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Amsterdam circular procurement of office furniture

When the Municipality of Amsterdam buys new office furniture, the supplier takes back the old furniture, even if they did not supply it in the first place, and repairs, refurbishes, or recovers materi

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Goods and Services

Circular Innovation programme

The Circular Innovation Program 2016-2018 provides insight into the most important innovation projects and developments in the city in the field of Circular Economy and the way the City of Amsterdam a

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Societal Services

Professional Services

Materials and Fuels

Goods and Services

Construction and Infrastructure

District heating Amsterdam

The district heating Amsterdam is a large scale district heating using heat from industrial area and port.

Prioritise regenerative resources

Preserve and extend what's already made

Societal Services

Construction and Infrastructure

Materials and Fuels

Energy Loan

Amsterdam offers energy loans to tenants and households, landlords and VvEs in Amsterdam.

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Prioritise regenerative resources

Societal Services

Construction and Infrastructure

Legislative 'Freezones'

A free zone is a shopping street with more flexible regulations. Residents, entrepreneurs, property owners and the municipality decide together which rules must still apply.

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Societal Services

Construction and Infrastructure

Brummen Town Hall

The Dutch municipality of Brummen needed a new town hall.

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Design for the future

Goods and Services

Construction and Infrastructure

Materials and Fuels

CityLab010

On www.citylab010.nl people with expertise, resources and relevant networks are gathered together.

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Transportation and Logistics

Construction and Infrastructure

Materials and Fuels

Goods and Services

Roadmap Circular Economy

The Roadmap focuses on (1) Urban development with new housing and infrastructure built from local recycled products and through adopting modular and self-sustaining models; (2) Cleantech/ sharing econ

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Construction and Infrastructure

Transportation and Logistics

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Societal Services

Materials and Fuels

Rotterdam Circulair

Rotterdam Circulair is the city's digital counter for start-up and established entrepreneurs alike.

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Construction and Infrastructure

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Rotterdam Climate Initiative

The Rotterdam Climate Initiative is a large collaboration platform between City Council, the Port of Rotterdam and the Rotterdam Environmental Service working towards a sustainable port and city.

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Materials and Fuels

Construction and Infrastructure

Societal Services

Goods and Services

Carpentry and Furnishing Prorail

In 2013 a pilot was launched in the Netherlands with the aim of developing a more circular approach to carpeting and furnishing of the office buildings of ProRail, the country’s rail infrastructure co

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Goods and Services

Consulting to make your home more sustainable

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Design for minimal waste

Design for resource efficiency

Data analytics, modeling

Management, enrichment

Product upgrade

Water efficiency

Electrification

Energy efficiency

Research & Commercial Services

Circular district Buiksloterham

The city of Amsterdam is facilitating and suporting the development of a previously industrial region in Amsterdam Noord, into a sustainable and circular district.

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Societal Services

Construction and Infrastructure

Transportation and Logistics

CTO Office Start-up in residence

The CTO Office Start-up in residence programme offers startups an intensive training programme, as well as the support of professional coaches or mentors.

Design for the future

Transportation and Logistics

Societal Services

Materials and Fuels

Professional Services

Goods and Services

Construction and Infrastructure

Capital Equipment

Green Agenda

This agenda sets out the course for investment in green space between 2015 and 2018, thus clearly pointing the way for initiatives.

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Societal Services

Materials and Fuels

“Project RoSA”

Rotterdam, the Dutch Delta, the Delfland Water Board and the Hoogheemraadschap van Schieland and the Krimpenerwaard work together to realize their joint ambitions for Rotterdam's waste water chain, ba

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The Near-Zero European Waste Innovation Network

The Near—Zero European Waste Innovation Network (NEW_InnoNet)’s main goal is to mobilise stakeholders towards joint efforts aimed at implementing circular economy approaches and thus develop and reinf

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Design for the future

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Societal Services

Materials and Fuels

Upcycle Innovation Competition

The Municipality of Almere in the Netherlands strives to be “waste-free” by 2020. That means no more than 50 kilos of waste per person per year.

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Societal Services

Materials and Fuels

“Learning by doing” Programme

It is an innovation programme that pools together forces from both private sector and research institutes, and allows the city to speed up the transition towards a circular economy.

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Goods and Services

Construction and Infrastructure

Transportation and Logistics

Structural Vision 2040

The Structural Vision 2040 sets out the City of Amsterdam’s strategy in relation to green space.

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Societal Services

Construction and Infrastructure

Transportation and Logistics

Materials and Fuels

Office Furniture Procurement

The Venlo Region, located in the southeast of the Netherlands, has expressed its ambition to become pioneers in the transition to a circular economy by developing several initiatives supporting the im

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Energy Atlas

Amsterdam developed an open-source Energy Atlas to provide detailed information on the geographical distribution of energy demand and potential supply (thermal production, geothermal, industry and pri

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Incorporate digital technology

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Construction and Infrastructure

Materials and Fuels

Societal Services

Flexible zoning plan for the Amsterdam city-port area

The municipality of Amsterdam introduced a flexible zoning law for the area neighbouring the port, so as to increase flexibility of building functions and counteract structural vacancy.

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Construction and Infrastructure

Materials and Fuels

Lobby for local case

The cities of Amsterdam, Utrecht, The Hague, and Rotterdam are exercising lobbying power with the Dutch national government and the EU in order to achieve adaptive rules and regulations and a greener

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Sustainability agenda

The Sustainable Agenda describes a number of goals designed to speed up the move towards a sustainable Amsterdam.

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Construction and Infrastructure

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Materials and Fuels

Waste Implementation Plan

The Waste Implementation Plan contains three key points: (1) data-driven cleaning (street cleaning teams will no longer work according to fixed schedules and routes, but will make use of real-time dat

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Societal Services

Green roofs

Rotterdam is promoting the construction of green roofs in several ways. A subsidy scheme, for example, will provide a financial incentive for building a green roof.

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Construction and Infrastructure

Sustainability Program 2015-18

The Sustainability Programme 2015-18 sets three aims for Rotterdam: (1) Green, healthy and resilient city with clean air, more green spaces, dry feet and sustainable areas; (2) Cleaner energy at lower

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Societal Services

Construction and Infrastructure

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Materials and Fuels

GREEN TRANSFORMABLE BUILDING LAB (GTB LAB)

Overview

Design for reuse

Design for recycling

Construction and Infrastructure

Circular design for cold-chain packaging

TemperPack is a materials engineering and manufacturing company looking to disrupt the cold-chain shipping industry.

Design for bio-degradability

Design for recycling

Logistics Services

Adoption of Puccini Method for Sustainability standards and Sustainable Procurement

The municipality of Amsterdam introduced the Puccini Method as a framework for the design of public spaces in Amsterdam, which is unified for all city districts.

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Construction and Infrastructure

Goods and Services

Amsterdam Climate & Energy Fund (AKEF)

The Amsterdam Climate & Energy Fund (AKEF) supplies subordinated loans and is run by external fund managers.

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Societal Services

Transportation and Logistics

Construction and Infrastructure

Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Studies

The city of Amsterdam is in full support of the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Studies (AMS).

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Professional Services

Amsterdam Smart City platform

The Amsterdam Smart City platform is a collaboration of over 100 local municipalities, businesses, residents and academic institutions partnering on more than 75 smart projects to date.

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Materials and Fuels

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Construction and Infrastructure

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Societal Services

ReFRESH project

Led by the Wageningen University, the REFRESH consortium brings together 26 partners from 12 countries and China, which includes leading universities, research institutes, private businesses, governme

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Circular road reconstruction Ede- Grisjoord junction

The Rijkswaterstaat is part of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment in the Netherlands. It is responsible for the reconstruction project of 19 km of the A12 near Arnhem.

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