Re-Solve: To detect Innovation Challenges

Purpose and goal

The project´s goal was to locate challenges in the field of environment and sustainable development at Uppsala Knivsta and Heby municipalities. A number of these challenges were described and analyzed. The project resulted in a number of defined challenges and a draft of a process for an innovation competition was developed. It could be noted during the project that it was difficult to identify specific challenges for an innovation competition. This was partly due to the fact that many of the challenges consisted partly was in the absence of a clear owner.

Results and expected effects

The report presents a number of challenges that could have the potential to serve as a start for an innovation competition. The proposals include for example coordination of transportation, coordination of local food production, coordination of local energy, energy storage and management of storm water. The project also presents a proposal of a process for an innovation competition. Two of the project participants (CSD and E-lab) wrote an application to VINNOVA for an innovation contest for how storm water will be handled in the city of Uppsala.

Approach and implementation

The project was carried out on the basis of an analytical method developed in collaboration between CSD and E-lab. Information was gathered through interviews with a number of key individuals and through workshops. Almost all the interviews and workshops were conducted in the different municipalities.