Solutions for climate smart events

Purpose and goal

This project aims to develop, test, and evaluate new solutions that facilitate climate-smart choices for the hospitality industry and thereby support the transition towards emission free events. The project will create a toolbox containing solutions and services that help event organizers reduce greenhouse gases emissions. Services developed within the project will be tested and evaluated a at real events. The services should assist visitors, organizers and suppliers in making informed choices that can reduce emissions from different types of events

Expected effects and result

Events are temporary occurrences that are not part of visitors’ daily routines, which enhances the possibility to bring about behavioral changes. Trialing and testing climate smart innovations in an event setting explores this possibility and also creates visibility for novel, low emissions solutions. In addition to these aims, the project seeks to create spinoff effects in that transport-related innovations developed within the project can be implemented in Swedish cities, municipalities, regions and possibly also on a global market.

Planned approach and implementation

The project comprises a systemic perspective in that multiple sources of emissions are included: goods and passenger transport, food, accommodation, energy and other resources. The project is implemented via three main activities: 1)The toolbox a service developed for event organizers of events to support climate-smart planning. 2)An innovation lab where experts from different fields cooperate to develop novel solutions. 3)Trials and evaluations via real events.