Sometimes people talk about the concept of high-value heat, which is usually deposited in, for example, the district heating network, but there is also low-value heat. Usually, this excess heat lacks deposition on a larger scale.

The low-grade heat is usually not pressurized and  consists of hot air or hot water between 30-65 degrees. RISE has expertise in the recycling of low-temperature excess heat. At the RISE test and demo facility ICE Datacenter, several different attempts to recover excess heat has been carried out, including heating greenhouses, drying biomass and growing mealworms for egg-producing hens.

Life on Earth is about to change. Climate change is real and we are already seeing more extreme weather events and related crises. Human-caused climate change is one of the major reasons why we are currently seeing the sixth mass extinction of species. In order for humanity to cope with these changes, adaptations must be made on a broad front. Some of these may come from advanced modeling using AI and machine learning.

At RISE, we work with a number of different projects that can help mitigating climate change, as well as improving resilience against its effects. These projects include modeling flows in the Krycklan catchment area outside Umeå using deep learning, modeling risks in circular business models, and AI for efficiency and stability in agriculture.

We run projects to map and analyze biological diversity, to act as decision support for the planning of forests and green areas in urban environments. Sound recordings and camera traps are used today to gather information about how animals move in the wild. We develop advanced AI-driven soundscape analysis to help track important marker species, to build knowledge about how they are being affected by humanity and changes in their habitat. Thus, the current workflow with passive acoustic monitoring devices and camera traps which today require manual analysis become partly automated.

We are a leader in Climate AI Nordics (climateainordics.com), a Nordic network that works to develop and promote collaboration on AI solutions addressing climate change. We are also one of three leading organizations in climes - The Swedish center for impacts of climate extremes(climes.se), working interdisciplinary with research on extreme events resulting from climate change.

We have only seen the beginning of what climate change has in store for us. We have also only seen the beginning of the efforts we are making to meet the challenges ahead. This page will be updated with new information as our work progresses.

Having a resilient and sustainable water supply means that local residents have access to clean water of a good quality every day, all year round. No matter what happens. A resilient and sustainable water supply also means that agriculture and industry get the water they need and do not have to reduce their operations or, in the worst case, shut down due to a lack of quality water.

Based on the Drinking Water Directive, RISE can help your municipality to safeguard a resilient and sustainable water supply. RISE can carry out demand forecasting and scenario analyses for your municipality based on your current water supply objectives and prerequisites relating to water demand and access to water, as well as for the future based on different scenarios concerning societal development and climate change, which covers diverse perspectives from households to agriculture and companies.

Demand forecasting and scenario analyses form the basis for an updated water supply plan, which will ensure a resilient and sustainable water supply for the municipality.

If a municipality does not have an updated and comprehensive water supply plan, it may become difficult to rationally and efficiently meet increased water needs and potential crises. It also result in increased costs for the municipality and the community.

Tailored, expert team for your municipality’s challenges

RISE is a governmental, independent research institute with both broad and deep expertise in water supply, sewage and urban runoff management, crisis preparedness, AI, digitalisation and cybersecurity, community development, jurisprudence, and many other fields. By partnering with RISE, you get access to a tailored, expert team based on your challenges. Since RISE is a government-owned research institute, we also provide you with wholly unbiased expert advice based on the unique situation in your municipality.

RISE collaborates with many municipalities, county administrative boards, authorities, and other operators, providing a broad system perspective as well as enabling further exchange of experience between municipalities along with opportunities for cross-border collaboration.  

What RISE can offer your municipality

Based on the conditions and objectives of your municipality, RISE will carry out demand forecasting and scenario analyses. In consultation with you, we will create a robust, updated water supply plan that will ensure a resilient and sustainable water supply for both daily operations and during a crisis. The new water supply plan provides assurance for municipal authorities and the municipality’s residents, as well as for agriculture and industries. The updated water supply plan comprises an overview of the municipality’s current and future needs, along with scenario descriptions of potential crises. The updated water supply plan also provides a strategy for how the municipality safeguards water supply and addresses risks by charting and prioritising measures to be taken.

Through continued collaboration, RISE can assist in implementing measures and any other necessary implementation to ensure that the updated water supply plan is fulfilled.

If you have any questions or would like to know more, please contact us through the form. 

When the standard and test bed are in place, comparison of facilities are possible and requirements can be placed on the facilities' performance. This will contribute to a more sustainable society and reduced emissions of pollutions. The test bed will also help suppliers evaluate, test and optimize their products.

This project is a continuation of the projects " Classification of manufactured treatment devices for stormwater management" and " Pre-study of test bed for stormwater facilities", for more information see link to project pages below.

Specific goals of this project are:

1. Answer the remaining questions of both practical and theoretical nature to enable the construction of the test bed.
2. Investigate and develop proposals for a business model for the test bed.
3. Examine the use of sensors in the test bed.
4. Carry out design of the test bed.
5. Have a continued dialogue with companies and experts so that the project is anchored in a good way and experience is gained internationally.

The goal is that this project will create sufficient clarity and knowledge to take the test bed in the next step, evaluate it and evaluate the standard and classification with the help of the test bed. Furthermore, the ambition is to work with SIS to develop a proposal for a new national standard (SNS) or work for an international standard.

The companies account for about two thirds of the water consumption in Sweden and consume more water than the corresponding companies in southern Europe. This waste of resources needs to end, both because water supply is starting to become limited in many places in the Sweden and since unnecessary water consumption also leads to a the use of extra resources to pump and purify these diluted water streams, which loads both water sources and recipients.

The project is carried out together with Region Kalmar Län. Central to the project are interviews with companies and other actors in the Kalmar County to map the companies' conditions and obstacles to carry out water saving. Actors important to involve to create long-term synergy effects and maximize dissemination are integrated into the work.

This is a preparatory project that will build, evaluate and anchor the following initiatives which are then demonstrated in implementation projects, if granted:

• Demonstration of water saving at selected companies to verify systematic method for water mapping and to develop a calculation model that also shows indirect savings and added value with water savings.
• Build local collaboration and system solutions for water saving.
• Advisory services to companies within water saving.
• Regional/national business network to educate and exchange experiences in water saving.

All the methods and initiatives that will be developed will be directly scalable from regional to national level, to promote the effective dissemination of the project's results.

PROSPERITY is a three-year project that examines how product-service business models can promote resource- efficiency and reduced climatic impacts via novel modes of production, consumption and use. Product-services are seen as a means to revolutionise the way in which consumers satisfy their needs and wants whilst making significant resource efficiency gains across the value chain. Yet there is a lack of knowledge on the ways in which existing and potential users of product-services contribute to business model development, and on how consumer behaviour can support or hinder resource-efficiency gains. Further, whilst recent studies have hypothesised the potential roles business models can play in the transition to a more sustainable society, there is a lack of empirical evidence to show that such developments can reorient sociotechnical systems and transform practices related to the consumption and use of manufactured products. PROSPERITY adopts a multidisciplinary approach that merges perspectives on business models, social practice theory and transition theory to study the development of new business models in in highly polluting manufacturing industries within Sweden and the Netherlands. The project aims to generate knowledge that will push boundaries within the academic community and benefit societal practitioners that seek to bring about enduring change towards a more climate-friendly and efficient use of natural resources.

This is a preparatory project that focuses on identifying measures with great potential for water saving and creating conditions for implementing and evaluating the methods in an implementation project.

The purpose of the project is to gather the most important actors and create conditions for reducing water consumption in households in Sweden by identifying and characterizing methods that can be used for this purpose so that informative decisions can be made and the methods that give the greatest effect can be implemented.

Within the project, good examples of solutions that have been used nationally and internationally have been collected. Solutions in the following areas are identified:

• Policy and legislation
• Restrictions
• Financial incentives
• Information
• Nudging
• Technical solutions
• Alternative water quality
• Shared water use
• Combinations of methods above