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The podcast for urban designers and city planners who want to know more about city water management and sustainable urban development.
Hei! Welcome to The Urbanista Season 2.
The podcast for urban designers and city planners where we discuss about city water management and sustainable urban development.
We are starting this season with a new episode that summarizes all the important and hot topics we discussed during Season 1. The main topics for discussion were city water management, water prices (Is the water too cheap in the Nordics?), how to prevent urban flooding, stormwater management, sustainability, data-driven urban design, and numerous others. If you missed Season 1, this is a perfect opportunity to briefly catch up on all the topics! Let us know what was your favorite episode.
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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 Judith Masip Calle, Technical Support Specialist & Sustainability Responsible at Uponor. We discussed one of the hot topics nowadays - EPDs (Environmental Product Declaration).
We also talked about:
- What are EPDs and why are they important?
- Why manufacturers should have EPDs?
- What information can we find in an EPD?
- Who can benefit from the EPD?
- The process of creating an EPD.
- How can EPDs be used in building rating and assessment schemes (e.g. BREEAM or LEED)?
- How can EPDs be used in public procurement?
- What is the difference between an EPD and an environmental label?
- How can you compare 2 products with the EPDs?
Connect with Judith Masip - https://www.linkedin.com/in/judith-masip-012081131/
It is the last episode of this season! We will be back after summer holidays!
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.
Today we travel to the Finnish town of Nastola which is trying to build a new community center in an environmentally sensitive location.
The construction of a new community centre in Nastola, Southern Finland was proceeding at a rapid pace. Its new tenants were able to move into the building in early autumn 2021. The installation of the plot’s stormwater system was carried out at a rate that surprised everyone involved in the work. In fact, the site’s new Uponor IQ infiltration and retention pipes were in place within a few days.
Installing pipe systems is bread and butter for municipal engineers, which naturally makes it even easier to install the IQ pipes. Once the pipe has been installed, it can be covered immediately, ready for the next one.
The benefits of IQ pipes also include their long lifespan, up to 100 years, as well as their ease of serviceability and low maintenance costs. If necessary, the pipes can even be serviced with scrubber machines and vacuum trucks.
Designer Simo Suurnäkki from Etteplan Oyj had never previously designed a stormwater solution using IQ pipes. “I contacted Uponor’s experts and got great support and help with the planning” he said. “The job was straightforward and went ahead with ease. One of the main advantages was the clear information on what load the pipes can withstand and how deep they need to be in the ground. Asphalted surfaces are becoming increasingly common, and the capacity of stormwater sewer networks is no longer sufficient. Real estate plots must have solutions that infiltrate and retain stormwater run-offs.”
Thank you Urbanistas for listening our stories!
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 Klara Ramn – Executive Committee member of EurEau. The European federation of national associations of water services. Representing Europe's drinking and wastewater service providers from 30 countries, from both private and public sectors.
Fireside chat recorded at World Water Congress 2022, in Copenhagen, Denmark.
During this inspiring conversation we discussed important topics such as sustainable development, water treatment, water quality and the main purpose of the EurEau association. https://www.eureau.org/
Thank you Urbanistas for listening!
Feel free to connect and ask your questions to Klara Ramn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/klara-ramm/
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 Lars Nørgård Holmegaard – CEO of the water utility of Lemvig, Denmark. This is a fireside chat recorded at World Water Congress 2022, in Copenhagen.
Lars told us about the challenges they are facing in north Denmark with rising sea levels. What sustainable solutions they are considering and how he sees the future of water management in cities.
Thank you Urbanistas for listening!
Feel free to connect and ask your questions to Lars:
Lars Nørgård Holmegaard - https://www.linkedin.com/in/larsholmegaard/
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 Rickard Granath – Stormwater Solution Manager and Jean Saarinen – Stormwater Sales Manager at Uponor Infra. Fireside chat recorded at World Water Congress 2022, in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Rainfall keeps increasing due to climate change. Storms become heavier amid dry seasons. This poses a very real flood risk. Moreover, uncontrolled runoffs can not only deluge our precious neighborhoods but also pollute lakes, rivers, and seas, as they carry contaminants.
Let’s talk about stormwater treatment. How do we properly treat, filter, and reuse rainfall water?
Thank you Urbanistas for listening!
Feel free to connect and ask your questions to Rickard and Jean:
Rickard Granath (EN, SE) https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickard-granath/ Rickard.Granath@uponor.com
Jean Saarinen (EN, SE, FI) https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-saarinen-92616b42/
jean.saarinen@uponor.com
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 Ilari Aho – VP of Sustainability and Regulatory Affairs at Uponor. Recorded at World Water Congress 2022, in Copenhagen, Denmark to summarise the learnings from the IWA High-Level Summit, which theme this year was "Partnerships for Smart Liveable Cities – water as a key to Action on Climate and SDGs."
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Hei! Welcome to The Urbanista.
The podcast for urban designers and city planners who want to know more about city water management and sustainable urban development.
In these podcast series we will be looking answers for questions like:
- How do we renovate efficiently our water infrastructure?
- How do we ensure the quality of drinking water in Nordic cities?
- How do we reuse water in a more sustainable way?
- How is the circular economy influencing the shape of our cities?
And, how do we do all these in a sustainable way, reducing cities’ carbon footprint?
Join our journey and stay tuned for the next episode!