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1. ourworld.unu.edu › en › hammarby-swedens-gold-medalSweden's Gold Medal Winning Eco-Town - Our World

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   It is often said that our greatest successes arrive after our darkest hours. The Hammarby Sjöstad eco-town, located a few kilometres south of Stockholm’s city centre, was developed following the Swedish capital’s failed bid to host the 2004 Olympics. What was once potentially a temporary Olympic village, is now a permanent and attractive ...

2. www.balticurbanlab.eu › goodpractices › hammarbyHammarby Sjöstad - one of the world’s most successful urban ...

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   Hammarby Sjöstad is situated along the Hammarby Lake and located approximately 3 km south of the city center of Stockholm. The initial planning of the site started in 1996 with the organization of the summer Olympics 2004 in mind. Since Stockholm lost the bid to Athens the site never prospered to become a part of an Olympic Village.

3. cmgrannis.medium.com › hammarby-sjöstad-stockholmHammarby Sjöstad, Stockholm, Sweden | by Cameron Grannis | Medium

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   Dec 16, 2020 · The plans for Hammarby Sjöstad were prepared in 1990 and picked up by the city in 1997 as an Olympic village for Stockholm’s bid for the 2004 Olympics. The city wanted to focus on impressive environmental goals for the development in order to impress the Olympic committee (Manna 2015).

4. www.thestar.com › news › gtaToronto’s Olympic dreams in 19 questions

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   Aug 1, 2015 · This rendering from Toronto’s bid for the 2008 Olympics shows how a stadium, athlete’s village and other venues could have looked in the Port Lands. CP RELATED: Toronto has made 5 attempts to ...

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5. www.dw.com › en › swedish-town-sets-new-standards-inSweden's green success – DW – 08/09/2010

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   Aug 9, 2010 · 08/09/2010. The district of Hammarby in Sweden was originally designed in 2004 as an Olympic village. Stockholm's Olympic bid failed, but Hammarby has since become a model for sustainable urban ...

6. www.ctvnews.ca › sports › in-pictures-take-a-tourIn pictures: Take a tour inside Tokyo’s Olympic Village

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   Jun 21, 2021 · Toronto -. The Olympic Village in Tokyo, Japan, is getting ready to greet the world when it officially opens on July 13, just 10 days before the Games are to open. There are 21 residential towers ...

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   Where is Hammarby Sjöstad?

   • The Hammarby Sjöstad eco-town, located a few kilometres south of Stockholm’s city centre, was developed following the Swedish capital’s failed bid to host the 2004 Olympics. What was once potentially a temporary Olympic village, is now a permanent and attractive lakeside community of 25,000 people and will be increasing to 35,000 residents in 2015.

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   Why is Hammarby a good place to live?

   • Biogas, in addition to sludge from waste water, is used by the town’s buses and is also clean enough to naturally fertilise the area’s fields. Hammarby village’s waste system does not emit many emissions because both incinerated household waste and treated wastewater is extracted and used to heat houses.

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   What is the Hammarby model?

   • The Hammarby Model was presented by Malena Karlsson to an international audience at The Great Transformation – Greening the Economy conference in Berlin recently. Karlsson works for the energy saving Stockholm Glashusett (or Glasshouse) building that functions as the information centre for the Hammarby district.

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   Does Hammarby reduce emissions?

   • In 1990, well before a global discussion on climate change was taking place in the mainstream media, the Stockholm City Council began detailed planning for Hammarby with sewerage and service planners. To date, the project has managed to reduce emissions by a significant 30-40%, although still below its original 50% target.

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8. olympic.ca › 2021/07/23 › a-look-inside-the-tokyoA look inside the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Village - Team Canada ...

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   Jul 23, 2021 · The women’s rugby 7s pose in front of the Olympic rings in the Olympic Village. (Photo: Breanne Nicholas / Instagram) In that same park, you’ll find a fountain commemorating the official site of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and the Rings. The Remembrance Tree stands in a park at the end of the Flags Street overlooking Tokyo Bay and the ...