Be prepared, the king and queen is coming to town…

Yesterday I visited Forum and the preparations for the Bright Green Expo and to be honest everything seems to be in order, even the ginger cookies for the Lucia celebration tasted great. I have high expectations and the taste of success in my mouth.
















One thing is for sure, the interest is big. This I can tell you Alice, some of the speakers and visitors are even more well known than ÅF, you and me. What do you say about names like Viktoria H.R.H The Crown Princess of Sweden, Haakon H.R.H The Crown Prince of Norway and Frederik André Henrik Christian H.R.H The Crown Prince of Denmark. To be followed by other names like Prime Minister of Denmark, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and our own Swedish Minister for Trade, Ewa Björling. And they will all visit ÅF, our stand and our city of sustainability, SymbioCity. So what can I tell you, come well prepared, You might even want to bring a camera, occasions like this are rare, and all in the name of, sustainability, energy efficiency our own core business. I think the world is turning. Maybe you should talk to Björn Qvist, responsible for Green Building Design at ÅF (and my boss), that he is going to greet all the visiting guests and that there will be some nice hands to shake and some great networks to be built. And Björn, it’s just another day at work in the green building sector.

And when I’m at the subject, I visited a seminar her at COP15 held by our fellow neighbors, Denmark on the subject Building green in Denmark. There sure are some smart people here in Denmark and with high ambitions, or what do you say about making Copenhagen CO2 neutral by 2025. I think there are things to be learned from each other and it’s a never ending developing process, and that’s just what sustainability is about.

By the way, did you hear the interview with the American, Elinor Ostrom, winner of The 2009 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. She got the question about what the delegates here at COP15 should focus on. Her answer was; support development of new technical solutions in the field of energy efficiency. And second; influence, inform and support building owners to not only identify problems but to carry out energy efficiency measures. One smart woman! Looks like we’re going to have a Bright Green future after all.

/ Anders @ COP15

PS. Media will be here too, a new tie might be good. Or what ever you like to wear when you get your picture taken.