Challenges
Access Cities gathers urban challenges from the five project cites across four countries. Click here to see all active challenges
Access Cities' partners are available to support the application process in their local market. Visit 'Markets' to learn more about each market, and who to get in touch with.
News
Ambitious new Act in New York creates the world’s biggest retrofit market
In April 2019, the most aggressive climate legislation (Climate Mobilization Act) to date for buildings, was passed in New York City Council. There are 11 pieces […]
Novenco’s fan technology can deliver on New York City’s ambitious building efficiency code
In September 2019, the Danish-based company NOVENCO Building & Industry was selected among the finalists in the Access Cities New York Open Innovation on Air Quality […]
The Access Cities 2019 Open Innovation Calls led to en-hanced collaboration and new calls
More than 80 submissions to the Open Innovation Calls in New York and Copenhagen resulted in brand new ideas and insights as well as enhanced collaboration […]
The next Access Cities Open Innovation Call will take place in Munich
Access Cities is happy to announce that the next Open Innovation Call will be launched in April 2020, and will take place in Munich. The call […]
Impact Farm – A vertical farm & food hub
The vison of Human Habitat, a Danish design and build studio is to be actively engaged in rebuilding a decentralised food system and creating ecologically vital […]
Access Cities is an international, public-private project, which aims to strengthen sustainable urban development in five project cities: New York City, Singapore, Munich and the Danish cities of Copenhagen and Aarhus. The project connects actors working with sustainable urban development in the pursuit of game-changing solutions to common issues confronting cities. Access Cities will develop innovative, viable and scalable responses to the most pressing sustainability challenges faced by global city hubs today and tomorrow – in collaboration and via the exchange of documented learnings within the sustainability space.
Access Cities is funded by the Danish Industry Foundation and co-financed by the project partners: State of Green (project lead), the Confederation of Danish Industry, Quercus Group, Climate-KIC, the City of Copenhagen and the City of Aarhus.