Scandinavian Green Public Procurement Alliance on Non-Road Motorized Machines
In this project Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm worked on lowering their carbon emission footprint through green public procurement processes within a previously unexplored NRMM sector for safeguarding health, environment and climate and ensuring cost effectiveness and bring that knowledge out to other cities.
While cities have focus on how to stimulate reductions in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and air pollution in urban areas from road transport, there is also a growing interest in the Non-Road Mobile Machinery (NRMM) sector. The reason is that the NRMM sector has become an increasingly significant source of CO2 and air pollution: in the EU the NRMM sector is responsible for around 15 percent of the total NOx emissions and 5 percent of the total emission of particulate matters. NRMM is also accountable for about 2 percent of the annual total greenhouse gas emissions in the EU.
In the project Scandinavian Green Procurement Alliance on Non-Road Mobile Machinery, capital cities of Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm worked on lowering their carbon emission footprint. This will happen through green public procurement processes within a previously unexplored NRMM sector for safeguarding health, environment and climate and ensuring cost effectiveness and bring that knowledge out to other cities.
Transnational alliance to push the market in a greener direction
The Cities of Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm have set goals on being CO2-neutral in the near future, and the cities are also part of the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance (CNCA) and support the network’s aggressive long-term carbon reduction goals. For cities such as Copenhagen, Stockholm and Oslo, there is an unexplored potential to collaborate through strategic Green Public Procurements to transform the field of NRMM’s. The potential involves safeguarding health, environmental and climate and ensuring cost effectiveness and bring knowledge out to other cities in CNCA, C40 and other organizations. By joining forces in the project the cities strengthens the cooperation between large cities across country borders. Transnational procurement is a new way to strengthen procurement power between cities.
Non-road mobile machinery covers various types of machinery, including gardening tools (e.g. lawn mowers and hand-held chainsaws), construction machinery (e.g. bull dozers and trucks) and agricultural vehicles. The project will initially concentrate on four product groups for non-road procurement that are all present in the cities of the partnership in relatively high volumes:
Riding lawn mowers
Large wheel loaders
Road sweeping machines
Mini tractors
You can find the results and experiences of the project in the below publication.
Lessons Learned Report
Read a summary of the experiences of the partners in the project
The City of Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm and Gate 21 were funded for this work through the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance Innovation Fund. The project also involved the following cities as followers: Boulder, New York, Portland, Vancouver, Hamburg, London, Boston, San Francisco and Minneapolis. Read more here.
Funding
The total budget for the project wasUSD 100,000, financed by CNCA (Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance).
This baseline report focuses on the reduction potentials for CO2 and particulate matter (PM) in regards of procurement of a number of wheel loaders. Find CO2-baseline report here.
Scandinavian Green Public Procurement Alliance on NRMM
Scandinavian Green Public Procurement Alliance on Non-Road Motorized Machines
In this project Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm worked on lowering their carbon emission footprint through green public procurement processes within a previously unexplored NRMM sector for safeguarding health, environment and climate and ensuring cost effectiveness and bring that knowledge out to other cities.
While cities have focus on how to stimulate reductions in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and air pollution in urban areas from road transport, there is also a growing interest in the Non-Road Mobile Machinery (NRMM) sector. The reason is that the NRMM sector has become an increasingly significant source of CO2 and air pollution: in the EU the NRMM sector is responsible for around 15 percent of the total NOx emissions and 5 percent of the total emission of particulate matters. NRMM is also accountable for about 2 percent of the annual total greenhouse gas emissions in the EU.
In the project Scandinavian Green Procurement Alliance on Non-Road Mobile Machinery, capital cities of Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm worked on lowering their carbon emission footprint. This will happen through green public procurement processes within a previously unexplored NRMM sector for safeguarding health, environment and climate and ensuring cost effectiveness and bring that knowledge out to other cities.
Transnational alliance to push the market in a greener direction
The Cities of Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm have set goals on being CO2-neutral in the near future, and the cities are also part of the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance (CNCA) and support the network’s aggressive long-term carbon reduction goals. For cities such as Copenhagen, Stockholm and Oslo, there is an unexplored potential to collaborate through strategic Green Public Procurements to transform the field of NRMM’s. The potential involves safeguarding health, environmental and climate and ensuring cost effectiveness and bring knowledge out to other cities in CNCA, C40 and other organizations. By joining forces in the project the cities strengthens the cooperation between large cities across country borders. Transnational procurement is a new way to strengthen procurement power between cities.
Non-road mobile machinery covers various types of machinery, including gardening tools (e.g. lawn mowers and hand-held chainsaws), construction machinery (e.g. bull dozers and trucks) and agricultural vehicles. The project will initially concentrate on four product groups for non-road procurement that are all present in the cities of the partnership in relatively high volumes:
You can find the results and experiences of the project in the below publication.
Lessons Learned Report
Read a summary of the experiences of the partners in the project
Press in Denmark
‘Som de første i verden: København køber klimavenlige gummigeder‘
‘Københavns Kommune vil købe grønne maskiner‘
‘København vil have klimavenlige gummigeder‘
The project is funded by:
Partners
The City of Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm and Gate 21 were funded for this work through the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance Innovation Fund. The project also involved the following cities as followers: Boulder, New York, Portland, Vancouver, Hamburg, London, Boston, San Francisco and Minneapolis. Read more here.
Funding
The total budget for the project wasUSD 100,000, financed by CNCA (Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance).
Project Leader and Project Contact
Kenneth Jørgensen, Project Manager, Gate 21
kenneth.joergensen@gate21.dk
Duration
November 2016 – April 2019
Information and links about the Dynamic Purchasing System
Check out initial Market Dialogue in May 2019 at the Mercell platform.
Check out the Dynamic Purchasing System running from November 2019 to June 2025 here.
Find the documents from the Dynamic Purchasing System below:
Invitation for tenderers to the Dynamic Purchasing System (English PDF)
Instructions for tenderers (English PDF)
Wheel loader specification and pricelist (English Excel)
Market analysis NRMM
Find market analysis for Non-Road Mobile Machinery Sector here.
CO2-Baseline
This baseline report focuses on the reduction potentials for CO2 and particulate matter (PM) in regards of procurement of a number of wheel loaders.
Find CO2-baseline report here.