition of sustainable infrastructure which consists of 9 criteria. The criteria cover ecological, social and economic sustainability of infrastructure. 

• Mitigation of climate change and adaptation 
• Resource wisdom and circular economy 
• Biodiversity and reduction of environmental harm 
• Consideration of users' needs 
• Implementation of environmental quality factors 
• Effects on people
• Technical functionality 
• Life cycle impacts
• Effects on development of the transport system and the urban structure 

9 criteria for sustainable infrastructure  - https://figbc.fi/julkaisut/kestava-infra-maaritelma

Connect with Riina Känkänen -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/riinakankanen/

Thank you Urbanistas for listening! 

The Urbanista is a production of Uponor Infra Oy, produced and edited in sunny Helsinki by Mariia Andriushenkova. 

Welcome to Infra Stories. 

Stories about places all across Nordics, where infrastructure projects with significant impact for the local communities have been built. Stories about innovative and sustainable solutions.

We often take water for granted. It seems like a basic human right. But does this rather overlook the effort and cost that goes into providing clean water for a whole country? 

We spoke with Jyrki Laitinen to talk about the current situation regarding water supply and water quality in Finland. Jyrki is Head of the Unit of Sustainable Water Services at the Finnish Environment Institute.  And what he had to say was rather concerning. 

Finland is a country that prides itself on clean drinking water. A country where you can drink from the taps, the streams and even lakes without too much cause for concern. However, a combination of factors could soon cause an increase in problems in Finland that would not only affect the availability of clean potable water, but also potentially cause sickness, and droughts. 

Thank you Urbanistas for listening our stories!

The Urbanista is a production of Uponor Infra Oy, produced and edited in sunny Helsinki by Mariia Andriushenkova.