Consultancy

CONSULTANCY

Urban Sustainability

Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Action Plans

Cities are both perpetrators of and causalities of global climate crisis!
We support municipalities in setting future targets and developing their roadmaps for a low carbon and resilient development. In addition to technological solutions, we aspire to incorporate ecosystem based approaches and nature based solutions in urban strategies.
Through integrated solutions, we aim not only to reduce carbon emissions, but also to create resilient and harmonious cities.

Throughout our projects, we aim to establish a mutual collaboration for sharing of experiences and capacity building with municipality teams. While designing your mitigation and adaptation actions, we prioritize to your problems and take your local knowledge into consideration. As necessary, we provide capacity development and training support on the issues you may need regarding local climate action.

Method

Establishing a greenhouse gas emission inventory covering energy use in buildings, transportation, industry and product use, waste / wastewater management, agriculture and livestock sectors
Analysis of current situation
Setting goals
Scenario analysis and projections
Identification of mitigation and adaptation actions
Creation of the implementation plan
Development of monitoring strategy
Institutional capacity building and training

Benefits

Contribution to the national climate change endeavours
Legal compliance and preparation
Reputable and responsible cities
Climate resilient cities
Traceable / tangible goals
International collaboration opportunities and access to funds

Industrial Sustainability

Cleaner Production and Resource Efficiency

While production processes increase the pressure on global resources, increasing costs are pushing both the producer and the consumer towards resource efficiency. Within the scope of cleaner production and resource efficiency (eco-efficiency) projects, we determine the solutions that will increase the competitiveness of your company. We identify areas of improvement specific to your facility by combining environmental practices with joint sectoral experiences.

Method

Identification of processes and resource flows (materials, waste, energy) with potential for improvement (hot-spot analysis)
Identifying clean production practices for efficient production and business processes
Evaluation of the environmental, technical and financial impacts of the proposed practices
Ensuring the sustainability of the cleaner production approach with monitoring strategies and training

Benefits

Decreasing resource consumption
Increasing competitiveness with lower production costs
Reduced product footprint
Reduced carbon emissions

Industrial Symbiosis

Did you know that by-products that cannot be used in production and wastes that require costly management can be valuable raw materials for others? With the industrial symbiosis approach, we work to establish mutually beneficial relations with the exchange of waste, by-products, water, and waste heat and to develop shared solutions in the fields of infrastructure, human resources and logistics. We contribute to the circular economy by identifying regional or sectoral industrial symbiosis opportunities. Method

Field visits and surveys
Identification of potential synergies
Organizing synergy workshops and trainings
Selecting opportunities and conducting environmental, technical and financial analyzes
Concerning the possibilities of industrial symbiosis

Benefits

Generating income by creating value from waste and reducing waste management costs
Increasing competitiveness
Transition to environmentally friendly production
Compliance with current and evolving legal regulations
Contribution to green OIZ targets