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New Member: Tarkett

NCSH's network continues to expand, now with more sustainable flooring!

This week we are delighted to welcome Tarkett as the newest addition to NCSH. Tarkett is a worldwide leader in innovative flooring and sport surface solutions, and has been producing floors in Sweden since 1886. They describe themselves further like this:

We offer a wide range of products including vinyl, linoleum, rubber, carpet, wood, laminate, artificial turf and athletic tracks. The Group serves customers in more than 100 countries across the globe. Tarkett has 12,000 employees and 34 industrial sites, and sells 1.3 million square metres of flooring every day, for hospitals, schools, housing, hotels, offices, stores, and sports fields.

Committed to changing the game with circular economy and to reducing its carbon footprint, the Group has implemented an eco-innovation strategy based on Cradle to Cradle® principles, fully aligned with its Tarkett Human-Conscious Design® approach.

In 1962, Tarkett launched its first homogenous vinyl floor on rolls, produced in the factory in Ronneby, Sweden. Since then, millions of square metres have been used in hospitals all over the world. The iQ collections from Ronneby were developed to meet the high demands of hygiene and durability in public spaces, such as hospitals and schools. They are appreciated for the low cost of ownership and easy maintenance with low use of electricity and chemicals.

Tarkett is actively collecting and recycling its homogenous vinyl floors from all over Europe and collected 800 tons only in the Nordics last year. For every square metre of flooring recycled, the GHG-emissions are reduced with more than 10 kg.

In 2020, Tarkett introduced bio-attributed vinyl for a selection of the homogenous vinyl floors, where the normal fossil feedstock is replaced by bio-naphtha and a bio-based plasticizer giving a substantial decrease in GHG emissions A1-A3.


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Showcase Your Green Solutions in Italy

June 28th–29th: Join NCSH in Bologna and participate in this year’s event for sustainable healthcare!

Together with our local partner Beside You Group, NCSH now invites Swedish companies to exhibit their sustainable solutions for a more energy and climate-smart healthcare in Italy.
 

3 reasons why YOU should tag along:

1. All of northern Italy is currently investing large sums in sustainability, not least in the healthcare sector and energy and climate-smart solutions. Even more are expected in the near future! Over 100 hospitals are being built on the premise of including green healthcare products and services.

2. We have established a long-term collaboration with the Emilia-Romagna region, expressing extensive interest in Nordic technologies. The regional actor Beside You Group can help with establishment, resellers and similar if needed. 

3. A big number of decision-makers from the Italian healthcare sector will be there, curious to explore sustainable solutions. Representatives from hospital management, supply chain, sustainability procurement and many more.

 

If your company has any kind of interest in northern Italy, do not miss this opportunity! A limited number of exclusive speaking slots are available for you to reserve.
 
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Date: 28–29 June 2022 (27 June for arrivals)
 
Time: 09.30–17.30 CET 28 June, 08.30–16.30 CET 29 June
 
Location: FONDAZIONE GOLINELLI (OPIFICIO GOLINELLI, VIA PAOLO NANNI COSTA, 14, BOLOGNA)
 
Agenda:
  • 27 June – Joint activity with NCSH in the evening, for early arrivals.
  • 28 June – Conference day followed by mingling and evening party with Beside You Group. A limited number of speaking slots are available, contact us if you are interested (first come, first served!). Participating companies will have the possibility to exhibit a roll-up or similar.
  • 29 June – Study visit to a local hospital with the chance to expand your network in the region.

Travels and hotel: Each organisation book their own travel arrangements. NCSH will recommend a hotel for those who wish to book the same.

Cost: We charge a small booking fee of 5,000 SEK plus VAT. Members in NCSH get a 50% discount. The booking fee is non-refundable in case of cancellation.

Keep an eye on our calendar for any updates!

Programme highlights

  • Valuable insights into both Swedish and Italian healthcare systems, to solve current challenges with your green solutions
  • Launch of Grønnköpingkið's – the world's greenest hospital – Italian twin: Virdea
  • Study visits to the Life Sciences Industrial District Mirandola and Sant’Orsola Hospital in Bologna

Participating organisations from NCSH as of today

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Beside You Group in the Emilia-Romagna region

Beside You Group and NCSH will act as a bridge between Swedish and Italian companies, and Swedish and Italian business opportunities. Beside You Group has an extensive international network as well as many local and close connections in the region in northern Italy.

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This is part of the project Platform for Internationalisation: Energy and Climate Smart Healthcare, financed by the Swedish Energy Agency.

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New Member: Glamox

Sustainable lighting solutions from the latest addition to NCSH's network!

We are very happy to welcome Glamox as our new member. Glamox is a Norwegian industrial group with the mission to improve the performance and well-being of people through lighting. Here, they present their important work for sustainable healthcare: 

Our vision is "Creating light for a better life".

One thing is to design luminaires that enhance visual conditions or are engineered for cleanrooms. Another is to create lighting solutions that increase the non-visual effects of light and improve sleep, performance and well-being of patients and staff.

With extensive experience in creating lighting solutions for healthcare institutions we understand that a sustainable property needs a smart, connected and energy-efficient solution which has a positive effect on energy consumption and improves the quality and efficiency of managing the property. We partner up with clients to create the best lighting solution for every project – offering everything from Luxo examination lamps and illuminated magnifiers to advanced Glamox cleanroom luminaires, Human Centric Lighting or smart lighting controls.

Learn more about Glamox's sustainable lighting solutions:

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Announcement: New Research Network for Sustainable Healthcare

NCSH is proud to introduce The Nordic Research Network for Sustainable Healthcare!

Founded together with four universities (Chalmers University, Sweden; Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark; Lund University, Sweden; and Malmö University, Sweden), the network Nordic Research Network for Sustainable Healthcare will be closely integrated with NCSH’s activities. 
 
The network will add a sharp focus on research and research education to meet the increasing demand in these areas, both basic and applied. There will be many exciting opportunities to take on in the upcoming time!
 
Among the planned activities are:
To arrange workshops on specific themes – Next seminar in September/October 2022
To share information and scout for projects and other openings
To initiate and run joint projects and other collaborations
 
New members – universities and companies/NGOs with a strong research emphasis – are very welcome to join in one of the two categories: “Nordic Partners” or “International Partners”. Simply contact Caroline Charlier (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) for more information!

11–13 May: There is Still Time to Join NCSH in Poland

A unique possibility for Swedish companies to present themselves to Polish hospitals!

Come with us to an international conference in Sopot, Poland on May 11th–13th. Not registered yet? There is still a limited amount of exclusive speaker slots to sign up to for NCSH members.

 

3 reasons YOU should join:

  • To participate in the fast growing market for sustainable healthcare in Poland! Large investments in energy and climate-smart solutions are to be expected in the upcoming years to limit cost for energy and environmental impacts.  
  • To take part in our already established collaboration with Polish actors, all with an extensive interest in Nordic solutions.
  • To meet and get invaluable connections in the sector. Hospital managers and many other key actors in the sector will be there.
So, if you are a Swedish company with a solution for a hospital, do not miss out on this year's event! 
 
Contact Johannes Brundin (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) for more information about how to participate.
 

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This is a part of the project Platform for Internationalisation: Energy and Climate Smart Healthcare, financed by the Swedish Energy Agency.

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New Member: Primärvården Skåne

We are thrilled to welcome a new member to our network: Primärvården Skåne!

Primärvården Skåne is Region Skåne's publicly run primary care organisation. They present themselves and their work like this:

Our assignment is about everything from care, counseling and rehabilitation to health work, palliative care and research. We are responsible for the publicly run health centers, child care centers and midwife clinics, along with many other areas in the Skåne region. With 4,300 employees, our activities also include the Palliative Development Center, the Skåne Primary Care Competence Center and the Center for Primary Care Research, all of which carry out work in accordance with an agreement between Region Skåne and Lund University.

Learn more:

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NCSH Takes Part in a New Project: SysteMA

We are participating in a new project funded by EIT Manufacturing!

With its start date on 1 January 2022, SysteMA (Systemic Design and Sustainable Healthcare for MedTech Manufacturing) is an educational project seeking to address the training challenges of sustainable healthcare for the European MedTech industry. It will provide tools for EU industries to reduce knowledge gaps and increase opportunities for innovation.

Read more about the project

SysteMA is an international partnership including NCSH's partner Politecnico di Torino, along with many other organisations. 

For more information and interest in this project, please contact:

Hjalmar Bardh Olsson
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 You find all our other projects by clicking here.

 The project is funded by EIT Manufacturing.

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Survey – EU MedTech Companies Have The Say

Answer a quick questionnaire to influence future training for the European MedTech industry!

As part of the EIT Manufacturing project SysteMA (Systemic Design and Sustainable Healthcare for MedTech Manufacturing), the survey seeks to better understand what steps EU MedTech companies have already taken in regards to sustainability knowledge. The results will help project partners to develop effective training methods in the sector.

Complete the survey here

 The project SysteMA is funded by EIT Manufacturing. 

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We Are Expanding Our Horizons to Latin America

NCSH is co-organising our first Nordic-Latin American dialogue on March 29th, in Mexico!

The purpose of the dialogue is to share the Nordic work and experience in sustainable healthcare, together with the Nordic Chamber of Commerce in Mexico. This will include a presentation of the newly launched Grønnköpingkið – World’s Greenest Hospital: NCSH:s digital platform, showcasing Nordic sustainable healthcare solutions in the shape of a fictional hospital.

You can listen in on the conversation on March 29th at 16.00 CET by registering to Zoom, using the button below:

Sign up here!

For more information about the dialogue, contact Diego Angelino (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

 Speakers include:

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Sixth Nordic Know-How Webinar Recording is Live

You can now watch the latest webinar in the Nordic Know-How series!

Following an introduction to the report #6 District Heating & Cooling, the webinar provides insights from both speakers and guests about the technology of district heating and cooling and its sustainable possibilities. 

Access the video on our YouTube channel!

The webinar was recorded on February 28th, 2022.

The Nordic Know-How series is created within the project Platform for Internationalisation: Energy and Climate Smart Healthcare, financed by the Swedish Energy Agency.

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Save-the-date: Spring Party on April 21st!

We can finally invite you to mingling in real life again! 

On April 21st, we gather with members, customers and partners to mingle at our parent organisation TEM:s office in Malmö. Lighter food and wine is on the menu. If you are in the area, join us for a great time!
 
Time: 17.00–21.00 CET
 
Place: Södra Promenaden 51, Malmö
 
Book your place through the button below:
 
 
Questions? Send an email to Felicia Hedetoft (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
 
More information about the spring party is coming soon. Keep an eye on the calendar here. 

New Launch: Nordic Know-How #6

The Nordic Know-How series is back with a fresh report!

In this report we dig deep into the field of district heating and cooling, providing you with examples from Swedish hospitals where the technology has been implemented as an energy source. You will gain a valuable introduction to the sustainable advantages of district heating and cooling as a reliable energy source for hospital buildings – and crucial insights in a time of environmental challenges.

Read the report below: 

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FEBRUARY 28th:

Sign up for our webinar on the subject!

Gain knowledge alongside competent speakers with expertise in the field of district heating and cooling. 

Time: 14.00 – 15.30 (CET)

Place: Online, Zoom

Register here! 

 

Webinar agenda:

14.00 Welcome

Presentation of the report – Johannes Brundin, Nordic Center for Sustainable Healthcare

District heating and cooling in Sweden, history and future – Paul Westin, Swedish Energy Agency

Lessons learned, implementing of district cooling at Helsingborg Hospital – David Olerup, Öresundskraft AB

Building local capacity to decarbonizing heating and cooling – Peter Anderberg, Heat Academy

Q&A-session

15.30 Round-up of the meeting

Previous Nordic Know-How reports:

#1 NITROUS OXIDE DESTRUCTION

#2 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

#3 LIGHTING

#4 VENTILATION

#5 RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION

Find them by clicking here! 

The Nordic Know-How series is created within the project Platform for Internationalisation: Energy and Climate Smart Healthcare, financed by the Swedish Energy Agency.

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NCSH is Moving in at Krinova

2022 has arrived and we are expanding our office spaces!

In addition to our office in Malmö, you can now also find us and our parent organisation TEM at Krinova Incubator & Science Park in Kristianstad. 

Do not hesitate to contact us for more information: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. +46 (0) 406 06 55 80

We are excited to continue our collaborations from both Malmö and Kristianstad, locally as well as globally!

Survey: Nordic Health Data and Sustainability

Would you like to influence Nordic policies regarding shared health data?

Nordic Innovation has commissioned an analysis regarding health data. How could Nordic shared health data improve Nordic sustainable solutions, products and business models? What are the hurdles and struggles with cross-sectoral sharing of data and what are the advantages? Please take a few minutes for an online survey to share your views and insights.

If you are interested in the subject please follow our calendar and sign up for the webinar and the final report during Q2.


Thank you for your input!

Health data is one of the upgoing subjects globally. AI is here to stay and the use of IoT will increase possibilities for personalized, sustainable, and more effective health care. Agenda 2030 and SDGs are also one of the major global topics. This project targets the layer of the Nordic value of being in the forefront regarding sustainability and technical solutions. However, it has showed that there is hurdles for companies and life science on what data in possible to share, even if it is de-personified, there are different legislations in different countries. EU wants to harmonize the legislation and make it easier to share data in a safe way. The Nordic council of ministers want to know what Nordic companies need to be in the forefront, how shall the Nordic countries lobby in the legislative process in EU? What is important do you think?

The Nordic countries has an advantage regarding the genome of inhabitants, what kind of data that is available in databanks etc. How can the Nordic countries, companies, Life Science industries and the most important part the people make use of this advantage? Larger numbers of data and research gives us better sharpen solutions. This project is unique in its cross-sectorial approach including all sectors from Life Science, health care and connected industries. We have already found some interesting results, common struggles between the different silos but also answers and solutions with help of available technique known in one silo but unknown for the other. 

Report: Transforming Indian Health Facilities To be Climate-Smart/Energy-Efficient

October 19th NCSH and Mamta hosted a joint Swedish/India conference within the platform for internationalisation of energy- and climate smart healthcare funded by the Swedish Energy Agency. A large number of speakers and participants from India, Sweden and beyond discussed needs and solutions from both Indian and Swedish healthcare.

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From the report:

The international webinar was hosted to accelerate the knowledge-led dialogues between the thematic experts and administrative leaders. It was a platform to exchange experiences around the latest and most compatible energyefficient solutions in the healthcare set-ups. The myriad of information-sharing and knowledge-building sessions would benefit the Public/Private health institutions for a more strategic response for transformation and energy-efficient solutions

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From the webinar, this has been understood; though work for climate-resilient health care system has been started, this
needs a full force implementation work in every sector to achieve the goal of climate-smart health care systems. We have seen how and in what ways Swedish agencies have achieved these goals and what can be incorporated in the context of India jointly implementing resiliency and decarbonization strategies within the health sector. Climatesmart health-care can reduce emissions. This will strengthen the health sector as well as communities while ensuring access to clean independent energy, safe water, clean transport, and clean waste disposal mechanisms. This approach can form a foundation from which health care can contribute to broader policy initiatives aiming at both global climate and health goals.

 

This will be followed by a webinar 2022 and a delegation to India with Nordic stakeholders and solution providers. Contact us for more info.

 

New Member: Business Region Göteborg

We are happy to welcome another new member: Business Region Göteborg!

Business Region Göteborg is a non-profit company, owned by the City of Gothenburg, working to strengthen and develop trade and industry in the Gothenburg region.

Here, we let them present themselves: 

We offer free-of-charge confidential advisory services for those who plan to invest in, or establish, operations in Gothenburg. We prepare high quality value investment propositions, find matching opportunities and put investors in touch with entrepreneurs, innovators, authorities and business partners from western Sweden. We are proud co-owners of several organizations and science parks.

Sweden is one of the global leaders when it comes to sustainable development and Gothenburg is an important contributor in the area. A key ingredient is that citizens, companies, and politicians are all engaged in the matter. Business Region Göteborg creates the conditions for sustainable business and more jobs.

The climate challenges are gigantic, but so are the opportunities. For companies that want to work with sustainability, we have many offers, regardless of whether you have just started or have already come a long way in your sustainability work.

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New member: Gerflor Flooring Group

We are happy to welcome another new member, Gerflor Flooring Group!

Gerflor Group creates, manufactures, and markets innovative, decorative and sustainable flooring solutions with the Gerflor brand and wall finishes with the Gradus brand. We develop specific flooring and wall solutions to meet every indoor market application need: housing, healthcare, education, sport, retail, industry, offices, hospitality and transport vehicles.

Within healthcare, floorings must meet the needs of healthcare and administrative employees, patients and visitors. Furthermore they need to be long lasting and adapted to the use, they also need to be comfortable and bring a quiet atmosphere to help patient's recovery and relaxation for the elderly and ergonomic for the people who works there. We have created solutions handling these constraints, while still enabling you to customize each area with a wide variety of designs and colors. Concerned about delivering hygiene and desinfection solutions, our floors have stain resistant surface treatments enabling easy cleaning and guaranted hygiene. While maintaining the technical performance and design of our products, we manufacture our product ranges with regard to the environment as well as the health of our users.

Learn more:

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New member: University Hospitals Sussex

Nordic Center for sustainable healthcare are happy to welcome a new member, University Hospitals Sussex, and we look forward to future collaborations. Welcome!

University Hospitals Sussex is a group of seven hospitals across Sussex (UK), and works with Brighton and Sussex Medical School to embed sustainability as a guiding principle in how we deliver care.

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Nordic Know-How #6 - Distric heating - webinar and report launch

Nordic Knowhow #6 District heating and cooling


When: 28th February 2:00 - 3.30 pm (CET)
Where: Online, Zoom
Cost: Free of charge
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Welcome to the sixth webinar in the Nordic Knowhow series. Prior to this event we have released the report Nordic Knowhow #6 District Heating and Cooling. The report covers experiences from District heating and cooling  as well as examples from Swedish examples where District heating and cooling has been implemented as a energy source for hospitals. The purpose of this report is to give an introduction to the technology as well as advantages district heating and cooling can be for a reliable energy source for hospitals.

During this webinar you will learn:

  • What is District heating and cooling
  • Advantages with district heating and cooling for Hospitals
  • Lessons learnd from Swedish projects
  • Where to start

Agenda:

  • 14.00 Welcome
  • Presentation of the report - Johannes Brundin, Nordic Center for Sustainable Healthcare
  • District heating and Cooling in Sweden, History and Future - Paul Westin, Swedish Energy Agency
  • Lessons learnd, implementing of district cooling at Helsingborg Hospital - David Olerup, Öresundskraft AB
  • Building local capacity to decarbonizing heating and cooling -Peter Anderberg, Heat Academy
  • Q&A -session 
  • 15.30 Roundup of the meeting

Previous Nordic knowhow reports:

#1 NITROUS OXIDE DESTRUCTION

#2 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

#3 LIGHTING

#4 VENTILATION

#5 RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION

Link to reports: https://nordicshc.org/projects/documents.html

Link to previous video recorings: https://nordicshc.org/projects/videos.html

The Nordic Know-How series is created within the project Platform for Internationalisation: Energy and Climate Smart Healthcare, financed by the Swedish Energy Agency. (Logga)

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3 workshops in January - Health data and sustainability

January 2022 we will deep dive into how the Nordic region and the global SDGs could benefit from integrated Nordic Health data. Join us to make your view count in the future work.

The digitalization of the society is moving rapidly, not least in the healthcare sector. We believe that not only hospitals and the life science industry, but also other connected industries like cleantech, ICT and other sectors could benefit a lot from access to health data. The advantages span from more effective healthcare, more specialized MedTech solutions to fulfilling the Global sustainable development goals.

This workshop will be a collective exercise where we together try to envision how this could look like. There will be speakers setting the stage, but also open discussion for those who want to share their thoughts. Take this opportunity to contribute and influence how the future will look like in this important field!

There will be three tracks to choose from depending on interest and your calender:

11 January -  Life Science industries 13-15 CET Sign up for this track!

Introduction speakers:

- Nima Jokilakso - Business FInland - Business and export opportunities for shared data innovation

- Frederik van Deurs - Green Innovation - Healthcare procurment and data

- Mikkel Lindskov Sachs, TrialNation

 

13 January – Connected industries 15-17 CET Sign up for this track!

Introduction speakers:

- Anders Strömberg - Head of wearable platform department - Sony

- Stig Mellström - Segment leader healthcare - Schneider Electric

- Daniel Eriksson - Nordic Center for sustainable healthcare - Healthcare, SDGs and Health data

 

14 January – Health care sector 10-12 CET Sign Up for this track!

Introduction speakers:

- Anna Sandström - Director Policy and Relations Europe AstraZeneca - Chair Swedish health data commission

- Oliver Stenzel - Board Member ScanBalt MTÜ  - Head ScanBalt digital working group 

- Minna Hendolin - Leading Specialist, Ph.D, The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra - Nordics as a Lighthouse towards European Health Data Space


After the introductions we will work together to visualize how Nordic integrated healthdata related to the SDGs could look like 2030. We will use a method based on Foresight methodology developed by Stanford.

This webinar/workshop is a part of a Nordic Innovation project managed by a Nordic consortium focusing on sustainable healthcare innovation in relation to SDGs, Nordic integrated health data, healthcare providers, life science industry and other related industries. 

Together, we will be envisioning what an innovative and connected Nordic region would look like if health data was shared seamlessly across public-private partnerships in the region. Shared health data plays into the circular economy, as well as clinical research, clinical trials, treatments, innovation- and development efforts means reduced friction and higher degrees of utilization of expended resources.

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Nordic Center for Sustainable Healthcare
C/O TEM
Södra Promenaden 51
211 38 Malmö
SWEDEN

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