SearchA Master's level course for future landscape architects deals with major global societal issues, such as sustainable energy production, economic growth and the consequences our choices have in our future landscapes. A green energy transition is necessary for…
Urban Energyscapes
Anders Larsson
Lecturer at the Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, SLU
The energetic and green city – not a utopia anymore!
“What a nice and sunny summer day here in central Malmö! Just checked the meter. I have sold a lot of electricity through my share of the solar panel cladding installed on the facade and roof panels of our apartment house. I can definitely treat myself to a great dinner with my friends this evening. […]
Read the story!What are urban energyscapes?
Energyscapes refer to relationships of energy consumption, production, distribution, governance and space. Exploring urban energyscapes allows investigations especially the ‘green energy transition’, renewing energy systems above ground rather than beneath, influencing markets and sources with their spatial imprints, thus shaping an understanding of shifting relationships and consequences of contemporary transitions for societies, ecosystems and landscapes.
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We’re building the Urban Energyscapes theme at SLU Urban Futures and invite you to co-shape it. We are welcoming critical insights, feedback or content ideas, your contributions and networks can be valuable to explore this lens further. Share your thoughts to help us developing the scope of Urban Energyscapes at SLU.
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New Energy Landscapes
This project identified the challenge to tackle a lacking consideration of linking spatial planning with social, cultural and ecological values when planning for land-based renewable energy projects.
Designing for Energy Transition - Dirk Sijmons (NL)
Dirk Sijmons, founder of the H+N+S office and former State Landscape Architect of the Netherlands examines the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy from a spatial design perspective.
Innovative electrical and autonomous vegetation management in utility scale solar parks
The solar industry is growing rapidly and parks are covering ever growing areas.Thus, maintenance aspects are becoming increasingly important.The essence of the project lies in developing a competitive solution to manage the vegetation in a large solar park…
Projects granted seed funding in the Urban Food-Energy-Water nexus call
The urban Food-Water-Energy nexus refers to the complex ways food, energy and water systems are intricately connected through urban places and/or processes of urbanization. How food-energy-water systems are used, managed, governed and transformed are integrally connected to whether…
Biogas yield from meadow grass in urban landscapes
Video in Swedish: Ett forskningsprojekt visar potentialen i att skapa biogas från insamlat klippt gräs i staden.
Helsingborg's urban lawns can operate 250 biogas cars per year
(Article in Swedish.) Klimat- och miljömålen gör att Sverige behöver satsa betydligt mer på lokalt producerad biogas. En ny rapport från SLU visar hur urbana gräsytor i Helsingborg har potentialen att driva cirka 250 biogasbilar per år.