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The podcast for urban designers and city planners where we discuss about city water management and sustainable urban development. In this episode we talk with Jenni Rahkonen – Environmental Coordinator at The city of Lahti and discuss the formula of Lahti's success - How it became Environmental Green Capital of Europe? 

Lahti, the capital of the Päijänne Tavastia region of Finland, has a population of 119,068. Lahti is situated approximately 100 kilometres to the northeast of Helsinki, the capital city of Finland on the southern bay of Lake Vesijärvi.

As the leading environmental city in Finland and the Green Capital, they highlight the best European environmental solutions, support the climate goals of Lahti and the whole Finland and start ambitious cooperation projects. They make the long-term environmental work in Lahti known both in Finland and around the whole world and make sure that the citizens’ everyday life in the city is smooth.

Lahti has already abandoned the use of coal and will become a climate-neutral city by 2025 as the first major city in Finland.
Read more -> https://greenlahti.fi/en

More about Green Capital award -> https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/urban-environment/european-green-capital-award/winning-cities/lahti-2021_en

Connect with Jenni Rahkonen - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennirahkonen/

Thank you Urbanistas for listening! 

The Urbanista is a production of Uponor Infra Oy, produced and edited in sunny Helsinki by Mariia Andriushenkova. 

Hei! Welcome to The Urbanista.

The podcast for urban designers and city planners where we discuss about city water management and sustainable urban development. In this episode we talk with Rickard Granath – Stormwater Solution expert at Uponor Infra. 

All human activities create pollution for stormwater coming down to the drain. Usually it is polluted with building materials, traffic, industrial and commercial activities. How to treat stormwater correctly? There are several ways of stormwater treatment. 
Rickard told us about the best approaches of treating the polluted stormwater and how important it is to separate it from oil, heavy metals and other suspended solids before it reaches a water body. 

You can find more useful information on our website: Uponor 
Thank you Urbanistas for listening!

Feel free to connect and ask your questions to Rickard :

Rickard Granath (EN, SE) https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickard-granath/  [email protected] 

The Urbanista is a production of Uponor Infra Oy, produced and edited in sunny Helsinki by Mariia Andriushenkova. 

Welcome to Infra Stories. 

Stories about places all across Nordics, where infrastructure projects with significant impact for the local communities have been built. Stories about innovative and sustainable solutions.

Today we travel to the city of Norrköping, Sweden. Where the municipality is trying to filter contaminated stormwater before it gets to the Baltic Sea. 

Located at the mouth of the Motala River in Bråviken Bay, Norrköping is Known as the Manchester of Sweden.  It’s an industrial city, a port on an inlet of the Baltic Sea,  where former brick warehouses and mills perch dramatically on the edge of the city docks.  It boasts a wealth of cultural and outdoor activities and interestingly has more ancient rock carvings than any city worldwide. 

But its beautiful location also brings some issues. As a municipality so close to the sea, it inevitably faces challenges when trying to reduce the number of pollutants released into its waters. Pollutants further inland in streams and rivers have time to be naturally filtered through ditches, gravel and sand. Unfortunately, in the case of Norrköping, we’re talking about a location right next to the Baltic Sea, one of the most sensitive and polluted seas in the world, and one which is particularly affected by eutrophication.

An innovative solution. Giant Uponor Vaults stops untreated stormwater and give the Baltic Sea some breathing space. 

Thank you Urbanistas for listening!

The Urbanista is a production of Uponor Infra Oy, produced and edited in sunny Helsinki by Mariia Andriushenkova. 

Hei! Welcome to The Urbanista.
The podcast for urban designers and city planners where we discuss city water management and sustainable urban development. In this episode we talk with Päivi Raivio, Helsinki-based designer who has dedicated her career to creating better public spaces through urban interventions and placemaking.
Päivi Raivio works with Daniel Bumann in the multidisciplinary urban design and placemaking agency RaivioBumann. The duo has also founded modular urban furniture company Parkly to revitalise urban spaces. Päivi won the Helsinki Design Award in 2022 for her extensive work in community-driven and place-led urban design. 
Päivi is also a Leader-member of the Placemaking Europe network and an active writer. 

 During this insightful conversation we discussed topics such as urban place making and a role of water in urban design. 

• What role water plays in place making?
• Creating public spaces in a sustainable way 
• What urban planners / place makers need to think when designing new spaces sustainably?
• Rainwater management in public parks or new leisure areas

 
Connect with Päivi:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paivi-raivio/
 
https://helloparkly.com/
Parkly - a modular urban furniture company.
 
Thank you Urbanistas for listening!
 
The Urbanista is a production of Uponor Infra Oy, produced and edited in sunny Helsinki by Mariia Andriushenkova.

Welcome to Infra Stories. 

Stories about places all across Nordics, where infrastructure projects with significant impact for the local communities have been built. Stories about innovative and sustainable solutions.

This is a story about wastewater treatment plant in Swedish village of Överklinten.

When the existing ground-based wastewater system of the Swedish village of Överklinten was condemned, the residents needed to find a new solution and an Uponor Infra WehoPuts treatment plant was chosen. Because Överklinten is located upstream of groundwater wells, and the site is close to a local factory, it made for stringent requirements regarding purity, mechanical separation and the biological and chemical processes also had to be supplemented with a phosphorus trap to capture any excess phosphorus and UV-C radiation, preventing bacterial growth.

Thank you Urbanistas for listening!

The Urbanista is a production of Uponor Infra Oy, produced and edited in sunny Helsinki by Mariia Andriushenkova. 

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The podcast for urban designers and city planners where we discuss about city water management and sustainable urban development. In this episode we talk with Natalia Rincón – Co-Founder and CEO at CHAOS, an AI startup focused on location intelligence forecasts to improve the liveability of cities. 
She is an architect and computer science engineer and currently holds a PHDc in smart cities. Ranked in the top 10 EU women entrepreneurs who foster the industry, Natalia is a thought leader advocating for sustainability, liveability, and equality in our cities. 
She represents the doer women in the tech community and encourages innovation and entrepreneurship.

During this insightful conversation we discussed topics such as sustainable urban development and data-driven urban planning. 

- What is location intelligence? 
- How to collect data about specific urban area? 
- Is it possible to forecast the weather in regions based on the data? 
- Is our infrastructure ready to embrace climate change? 
- CO2 emissions 

Connect with Natalia: 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataliarincon/

https://chaosarchitects.com/
CHAOS - AI startup focused on location intelligence forecasts to improve the liveability of cities. 

Thank you Urbanistas for listening!
 
The Urbanista is a production of Uponor Infra Oy, produced and edited in sunny Helsinki by Mariia Andriushenkova.

Welcome to Infra Stories. 

Stories about places all across Nordics, where infrastructure projects with significant impact for the local communities have been built. Stories about innovative and sustainable solutions. 

This is a story about safe drinking water for an old shipyard and sawmill area. 

The Pateniemi waterfront area in Oulu, Northern Finland, has played a major role in the history of Finnish industrialisation. In the mid-19th century, its shipyard built large merchant vessels, and later it was the location of one of the largest sawmills of its time. Now the waterfront, which was in industrial use for over 100 years, is entering a new era with the completion of a residential area for 2,500 inhabitants. Uponor Barrier PLUS pipes – which are both durable and non-permeable – will ensure a safe supply of drinking water in this area. 

Thank you Urbanistas for listening!

The Urbanista is a production of Uponor Infra Oy, produced and edited in sunny Helsinki by Mariia Andriushenkova. 

Hei! Welcome to The Urbanista.

The podcast for urban designers and city planners where we discuss about city water management and sustainable urban development. In this episode we talk with Patryk Wójtowicz – Research Manager at Savonia University of Applied Sciences and Water network modelling expert in the field of environmental engineering. 

Fireside chat recorded at World Water Congress 2022, in Copenhagen, Denmark.

During this insightful conversation we discussed important topics such as monitoring water quality and how technologies that water utilities using are improving.   

Connect with Patryk: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/patryk-wojtowicz-contact/ 

Thank you Urbanistas for listening!

The Urbanista is a production of Uponor Infra Oy, produced and edited in sunny Helsinki by Mariia Andriushenkova. 

Hei! Welcome to The Urbanista.

The podcast for urban designers and city planners, where we discuss city water management and sustainable urban development. 

In this episode we talk with Franz Cuculiza, Business Director of Denmark’s first plastic recycling company, Aage Vestergaard Larsen A/S. They are the Nordic region's largest high-quality plastics recycling company, where the raw material of recycled plastic can be used for products that can be reused again and again. They are also one of the most knowledgeable in the area of mechanical recycling.

During this inspiring conversation we discussed recycling plastic materials and the circular economy. These topics are becoming more important by the day. That’s why it is crucial to think about waste management now and not leave problems to the next generations.

Connect with Franz on LinkedIn: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/franz-cuculiza-7503165/

Aage Vestergaard Larsen – Danish first plastic recycling company 

https://avl.dk/

Thank you Urbanistas for listening!

The Urbanista is a production of Uponor Infra Oy, produced and edited in sunny Helsinki by Mariia Andriushenkova. 

Hei! Welcome to The Urbanista.

The podcast for urban designers and city planners where we discuss about city water management and sustainable urban development. 

In this episode we talk with Nicklas Kaskeala, Co-Founder & Chief Impact Officer at Compensate. Compensate combats climate change by offering everyone easy access to the highest quality carbon projects. They provide tools to calculate and offset emissions both for businesses and individuals. 

During this inspiring conversation we discussed offsetting carbon footprint topic and tool that helps to calculate emissions. 

Connect with Nicklas on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/niklaskaskeala/

Compensate - a tool to calculate and offset emissions 

https://www.compensate.com/

Compensate’s insights about greenwashing and the carbon market:

https://www.compensate.com/avoid-greenwashing-corporate-climate-claims-whitepaper 

https://www.compensate.com/reforming-the-voluntary-carbon-market

Thank you Urbanistas for listening!

The Urbanista is a production of Uponor Infra Oy, produced and edited in sunny Helsinki by Mariia Andriushenkova.