Clean Energy Innovation Park, Stockholm

Windborne are currently engaged in negotiations for the development of a new major city neighbourhood project in the Stockholm area. The project will contain an Innovation Park focussed upon research, development, entrepreneurial activities within the sustainable energy sector. The Project, with the working title
"Clean Energy Innovation Park”, is aimed at creating a leading international centre for clean energy technology and will involve a close collaboration between Scandinavian and international corporations, research institutions and academic centres.

Exciting Collaboration with Züblin Scandinavia in the field of Geo-thermal Energy

Windborne International has established a collaboration with Züblin Scandinavia to deliver turn-key Ground Source Heating and Cooling installations (GSHC) to the Scandinavian market and to other parts of the European. Outside of Scandinavia, the UK is the focus of particular attention due to the immense effort which is being made to introduce sustainable energy solutions.

In Scandinavia, the collaboration with Züblin has been extended to incorporate Scandinavia's leading building services company, Bravida. This collaboration will operate through a newly formed joint venture company called Rock Energy Solutions and will offer the market total GSHC solutions embracing both the geothermal and above ground heating, ventilating, cooling, hot water and power components of the system.

The above collaborations will focus upon the provision of total GSHC solutions for commercial and institutional properties as well as larger housing schemes and infrastructural projects.

ESPRO: The European Forum for Sustainable Property Development

During the late Spring 2008 ESPRO will be holding a European Conference entitled “Real estate and its transition from being an energy consumer to becoming a sustainable energy producer”.

San Francisco, USA September

Robert Windborne, in his capacity as Chairman of The Windborne International Group, spoke to an audience of venture capitalists, researchers and developers on the topic of "Sustainable Energy Solutions for the Real EstateSector".

Copenhagen May

Robert Windborne, in his capacity as Chairman of FNV Energy Limited, spoke on the topic "Sustainable Energy Solutions for the Property Sector".

The talk was held before an audience of property managers and focussed upon the opportunities for achieving vastly increased energy efficiency, reduced costs and a largely carbon neutral energy solutions by deploying "Local Source Heating, Cooling and Powering" technology.
This technology is oriented around advanced heat pump technology operating as an integral part of an interactive system deploying efficient energy recycling, solar collectors/panels and /or the underground extraction and storage of geothermal heat and free cooling as well as bio-fuelled CHP power generators.

Oxford University June

Robert Windborne, in his capacity as Chairman of The European Forum for Sustainable Property Development (ESPRO), was an invited Speaker at a conference on sustainable development at Oxford University. The audience comprised representatives of The European Property Developers Association and invited guests.
The topic of the talk was "The Response by the Property Sector to the Threat of Global Warming".

Brussels: The European Commission 2007

Robert Windborne, Chairman of The European Forum for Sustainable Property Development (ESPRO) spoke at the 2nd European Forum on ECO Innovationon (ETAP) June 11 2007. The Conference, organised by The European Commission, operates as a forum for the introduction of sustainable practices into the European property and construction industries.

ESPRO: The European Forum for Sustainable Property Development
Seminar in London April 6 2005

"The Move towards Sustainable Property Development in Europè"

ESPRO is concerned with the promotion of sustainable property development in Europe and is the result of extensive collaboration between governmental and other public sector  organisations as well as property companies and institutions in Sweden and the UK.

An ESPRO Seminar will be held on April 6  in London. The sponsors for this Seminar are The Swedish Energy Agency and The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

The Reader is referred to the following Seminar Programme.

Silverdal: The Stockholm Environmental Science Park

The Pfizer pharmaceuticals company has recently decided to establish a new office at Silverdal and has commissioned Skanska as the Main Contractor.

The office will be 31,000 m2 in size and, with an investment of some 80 million Euros, will be one of the largest office projects to be commenced in the Stockholm region in recent years.

Pfizer's President for Sweden,  Lars Gunneflo, says: "We are building an office that will be a natural meeting place for the various parties active in Swedish health and medical care".

Jimmy Bengtsson, Business Manager for Skanska Sweden says: "We believe that Pfizer's decision to select Silverdal will attract more companies to invest here".