C20 - AquaGlobe

Activity C20 AquaGlobe will gain from actions under action C2 sharing knowledge on CCA and rivers developed under different actions.

Modelling, interpretations, analysis and data sampling are similar in the different catchments and C20 will benefit from this knowledge to improve the national and global knowledge transfer.

Scientific aspects currently the highly debated within EU, e.g. on the synergies and trade-offs between Climate Change Adaption and water ecology, the need for warning systems related to flooding of rivers and local contingency planning, and the synergies between farming and wetland restoration will also be shared and discussed for the benefit of activities under action C20.

Under action C3, in selected areas a detailed local model is set up focusing on groundwater, surface and/or seawater. Models are based on the present data and collections of new data sets e.g geophysical data and C20 will benefit from the outputs of his model and its implementation under differenty actions.

Under Action C4 Rainwater, C20 will gain from the identification and experience of different setup models and testing of SUDS within CDR.

Action C7 creates a number of innovative fora to unite important stakeholders within water businesses and to show case climate change and water technologies. Secondly, C7 will aim at gathering useful information and best practices from cross-cutting demonstration activities. C20 will benefit directly from these actions.

Last but not least, AquaGlobe will benefit from a close collaboration with Action C21 Climatorium, which both deals with co-creation, quatro-helix and awareness rising

Linked to Complementary Actions

Supplementary funding for AquaGlobe will be sought by Skanderborg Utility a/s. Supplementary funding may include elements for the activities of Hot-Spots and the Water School to add local value. The facility itself will be financed by Skanderborg Utility a/s.

What

The vision of AquaGlobe is:
“We want to create a development and knowledge transfer centre, which will form the physical setting for a value-creating network between the business community, universities, Danish administrative regions, municipalities and water companies using tests, demonstrations and a showroom, and which is also a recreational and inspiring area for citizens, institutions and tourists.”

Skanderborg Utility a/s is to expand their facilities and in that regard they wish to add societal value by create an innovation hub and awareness rising centre. The aim of AQUAGlobe is to create an inspiring and motivating environment and physical settings for transferring knowledge and developing solutions where the main focus is on water and climate.

AquaGlobe has the following success criteria:

• AQUAGlobe will be a living location
• AQUAGlobe will create more value for the wider society
• AQUAGlobe will be attractive to the business community, so much so that businesses will use and/or contribute to the development of the facilities.
• AQUAGlobe will be attractive to people of all ages (by transferring knowledge through experiences and experiments that are executed in a motivating and inspiring way).
• AQUAGlobe and the surrounding areas will attractive to visitors (outdoor areas and a recreational area will be self-contained features).

AQUAGlobe will be responsible for communicating with ordinary citizens of all ages, tourists, families, kindergartens, schools, upper secondary schools and associations.

Through knowledge and inspiration, the new centre and area will motivate visitors and citizens from the municipality, CDR and the whole of Denmark, by providing a greater understanding of their own water consumption and how they can deal with the challenges that Denmark faces with regard to climate change. By focusing on transferring an understanding of the water cycle, climate proofing, the countryside in the area and water as a resource, visitors will gain a better understanding of the climate in the future.

The fundamental foundation of the project is made up of concrete business collaborations between commercial players, educational institutions, water utilities and authorities cf. Figure 44. Collaborating on high-quality development projects, which also have major societal value, will attract other stakeholders, such as associations and stakeholder organisations – and lead them to the foundation’s core- and sub-activities: Test Area, Demonstration, Networking, Play and Learning, Education and Recruitment, and Sales and Exports cf. Figure 45.

 

To establish AquaGlobe, several stakeholders are to be involved, the following stakeholder catagories have the potential to offer various values and contributions to AquaGlobe. The stakeholders of the action are to date not fully clarified but work is being carried out to bring the following stakeholders into the project cf. Table 5.

How:

Action C20 AquaGlobe initiates the following activities:

The overall transfer of knowledge concept, is to transfer knowledge through experiences and play, where all of the senses are involved – sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch. The basic approach will involve a wide range of intuitive forms of transferring knowledge, from playful digital installations to physical hands-on experiences and presentations using models.

Hot spots are linked with watercourses as a communication means, the visitors will follow the watercourse as a guided path. It is used in transferring knowledge e.g. by emphasising the ground’s terrain it is illustrated the slowdown of water flow, collection of water, pumping of water up, and pumping of water onto the next stage of the watercourse. Most of the transfer of knowledge will take place outside, however, the activity includes the design of a dedicated knowledge transfer centre in the form of a smaller building with low-energy solutions and which to a high degree will be self-sufficient with renewable energy.

Concrete activities:

Project management related to:

• Concept development for 6 hot-spots
• Organisation and training of personnel for communication/visitor guiding.

 

Collaboration with schools focusing on establishing a teaching course and a Master Class (e.g. in Climate Innovation). Children and young adults will gain an insight into the water cycle, work with managing water and wastewater and its impact on our society and the environment (e.g. climate change). Interactive learning material will be prepared, which will be integrated with the institutions’ learning goals.

Concrete activities:

Project management related to:

• Development of online/offline teaching material.
• Organisation and training of personnel.
• Collaboration with teachers/municipality.

Collaboration with universities and private players with regard to holding an annual Innovation Camp, where new and innovative solutions are sought for the water and climate field.

Concrete activities:

Project management related to:

• Development of concept between stakeholders/collaborative agreements.
• Organisation and facilities.
• Coordination of existing initiatives (like AQUA in Silkeborg and State Of Green).
• Development of standards for planning, execution and follow-up.
• System support.

Offer to stakeholders on meetings/seminars for potential and existing customers, and to present products at the operational level. The utility will provide rooms and the plant for use, and resources for presenting, speakers and hospitality if required. There will be the opportunity for stakeholders to use their own personnel and any marketing material for branding with regard to the visit.

Concrete activities:

Project management related to:

• Development of concept between stakeholders/collaborative agreements.
• Coordination of existing initiatives (like AQUA in Silkeborg and State Of Green).
• Development of standards for planning, execution and follow-up.

The stakeholders will be offered to bid on relevant demonstration systems in collaboration with the utility. The demonstration system can be installed in direct connection to AQUAGlobe at Døjsøvej in Skanderborg, or at other locations in the utility area (Skanderborg Municipality).

The idea is that the demonstration system will be fully operational at the same time as visitors and presentations are scheduled. For instance, this could be project solutions such as ‘the intelligent water city’ in Stilling, the new waterworks at Fredensborg or energy production via the purification plant.

Concrete activities:

Project management in relation to

• Identification of relevant demonstration system (project/room) with stakeholders.
• Develop the concept and project, incl. architecture.
• Identify other relevant stakeholders (with multi-solution if required).
• Clarify roles with the use of the system (presenting, maintenance, etc.)

The stakeholders at AQUAGlobe can use the utility and infrastructure in the utility area as a large laboratory and for developing and testing new solutions. Whether it is testing full-scale prototypes, correlating data against experience from the utility’s project “The Intelligent Water City”, big data and/or the Internet of Things, together we can tailor make solutions that meet the stakeholders development needs.

The utility will make competencies available for use at rates in relation to a charge rate sheet and the stakeholders pay for the installation, and any establishment of data interfaces, operation, maintenance and dismantling.

Concrete activities:

Project management related to:

• Identification and development of relevant test projects with external partners
• Identification of relevant partners (with multi-solution if required).
• Clarification of roles with the use of the system (presenting, maintenance, etc.)

Where:
In connection with Skanderborg Utility a/s’ facilities at Døjsøvej, AQUAGlobe will be located on a 35,500 m² site on the outskirts of Skanderborg town. The site is surrounded by forest and is next to Sorte Lake, an area that will also see activity in the project. The actual terrain is uneven, with a series of different plateaus connected to small slopes and embankments. Sorte Lake also share an interesting history – in particular the innovative environmental effort to clean up Sorte Lake. A history that is well worth sharing with the wider public and the business and research communities. The location is a short drive from both Skanderborg centre and the E45 East Jutland motorway, and geographically it is located in Central Denmark and professionally centrally located in relation to competencies and other networks in water and climate technology.

Figure 46: Map over the area of Skanderborg Waste Water Utility with the surrounding forest and the lake Sorte Sø. The surroundings will be part of the activities of AquaGlobe.

When

Phase 1: January 2017 – December 2018
Activities related to 1 to 6 are initiated and established, and the AquaGlobe is officially opened and activities started. C2C CC action results on freshwater are disseminated through AquaGlobe.

Phase 2 and beyond:
AquaGlobe’ activities continues.

AQUAGlobe links research, education, tourism and business together, both physically and mentally in relation to rethinking solutions to climate challenges.

The novelty of this action is its holistic-oriented approach for a centre for children/adults, companies/educational institutions, locally/nationally/internationally as a communication and innovation hub.

The holistic concept is necessary to generate knowledge and solutions of the future with regard to climate challenges.

In line with C2C CC’s aim, AQUAGlobe has been created with the aim of developing partnerships across municipal borders and professions. Via innovative partnerships, AQUAGlobe is a centre for knowledge sharing and innovative solution proposals with the opportunity to test solutions.

The main constraint is the commitment to AQUAGlobe: The stakeholders difference is a strength, but different stakeholders can also pose a threat to the commitment to AQUAGlobe.

The stakeholders differ in size, focus, financial means and individual aims, creating a need for very strong stakeholder management.

The action is a co-creation project, which requires steering and that everyone pulls in the same direction.

This action thus puts great emphasis on stakeholder involvement and management, a clear vision, emphasis of results, and contracts covering several years.

Furthermore, knowledge sharing is made with Action C 21 Climatorium on co-creation, stakeholder involvement and management, tourism and presentation.

Phase 1: Establishment and opening of AquaGlobe. Hot spots park is established and open for visitors incl. the ‘water school’. Knowledge sharing, networking and innovative initiatives between business and research stakeholders.

Phase 2 and beyond: Workplaces: Via innovative projects, create at least 50 new jobs over a six-year period from 2017-2022.

Visitors : That AQUAGlobe will generate 1,000 visitors a year from a regional, national and international perspective.

New solutions for exports: Via innovative projects, create at least five new products/solutions over a six-year period from 2017-2022.

Schools: AQUAGlobe , in collaboration with schools, provide an optional subject in innovation and entrepreneurship with focus on water solutions and climate solutions and/or other themes.

Innovation Camp: From 2018, an Innovation camp will be held yearly with participation from higher educational establishments and private players.

Because the project will be strongly supported by co-creation and partnerships between the utility, private players, educational and research institutions, associations, citizens and public authorities, it must be expected that significant resources will be spent on concept development, workshops, preparation of concepts, drawings and things of that nature.

Innovation Camp involves total costs for planning, production of materials, PR and marketing and execution of the Innovation Camp and the awarding of prizes to participants may be expected to amount to at least DKK 500,000, since a professional process is desired, which will strike a chord inside and outside the sector. Associated stakeholders and any foundations will contribute with financing of the scale + DKK 50,000 and man-hours for planning and execution, and for advising participants. Sponsorships will be provided for the Innovation Camp. Sponsors will contribute with financing, consulting, or non-financial prizes to participants.

In relation to the estimation of costs, it is estimated that there will be an average hourly cost of DKK 500 per man-hour for project management, administrative work, etc.

C.20

• Partner agreements
• A concept for a Master Class
• Funding applications
• Description of innovation camp concept
• Visitor concept description
• Water Academy concept description
• Water School concept description
• Evaluation report of amount of visitors and business collaboration
• Online and offline teaching material

C.20
31/03/2017: Application submitted for financing from relevant foundations
31/03/2017: Stakeholder agreements established with central actors
31/08/2017: Description of innovation camp concept done
31/12/2017: Innovation Camp partnerships agreements closed
31/12/2017: Optional subject in Innovation/Entrepreneurship provided
31/12/2017: Water Visits established
31/12/2018: AQUAGlobe physically built
31/12/2018: Innovation Camp is launched