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16 November

LIFE UrbanStorm and Interreg CB Cleanstormwater international conference held

2022-11-16T15:44:30+02:00

Conference was held  9 – 10 novembril 2022 in Viimsi Artium. • 1st day 9:30 – 16:00 LIFE UrbanStorm project results • Day 2 9:30 – 13:15 Interreg CB CleanStormWater project results The purpose of the conference was to summarise the results of two cross-border cooperation projects, LIFE UrbanStorm and CleanStormWater, by exchanging information, experiences, and best practices: • how to develop sustainable and climate-proof stormwater systems, and • how to reduce [...]

LIFE UrbanStorm and Interreg CB Cleanstormwater international conference held2022-11-16T15:44:30+02:00
6 December

UrbanStorm is a finalist for Baltic Sustainability Awards

2021-12-06T18:10:17+02:00

We are happy to announce that LIFE UrbanStorm is one of the finalists of the Rimi Baltic Sustainability Awards! Expert Jury evaluated 323 applications and selected three finalists in each subcategory. LIFE UrbanStorm is the finalist in the Impact category in subcategory 'NGOs and public sector'. Read more about the awards here. All finalist submissions will be presented at the Awards Ceremony on December 9, where one winner in each [...]

UrbanStorm is a finalist for Baltic Sustainability Awards2021-12-06T18:10:17+02:00
26 November

Training Program for Engineers – Sustainable Stormwater Systems

2022-07-25T23:57:44+03:00

Within the LIFE UrbanStorm project, a training program on sustainable rainwater systems will be held, which is aimed mainly at engineers in the field of water and sewage, as well as designers, planners and other specialists who are interested in planning natural, i.e. sustainable, rainwater systems. The training course provides an overview of the problems related to stormwater in the changing climate and introduces nature based, sustainable rainwater systems and [...]

Training Program for Engineers – Sustainable Stormwater Systems2022-07-25T23:57:44+03:00
9 November

UrbanStorm at LIFE in the New European Bauhaus

2021-11-09T19:25:56+02:00

UrbanStorm will present a poster about the project during the "Beautiful, sustainable, together: LIFE in the New European Bauhaus " event. The event takes place on 15-17 November 2021 and will involve many different projects, experts in the field and institutions, as well as artists and "special guests", all in line with the culture-art-people centred approach of the New European Bauhaus. The three days will focus on three specific topics [...]

UrbanStorm at LIFE in the New European Bauhaus2021-11-09T19:25:56+02:00
18 August

Viimsi municipal council approved the development plan for adaptation to climate change

2022-07-25T23:55:12+03:00

Yesterday, on August 17, the Viimsi municipality council adopted the Viimsi municipality climate change adaptation development plan 2021-2031, the main goal of which is to increase the municipality's readiness and ability to adapt to the effects of climate change and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Being one of the first municipalities in Estonia to have prepared such a plan, Viimsi has set one of its development goals to make the [...]

Viimsi municipal council approved the development plan for adaptation to climate change2022-07-25T23:55:12+03:00
17 June

UrbanStorm participates in the creation of Tallinn Climate Action Plan

2021-06-17T16:39:35+03:00

A climate plan consists of two parts: climate change mitigation (CO2 reduction) and adaptation. One of the activities of the LIFE UrbanStorm project was the development of the adaptation part of the climate plan for Tallinn. The Estonian Environmental Research Center won the Tallinn Energy Agency's public procurement for the creation of the Tallinn Climate Plan, which in cooperation with the Baltic Environmental Forum (Laura Remmelgas, Sandra Oisalu, Jolanda Lipu, [...]

UrbanStorm participates in the creation of Tallinn Climate Action Plan2021-06-17T16:39:35+03:00
7 December

Completion of the Karulaugu parking lot

2020-12-07T11:00:18+02:00

Look at the photos in the gallery of how the car park was completed on Karulaugu Road, where a sustainable stormwater solution model area was built within the LIFE UrbanStorm project. The aim of the demonstration area is to create a stormwater system close to nature, which reduces the rapid entry of stormwater into sewers and thus prevents flooding.

Completion of the Karulaugu parking lot2020-12-07T11:00:18+02:00
19 November

Two test areas in Viimsi completed

2020-11-19T15:53:56+02:00

In the course of the LIFE UrbanStorm project, sustainable rainwater solutions were built in Viimsi in two test areas - Viimsi manor park and Randvere tee car park, which help to reduce the rapid entry of rainwater into the sewerage system and thus prevent flooding. The results of the project show how such solutions improve urban space by being more attractive and flexible in adapting to climate change than the [...]

Two test areas in Viimsi completed2020-11-19T15:53:56+02:00
18 November

UrbanStorm second round table

2020-11-19T15:55:01+02:00

A virtual round table of the project LIFE UrbanStorm will take place on 20 November. The round table starts at 10 AM EET and finishes approximately at noon. At the round table we will present the results achieved in the project during the last year: Methodology for Tallinn city stormwater taxing system Main findings of the study visits (Copenhagen / Malmö and Helsinki) Tallinn City Sustainable Energy and Climate Change [...]

UrbanStorm second round table2020-11-19T15:55:01+02:00