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Our last newsletter this year is now out!

In this newsletter we summarize the year of 2020 and share our plans for 2021. 

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Some of the things we have done this year: 

• Arranged a Study visit to Nya Karolinska University Hospital 

• Webinar in collaboration with NEFCO 

• Online conference: Sustainable & Smart Healthcare in the Netherlands & the Nordics 

• Nordic Know-How report & webinar series 

• Online Seminar together with Yale 

• Nordic Conference on Sustainable Healthcare 2020 

• Online Trainings in Sustainable Healthcare

• New Projects: sWASH & Grow and Nordic Scalers

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We start the week by welcoming a new member to Nordic Center for Sustainable Healthcare - Make Trade.

"Make Trade is the organization that runs the platform "Sweden on the go" with over 120 qualified international consultants, and other initiatives promoting international business. We are passionate about Making Trade Happen!"

Make Trade website

Sweden on the go Website

Welcome to the network!

NCSH will participate at this year's LightingWeek, an event organized by the Swedish Energy Agency. 

The Swedish Energy Agency arranges annually a week of lighting seminars on an advanced level tailored for a broad audience. The week has become very popular among the participants, and this year the week will be held online between 7-11 of December. 

This year, NCSH will attend online and talk about "Lighting with Hospitals as testbeds". We hope to see you there!

Full Agenda

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Agenda December 11th 

10:00 – 10:45  From the Northvolt factory to a Nordic Lighting Network, how to develop places – Christer Asplund, Place Invest AB & Renewable Energy Capital

10:45 – 11:00  Q&A Place development

11:00 – 11:30  Lighting with Hospitals as Testbeds - Johannes Brundin, Nordic Center for Sustainable Healthcare

11:30 – 12:00  Review of Load Shedding Techniques – Diana Rwegasira, University of Dar es Salaam and Royal Institute of Technology

12:00 – 14:30  Between sessions

14:30 – 15:00 Climate Action, Monica Gullberg, Green Climate Fund, South Korea

15:00 – 15:30  Technology Transfer, Kajsa Paluda, Swedish Energy Agency, UN Climate Technology Centre & Network

15:30 - 16:00   Outlook – Nils Borg, Borg&Co

16:00 - 16:30   Social event – bring your own drink!

We are pleased to present two new projects we will be working with in the nearest future. Read about them below!

sWash & Grow

NCSH is taking part in this new project called sWASH and Grow, financed by Vinnova and under the lead of RISE. This project is focusing on humanitarian crisis and conflicts and providing sustainable and circular of-grid WASH-solutions (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene). The SWASH & Grow project aims to improve the condition for Swedish innovative solutions to meet the demands of the customers - aid organizations. The project will, through test beds in cooperation with buyers and users, test innovative sustainable solutions and from this design tools for development, scaling and export. The Project consists of 27 partners and will be running until august 2022. Through its members, NCSH can provide both technical solutions, knowledge and business models for the project.

For more information and interest in this project please contact:
Johannes Brundin
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Nordic Scalers - Toolbox for Scaling Up Nordic Sustainable Healthcare

NCSH has together with project partner Upgraded received funding from Nordic Innovation to conduct a feasibility study for a project within the Nordic Scalers Program.

This feasibility study will explore the possibilities to develop a project within the Nordic Scalers program. This project would aim to create a joint Nordic Consortium in the field of sustainable healthcare, with the purpose to support and contribute to growth of Nordic scale-up companies working with sustainable solutions to the healthcare sector. The project would also aim to create a Nordic network in this field, and a toolbox for growth and internationalisation which can be utilised by Nordic scale-up companies.

A number of activities will be conducted within the feasibility study in order to develop the necessary foundation for the potential Nordic Scalers project. During the study NCSH and Upgraded will conduct a partner search and map out relevant stakeholders to include in the project. A strategy and business model will also be developed on which the Nordic Consortium can be built. The feasibility study will be finalised mid-February 2021, and thereafter the project will potentially continue within the Nordic Scalers program.

This study includes a search for Nordic partners to include in the Consortium, if you are a Nordic organisation interested in this don’t hesitate to contact us for more information!

For more information and interest in this project please contact:
Felicia Matz Wennerhed
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We are happy to welcome a new member to NCSH - Thakur Institute of Management Studies, Career Development & Research (TIMSCDR).

We let them introduce themselves:

Thakur Institute of Management Studies, Career Development & Research (TIMSCDR) was established under the aegis of Thakur Educational Trust (TET) in the year 2001 with a clear objective of providing quality technical education in tune with international standards and contemporary global requirements, offering 2 years postgraduate degree in Master of Computer Applications (MCA). The Institute is approved by the Government of Maharashtra, AICTE and is affiliated to the University of Mumbai.

The Management’s commitment to excellence is reflected in the marvellous infrastructure that is comparable to the finest institution of its type in the country. The sprawling campus with lawns, gardens, playgrounds, parking area, and hostel accommodation ensures a right academic ambience essential for centre of higher education.

OUR VISION
Thakur Institute of Management Studies, Career Development & Research will become a premier institute renowned internationally for providing education in software application to graduates from various disciplines.

OUR MISSION
To achieve excellence in providing software education so that students can grasp existing as well as emerging technologies and to inculcate leadership and managerial qualities in them so that they can deliver results in the organization they join.

www.timscdrmumbai.in

Covid-19, Climate Change and Supply Chain Resiliency 

On November 10th, the first webinar in a series of webinars and moderated discussions was arranged in a collaboration between Yale Program on Healthcare Environmental Sustainability and the Nordic Center for Sustainable Healthcare.

This series of webinars will cover a range of topics on healthcare sustainability, drawing on expertise from the US, the Nordic countries, and beyond. This first webinar is now available to watch on NCSH's youtube channel. 

Visit our Youtube channel here

About the webinar

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed vulnerabilities in the global healthcare supply chain. Supply chain shocks stem from both interruptions in manufacturing and transport, and surges in demand for drugs and materials greatly exceeding supply capacity. The urgent adaptation to the COVID-19 pandemic presents opportunities for establishing a more robust and resilient supply chain, with lessons drawn from the sustainable healthcare movement to address both mitigation and adaptation to climate change. This first webinar in our series offers insights from healthcare leaders, for clinicians, healthcare administrators, business leaders and regulators, intent on building a sustainable healthcare system.

Speakers

Rosemary Kumwenda, MD, MPH

United Nations Development Program; Sustainable Procurement in Healthcare Coordinator

Lessons from sustainable procurement in the health sector: challenges & opportunities

Patrick Kenney, MD

Associate Professor of Urology, Yale School of Medicine;

Medical Director of Corporate Supply Chain, Yale New Haven Health System;

Founder and Chair, Supply Chain Physician Collaboration, Large Integrated Delivery Network

Covid-19, physicians & supplies: Inability to supply PPE is not the true supply chain crisis

Benn Lawson, PhD, MCIPS

Associate Professor of Operations Management, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

Design and management of a resilient supply chain

Ornella Benedettini, PhD, ING-IND

Visiting Research Fellow, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

The servitization business model: From products to use-oriented services

Andreas Hagnell

Senior Adviser, Environment & Energy Dept. for Growth and Community Development,

Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions

Carbon disclosure in Swedish healthcare: How to include the scope 3 emissions

Adam Robinson, BS

Former Chairperson, Association of Medical Devices Reprocessors

Regional Director, HoverTech International

The reprocessing industry and the impact of Covid-19 on the reverse supply chain

Moderators

Jodi Sherman, MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Epidemiology in Environmental Health Sciences, Yale University

Director, Program in Healthcare Environmental Sustainability, Yale University

Daniel Eriksson, MSc

Founder / CEO, Nordic Center for Sustainable Healthcare

Joe Bialowitz, MSc

Director, Sustainability Solutions, ENGIE Impact

This webinar was arranged as part of a project funded by the Swedish Energy Agency and Nordic Innovation.

Today we are happy to welcome a new member to NCSH - MegaWatt Solutions Nordic AB!

We let them introduce themselves: 

Energy solutions for people and the planet
MegaWatt Solutions Nordic AB is a Swedish renewable energy solution company that was founded in 2016. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of BrainHeart Energy Group. MegaWatt Solutions is a leading turn-key energy solution provider with a vision for radical change within the energy industry. We seek to disrupt the traditional energy market and provide a secure, efficient and inexpensive supply of renewable energy, while also helping society to massively reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, and support national and global climate targets.

Our energy solution is -- the EBox
MegaWatt Solutions provides large industrialized technology, by harvesting the sun’s energy and using bedrock as a heat reservoir that is accessed via drilled boreholes. We use traditional ground source heat pumps (GSHP), if needed, combine with photovoltaic thermal (PVT) system to provide industrial sized energy solution. Our system is completely decentralized, modular, highly efficient and stand-alone. We call it the “EBox”. The EBox is pre-manufactured, a “plug and play” megawatt-level renewable energy solution with high performance and long life span. Our EBox connect to boreholes, deliver heating and hot water to large real estate properties. The EBox is equipped with numerous control features, monitor the energy performance of entire system. The control system in the EBox is connected with MegaWatt cloud SCADA system.

Leading innovation within the energy sector
We want to sell our product to more customers, for less money. It might seem strange to some, but it’s what we like to call energy democracy! Rationalisation, digitalisation and industrialisation are the core competent for MegaWatt Solutions.

- We use smart technology that requires less material yet provides more functionality and stability. Our projects are all mission critical installations.
- We change manual work into industrialised performance to allow us to offer eco-friendly projects.
- We decentralise traditional heating grids and provide stand-alone energy centres that are all securely connected to the internet, enabling us to offer a      high-tech digitalised solution that results in incredible efficiency gains, and allowing us to provide a great service too

Our vision for the future
We believe that our society will see radical change in terms of how we produce and consume energy. Our ultimate aim is abundant clean energy for all people on the planet. And we are ready to lead the way! Our eBox solution presents a real opportunity to harness the power of the earth, performing eco-friendly projects while also cutting carbon emissions and saving money.

Let's work together to achieve energy democracy.

https://megawattsolutions.se/

 Welcome!

The fourth Nordic Know-How report is here, this time on the topic of ventilation in healthcare. 

Ventilation is big part of the energy-use in a hospital, and healthcare facilities set high demands when it comes to the right ventilation for the right purpose. Efficient and high-performance ventilation is crucial in order to avoid spread of infections and reduce exposure to contaminants. This chapter focuses on ventilation in hospitals and healthcare environments and how to work with ventilation in a sustainable, energy efficient and safe way. The report contains of some background information about ventilation and its environmental impact, as well as examples of different technologies and installations in Swedish hospitals. 

Read the report by clicking on the picture to the right >

In connection to the release of this chapter, we arranged a webinar on the 20th of October to discuss the topic a bit more together with competent speakers from Avidicare, Lindinvent, OCO Nordic and Enjay. Before the webinar we also talked to some Swedish hospitals and regions and asked them a few questions about challenges regarding ventilation, and the answers were later presented and discussed further during the webinar. 

The webinar was recorded and will soon be available on NCHS's Youtube channel. 

About Nordic Know-How

Nordic Know-How is a report series created by Nordic Center for Sustainable Healthcare (NCSH), within the project Platform for Internationalisation: Energy and Climate Smart Healthcare. The project is financed by the Swedish Energy Agency. This series consist of several reports which provide an overview of good examples and best practices of sustainable healthcare in the Nordics. Each report has a certain theme relating to a sustainability challenge in the healthcare sector. The purpose of this series is to bring Nordic practices and knowledge to international actors, spreading Nordic expertise in this field to the world.

Previous Chapters

Watch all the sessions from the Nordic Conference on Sustainable Healthcare 2020!

On our new youtube channel for NCSH you can watch all the 8 sessions from the conference NCSH2020! On NCSH's channel we also publish recorded webinars such as the Nordic Know-How series. 

Watch all sessions here! 

This conference was arranged as part of a project financed by the Swedish Energy Agency and Nordic Innovation. 

   Speakers on this year's conference

Today we welcome a new member to the network - Aarhus University Hospital. Their membership means that five hospitals (Randers Regional Hospital, Regional Hospital Central Jutland, Horsens Regional Hospital, Regional Hospital West Jutland, Aarhus University Hospital) in the Central Denmark Region are now members in of NCSH!

We let them introduce themselves:

Aarhus University Hospital develops and provides highly specialised treatment, research and education at international level. The hospital’s vision is to belong to the elite of university hospitals and to be the best choice for both patients and staff. For the twelfth year running, Aarhus University Hospital has been appointed Denmark’s best hospital by the specialist newspaper ”Dagens Medicin”. Moreover, the hospital is currently ranked as the 11th best hospital in world and number four in Europe by the American Magazine Newsweek.

Aarhus University Hospital offers specialised treatment to the 1.3 million citizens in Central Denmark Region and other regions in Denmark. The hospital has 41 clinical departments and well above 9,000 full time employees.

In accordance with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Aarhus University Hospital is dedicated to support a sustainable development through innovative processes. In collaboration with Central Denmark Region and other stakeholders, Aarhus University Hospital has developed a model for circular production and consumption aiming at facilitating collaboration across the value chain. This vision is to create an optimal framework for circular economy initiatives to make a model creating value for all actors in the value chain. A local example at Aarhus University Hospital is the development and testing of a value chain model for plastic waste management in collaboration with the plastic industry and relevant companies.

Welcome!