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Located in the centre of the country in a unique natural setting, Trondheim is home to about 170,000 inhabitants and about a sixth of these are university students. The royal past and its history as the Norway’s first capital around one thousand years ago play as important a role as their achievements in green urban development.

The holistic approach is characterised by a combination of retrofitting existing buildings, constructing new ones, raising the share of energy supply and use of polygeneration. It also takes in a range of training and information initiatives for small and medium-sized local businesses and schools to teach understanding and raise visibility. The community’s use of renewable energy sources (RES) comprises of biogas fired boilers and both ground source heat pumps and seawater heat pumps.

Trondheim’s pioneering activities in the intelligent metering sector are expected to provide the future standards for the community which can proudly look at 350 new and rehabilitated eco-dwellings, three schools (including the most energy efficient one in Norway - see picture above) and a new hospital.

On its way to becoming an eco city, Trondheim also relies on a combination of energy efficiency (EE) measures such as municipal energy planning and district heating (DH) supply for the entire community. To meet the fluctuating demand of the DH network, the new concept of seasonal commercial and industrial waste storage does the trick. Also the ambitious reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 20% (from 1999 to 2010) are a further credit to the city.

CONCERTO Plus is proud to seeing Trondheim turning sustainable energy theory into practice – from planning to execution, the community in the Norwegian fjords is outstanding in its integrated community approach and technological advances.