Annual report 2015 GATE 21 CHAIRMAN’S REPORT STEEN CHRISTIANSEN

2015 was the year when both climate hopes and With two such important agreements made in 2015, ambitions were translated into a concrete goal: global there is good reason to pull on your green overalls. Large, temperatures must not rise by more than two degrees global political agreements are good, important starting by 2100, and preferably by no more than one and a half points. But we must work hard for the results and fight degrees. This resolution was adopted by 195 countries at to maintain the leadership position. At Gate 21 our group the UN international climate conference COP21 in Paris. of partners has already had their green workwear on for This was a historical moment and happened only a few some time, but we are ready to push even harder to find months after the same group of countries adopted 17 solutions and inspire the world. new Sustainable Development Goals. These new goals Gate 21’s vision is to help make Greater Copenhagen have a broader focus and they also set an ambitious the world’s leading region for green transition and framework for the green transition in the Western world. growth. And we are proud that in 2015 we also created

2 At Gate 21 our group of partners has already had their green workwear on for some time, but we are ready to push even harder to find solutions and inspire the world.

an important political agreement. This happened when companies, nine member companies, a government our project ‘Energi på Tværs’ together with The Capital agency, a region and five research or knowledge Region of , the region’s 29 municipalities institutions. This group totals 76 partners and members. and their supply companies adopted an ambitious We have 34 projects in the portfolio. And again this energy vision in which electricity and heat supply in the year we have attracted significant new development capital region must be fossil-free by 2035. By 2050 the and conversion projects, including Lighting Metropolis transport sector must have said goodbye to the last and Cleantech TIPP, who both work throughout Greater fossil fuels. Copenhagen, as well as Sustainable Bottom Line, Silent City (the precursor of another Living Lab), and This is a green high jump challenge we must undertake new projects in the field of green mobility and climate in the Greater Copenhagen region, nationally and change adaptation in the Capital Region’s growth and internationally. All available levers must be screwed development strategy. on, with new ones to be found if we are to reach the goal. Partnerships and projects between regions, Right on budget, Gate 21 is showing a surplus of 703,158 municipalities, knowledge institutions and companies Danish kroner for 2015. Therefore we can strengthen our are a critically important model to find and create equity as expected and continue to offer a stable and solutions. The partners of Gate 21 are at the forefront secure platform for new large conversion projects. when it comes to exploring the potential of public- private innovation. This is according to an analysis Gate 21 continues its consolidation as one of the key from the Danish Energy Agency think tank, published in business players in Greater Copenhagen. In the coming 2015. And fortunately it’s not only in theory that Gate years, we will strengthen our anchor throughout 21’s model is the answer. In fact, companies continue and in Skåne, where we can offer a strong, proven to show a growing interest in our work –expressed platform for public-private innovation and cooperation concretely in a growth of 30 per cent of our revenue. and thus do our part to tackle the ambitious objectives regionally and internationally. ■ At the end of the year Gate 21 could count 20 partner municipalities, eight member municipalities, 32 partner

3 FINANCIAL REVIEW

Gate 21’s strategy 2015-2018 21’s planned equity at the beginning of 2016: 1,850,092 In the spring of 2015 the Gate 21 board adopted a Danish kroner. new strategy. This strategy maintains Gate 21’s model based on partnerships and projects between regions, Developments in Gate 21’s program activities municipalities, knowledge institutions and companies In 2015, Gate 21 further enhanced its program and its focus on creating green development and experienced solutions and growth in five a positive trend in the inflow of priority areas: Buildings & Cities, new projects. The association Transport, Energy & Resources, has now developed more than Green Growth and Smart 1 : 18 50 projects with a total value of City. The new initiatives in the For every krone our ­partners invest in us, more than 500 million Danish strategy are the geographical we ­create projects to the ­value of 18 kroner kroner and strengthened its region of Greater Copenhagen efforts to create value for as well as a particular focus on partners. For every krone our Living Labs as a way across the project portfolio. partners invest in us, we create projects for green transition and growth to the value of 18 kroner. Developments in Gate 21’s economy In 2015 Gate 21 achieved a turnover of 29.3 million Concurrently, the secretariat has strengthened its Danish kroner, up 31 percent from 2014. The result was efforts in documenting project results systematically, a profit of 703,158 Danish kroner, thus expanding Gate for example in the form of CO2 savings and concrete

Annual turnover Composition of revenues

Total revenue 29.228.463 kroner

4 business development results within our projects. In On the local front, we must therefore welcome Allerød, 2015 Gate 21 launched several initiatives regarding the Rudersdal, Køge and Solrød. establishment of Living Labs where municipalities and regions make themselves available as demonstrators for Gate 21 now has a total of 28 partner and member new smart solutions that contribute to green transition municipalities and has thus reached a strong grounding and growth. Silent City, for example, is in a quarter of the country’s a Living Lab pilot project for combating municipalities with an emphasis in the traffic noise, and Smart City World Lab capital region, where 80 percent of the Gate 21 has created ­green helps Danish companies export green projects for more than municipalities are partners or members. solutions to Asia through a Living Lab 500 million kroner cooperation with Singapore. with On the corporate side, we have 76 parters & members welcomed a number of new business Anchoring in the partner group partners, including Current powered Gate 21 is where municipalities and by GE, TDC, Philips, Realdania, regions can test and develop new Rambøll, HeSaLight, Delta, BIOFOS, ideas and solutions for the benefit of newmedia2.0, Rørbæk and Møller, and companies, employees, leaders and citizens – and, at the Exlumi Consulting. same time, can help to prevent climate change, push the green transition and strengthen green growth. A full list of partners and members is available on the last page of this annual report. These are all things that municipalities have become more aware of. This has meant an influx of new partners A detailed version of Gate 21’s financial statements can and members at Gate 21. At year’s end there were a be obtained at: [email protected] ■ total of 76 partners and members of the association.

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6 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Steen Christiansen Martin Manthorpe Chairman Vice chairman Mayor Senior Vice President Strategy, Sales and Business Development NCC Construction Danmark

Ulf Christensen Willy R Eliasen Lars Gullev Morten Kabell Özkan Kocak Managing Director Mayor Managing Director Mayor for Technical and Council Member Kuben Management Transmission Company, Environmental Affairs The Capital Region of VEKS Denmark

Niels Axel Nielsen Thomas Lykke Pedersen Henrik Rasmussen Thorkild Ærø Niels Carsten Bluhme, Senior Vice President Mayor Mayor Managing Director Technical advisor for the Office for Private and Municipality Vallensbæk Municipality Danish Building Research board, Public Sectors Institute, Aalborg Area Director City, Technical University of University, Copenhagen Culture, Environment Denmark and Employment, Albertslund Municipality7 THE GATEWAY TO GREEN GROWTH

Publisher Gate 21 Published April 2016 Copies 500 Photo Frontpage: Top - Smart City conference in january 2016, Left - Folkemøde 2015, Bottom - Mayors summit in Energi på Tværs, 2: Albertsund Municipality Layout Kasper Lavlund Bornø Jensen

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