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GREEN BOND
IMPACT REPORT 2018

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GREEN BOND IMPACT REPORT 2018 - STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL - Sll
TABLE OF CONTENTS

3   GREEN BOND IMPACT REPORT, MARCH 2018

4   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

6   COUNTY COUNCIL’S ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME 2017–2021

6   STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL’S GREEN BONDS

7   STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL’S FRAMEWORK FOR GREEN BONDS

7   IMPROVED FUTURE REPORTING ON GREEN BONDS

8   FEEDBACK ON THE GREEN BONDS AND GREEN FINANCE

9   INVESTOR MEETINGS

10 STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL’S PROJECTS FOR GREEN INVESTMENTS
GREEN BOND IMPACT REPORT 2018 - STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL - Sll
GREEN BOND IMPACT REPORT, MARCH 2018

 “Stockholm is experiencing rapid growth
 and Stockholm County Council is now
 making historic and necessary investments
 in healthcare and public transport. Green
 bonds are a good fit for our environmental
 efforts. As a major actor, we need to be
 conscious of making investments that are
 of a sustainable nature.”
 Malin Frenning, CEO Stockholm County Council

                                                       “The County Council’s investments must
                                                       be made with the smallest environmental
                                                       impact possible. The investments are well
                                                       suited to green bonds where we turn to
                                                       investors who value our environmental
                                                       efforts. Through clear and transparent
                                                       reporting for green projects, we hope to
                                                       provide investors more reasons to choose
                                                       green investments.”
                                                       Frida Korneliusson, CEO Stockholm County
                                                       Council Treasury

 “Actors like the Stockholm County Council
 are essential for leading the way and demon-
 strating it is possible for the world to reduce
 climate emissions sufficiently to remain
 below a global warming of 1.5–2 degrees,
 set by the Paris Agreement.”
 Charlotta Brask, Head of Sustainability at
 Stockholm County Council

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

                      Stockholm County Council reports it’s Green Bonds impact in accordance
                      with the Nordic Public Sector Issuers: Position Paper on Green Bonds Impact                                      Nordic
                                                                                                                                              Public Sec
                                                                                                                                                        tor Issu

                                                                                                                                    Positio
                                                                                                                                                                ers:

                      Reporting, published in October 2017 by a group of Nordic public sector green                                on Gre n Paper
                                                                                                                                   Impacten Bonds
                      bond issuers. Any deviations from the Position Paper recommendations will                                    Report
                                                                                                                                          ing
                      be indicated in our reports.
                                                                                                                                  October

                                                                                                                                  2017

                      For more information: sll.se > Choose language > English > investor relations
                      > funding programmes > Nordic issuers release guide on green bonds impact reporting

                  GREEN BONDS ISSUANCE AND GREEN PROJECT PORTFOLIO

                    7 000

                    6 000
    SEK million

                    5 000

                    4 000

                    3 000

                    2 000

                    1 000

                         0
                                 2014                              2015                           2016                            2017
                       Disbursed to projects/total amounts approved to projects                     SEK 1.1 bn green bond (2014)
                       SEK 1.8 bn green bond (2015)                SEK 1.5 bn green bond (2016)             SEK 2.0 bn green bond (2017)
                  All green bonds are fully invested.

                    GHG IMPACT AND GREEN INDICATORS, DIVIDED BY DISBURSED AMOUNTS FOR GREEN BONDS

                                                                    GHG emissions                                Disbursed
                                                                    reduced/avoided                              amounts to                          Impact CO2e
                    Project category                                CO2e1/year (tonnes) Other result             projects, SEK mn                    (tonnes)/SEK mn
                    Green Buildings                                         13 600                                      3 353                                           4

                    Renewable energy (own production)                       4 400

                    Clean transportation                                     6 100                                     1 5522                                           4
                    (excluding Roslagsbanan)
                    Waste management                                           n/a           See individual
                                                                                             reports
                    Total                                                  19 700                                      4 9052                                          n/a
                    (Reduced emissions from Renewable
                    energy are excluded from this total as it is
                    already partly included in Green buildings)

                    Disbursed amounts w. GHG impact                                                                    4 9052                                           4
                    SEK mn
                    Annual renewable energy                           30 000 MWh
                    generation, MWh
                    Annual energy savings, MWh                            6 900 MWh
                    (compared to national building
                    requirements)

                  1 Calculations have been made on CO 2 emissions, with a GWP warming potential of 1. Thus the value in CO 2 equals the value in CO 2 e

                   (Carbon dioxide equivalents).
                  2 Due to new impact report guidelines, there is no updated information at the moment about GHG emissions reduced/avoided for

                   issued bond 2014, 2015 (Roslagsbanan). Hence, the disbursed amount for Roslagsbanan is not part of 1 552 mn and not part of 4905 mn.
                   Also due to very low amount disbursed to New depot Högdalen, it is not part of the impact figures.

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Key procedural aspects
• Each project is selected according to the Stockholm County Council Green Bonds Framework available on sll.se
  > Choose language > English > investor relations > funding programmes > green bond > framework for green bonds
• Stockholm County Council reports on a project basis, and in Swedish kronor (SEK).
• For this document, the reporting period ends on 31 December 2017.
Key reporting methodology
• Stockholm County Council reports on the basis of the share of the project’s total investment cost
  financed with green bonds (net of redemptions).
• Impacts are based on outstanding disbursed amounts to projects in Stockholm County Council Green Bonds 2014–
  2017 with exception of Roslagsbanan (2014 and 2015). Our ambition is to include this impact parameter in next report.
• Impact is principally reported on expected impact (ex ante), unless clearly stated as ex post.

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STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL’S
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME 2017–2021

    Stockholm County is a dynamic and rapidly                 takes national and global responsibility for the
    growing region requiring major investments in             production of goods and services that are procured.
    public transport and healthcare to facilitate
    successful development. The County Council aims           The County Council’s environmental programme
    to contribute to sustainable development in the           covers five areas:
    region, by way of limited environmental impact.           • Sustainable procurement
                                                              • Climate commitment
    The County Council is taking a comprehensive              • Healthcare
    approach to reducing environmental impact from            • Public transport and other transports
    properties and installations, pharmaceuticals,            • Properties and installations
    textiles, food and travel. The County Council also

    STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL’S GREEN BONDS

    In May 2014, Stockholm County Council was the             Any financing raised by the County Council within
    first county council in Sweden to issue a green bond.     the green bond framework is earmarked for
    A green bond has been issued each year since.             environmental projects and is held in a separate tra-
                                                              ceable account that is allocated for investments that
    Green bonds are a way of financing investment             meet specific environmental criteria.
    projects with a particular environmental focus.
    They are a tool for raising awareness of climate-­        The Eligible Projects are selected jointly by the
    related challenges and solutions while safeguarding       Stockholm County Council Treasury and the
    green development projects in the county. In terms        Sustainability Department. They are then approved
    of risk, return, legislation and documentation, green     by a Steering Group for Green Bonds consisting of
    bonds have the same characteristics as other invest-      executive managers from the the County Council’s
    ments. They currently account for only a small per-       local bodies, strictly following the following four
    centage of the overall bond market, however interest      steps:
    and demand for green bonds is growing rapidly.            • Stockholm County Council Treasury initiates the
                                                                screening process and a project group is formed.
                                                              • The project group for green bonds determines the
      ISSUED GREEN BONDS
                                                                portfolio of green projects to be financed by a
      Year      Loan amount        Issued green bonds           potential green bond issuance.
      2014      SEK 1.1 billion    6 years                    • The Stockholm County Council Sustainability
                                                                Department evaluates all the proposed projects
      2015      SEK 1.8 billion    6 years
                                                                to ensure compliance with laws and regulations,
      2016      SEK 1.5 billion    5 years and 4 months         Stockholm County Council environmental and
      2017      SEK 2.0 billion    5 years                      social policies as well as the Stockholm County
                                                                Council Green Bond Framework.
                                                              • The Steering Group for green bonds has final
                                                                authority in determining the final list of eligible
                                                                green projects, to be financed by green bonds.

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STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL’S FRAMEWORK
FOR GREEN BONDS

The county council’s green financing complies with
a framework for green bonds. The framework stipu-        sll.se > Choose language > English > investor
lates how the selection process of green projects is     relations > funding programmes > green
to be conducted, how the money is to be managed in       bond > framework for green bonds
separate accounts and how the communication and
reporting on the projects will ensure transparency
for investors.

IMPROVED REPORTING ON GREEN BONDS

In 2016, Stockholm County Council began, in            Signatories are: City of Göteborg (Sweden),
cooperation with other Nordic public issuers of        Kommunalbanken (Norway), Kommuninvest
green bonds, an effort to formulate a common           (Sweden), Municipality Finance (Finland),
approach to feedback reporting. The cooperation        Norrköping Municipality (Sweden), Örebro Munici-
is founded on the conviction that a common Nordic      pality (Sweden), Svensk Exportkredit (Sweden),
position will offer valuable insight for other green   Municipality of Lund (Sweden), Region Skåne
bond issuers as well as the investor market in gene-   (Sweden) and Stockholm County Council (Sweden).
ral. There is also a value in sharing experiences
and expertise.

The objective is to develop a transparent, harmoni-
sed and relevant approach to reporting the effects
of green bonds. The group’s ambition is to continue
to develop the guide for Nordic issuers of green
bonds published in the second half of 2017.

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FEEDBACK ON GREEN BONDS AND GREEN FINANCE
    The first green bond issued by Stockholm County             In June 2017, the County Council’s fourth green
    Council in 2014, funded two investment projects             bond was issued in the amount of SEK 2.0 billion
    with a particular environmental focus: the Roslags-         and pertains to three projects: the construction of
    banan expansion programme and the new construc-             New Karolinska Solna, the upgrade of the Metro’s
    tion and renovation of Södertälje Hospital. The             Red Line and the establishment of a depot in
    proceeds from the first green bond, SEK 1.1 billion,        Högdalen as part of the expansion of the entire
    has been fully invested as of 31 March 2015.                subway network.

    The second green bond, in the amount of SEK 1.8             The table below is continuously uppdated, on sll.se,
    billion, was issued in May 2015 and was intended for        with Stockholm County Council’s green investment
    three projects: the Roslagsbanan expansion pro-             expenditures.
    gramme, the construction of New Karolinska Solna,
    and the new construction and reconstruction of              All projects are reported according to the guide for
    Södertälje Hospital.                                        Nordic issuers of green bonds except the new Metro,
                                                                a new depot in Högdalen, as it only represents a
    The third green bond, in the amount of SEK 1.5              small portion of the proceeds.
    billion was issued in May 2016 and pertains to three
    projects: the construction of New Karolinska Solna,
    the upgrade of the Metro’s Red Line and new
    construction and renovations of Södertälje Hospital.

                                                       Green bond       Green bond        Green bond        Green bond
                                       Total green     2014 (SEK 1.1    2015 (SEK 1.8     2016 (SEK 1.5     2017 (SEK 2.0
                                       financing       billion) Fully   billion) Fully    billion) Fully    billion) Fully
     Projects           Total          (where of       invested 31/3    invested 31/3     invested 30/6     invested 31/12
     MSEK               investment     green bond)     2015             2016              2017              2017
     Expansion of          8 455           1 495              915             580           Not part of       Not part of
     Roslagsbanan                        (1 495)                                            this bond         this bond
     New- and              1 200             785              185             375               225           Not part of
     reconstrution                         (785)                                                              this bond
     of Södertälje
     Hospital
     New Karolinska       18 500           6 323         Not part of          845               723              1 000
     Solna                               (2 568)         this bond
     Red line             13 200            7409         Not part of      Not part of           552                   957
     programme                            (1509)         this bond        this bond
     The new Metro,        1 600              43         Not part of      Not part of       Not part of                43
     a new depot                            (43)         this bond        this bond         this bond
     in Högdalen

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INVESTOR MEETINGS
The County Council works actively to provide
transparency for investors. An example of this is
the investor meetings that the County Council holds
regularly. The projects financed with green bonds
have been of particular interest to investors and the
meetings have been well attended. Examples of
meeting venues include the NKS, Södertälje Hospital,
ambulance care services and the electric boat
serving Saltsjön.

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STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL’S PROJECTS
     FOR GREEN INVESTMENTS

     New construction and renovation of Södertälje Hospital
     Södertälje Hospital is being expanded and moder­        A key goal of the project is to meet the requirements
     nised to create more modern and efficient premises.     of the Sweden Green Building Council’s Gold level
     The project is intended to meet the anticipated         of certification and to support achieving the County
     increased need of care capacity in the immediate        Council’s environmental goals including having an
     area by 2020. An important starting point for the       energy consumption that is at least 30 per cent lower
     project is that the hospital should enable greater      than that specified in Boverket’s regulations for new
     flexibility for the future. The technical systems are   buildings. The regulations for new building specify
     duplicated, providing a back-up system to cope with     125 kWh/m2 per year, whereas the forecast for the
     outages in more than one section.                       new Södertälje Hospital is 76 kWh/m2 per year.

     One of the major challenges is to implement the
     project on a relatively small property while ensuring
     the hospital remains fully operational.

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Other goals in the project are to:                                      • use the building materials assessment systems to
• achieve greater interactivity and process                                 ensure approved materials are incorporated in the
  orientation for cohesive outpatient care and                              buildings
  sterile technology                                                    •   reduce energy consumption over time
• achieve better logical links between inpatient                        •   dispose of waste in an eco-friendly way
  care, emergency department and treatment                              •   ensure that transports are efficient and environ-
  functions                                                                 mentally friendly
• create generally designed wards for greater                           •   avoid substances with a detrimental impact on
  flexibility                                                               health and the environment
• ensure that the working environment for staff
  meets current demands without reducing the
  available range of care

    SÖDERTÄLJE HOSPITAL

    Category            Project                    Indicators                          Unit             Baseline /benchmark
    Renewable           Geothermal energy          Capacity of renewable               170 MWh2
    energy              (cooling)                  energy plant
                                                   Actual production of                170 MWh2
                                                   renewable energy
                                                   Annual GHG emissions                30 tonnes
                                                   reduced/ avoided                    CO2e2
    Green               New building               Annual energy avoided,              900 MWh3         National building
    Buildings1          standard exceeding         compared to national buil-                           code BBR19
                        building standard          ding requirements
                        requirements               Annual GHG emissions                300 tonnes
                                                   reduced/avoided                     CO2e 4

                        Green energy               Percentage renewable                99 %             54 % Swedish average,
                        being used                 energy sources                                       Swedish Board of Energy
                                                   Annual GHG emissions                450 tonnes       (Energi­myndigheten) 2016
                                                   reduced/avoided using               CO2e 4
                                                   green energy

                        Environmentally            Percentage of materials             92 %
                        friendly materials         being used acecpted in
                        being used                 Byggvarubedömningen
    Waste               Resource preserving Improvement in material                    97.5 %           National benchmark not
    management          waste treatment     recovery rate compared to                  recovery         available.6
                        (construction       national references                        incl.
                        materials)                                                     energy5

1
    Theoretical values for electricity, heating and cooling from energycalculations in the report Energiberäkning Nya Södertälje
    Sjukhus Byggnad 19–20 dated 2016-03-15. In some cases actual values has been used as reference for quality check. CO2eq./kWh
    for electricity comes from Vattenfall, EPD waterpower. https://www.vattenfall.se/globalassets/foretag/miljo/miljovarudeklaration-
    epd-vattenkraft.pdf. CO2eq./kWh for district heating and cooling comes from Svensk fjärrvärme: https://www.energiforetagen.
    se/statistik/fjarrvarmestatistik/miljovardering-av-fjarrvarme/ 2018-03-09. Assumption on distribution between district heating
    and electricity in accordance with BBR19.
2
    Energy avoided is calculated on 168 MWh and baseline emissions for district heating according to Position Paper Appendix E.
    An alternative calculation would be that 16 tonnes of CO2e has been avoided, assuming a large heat pump run on electricity with
    a COP factor 4 would be used (42 MWh), since district cooling may not be an option. Assumption that energy coming from the
    boreholes are ” free energy” i.e. no energy needed to produce it.
3
    Rounded per 100 MWH
4
    Calculated using baseline emissions from Appendix D (combined margin applied by nordic issuers) and Appendix E (the same
    baseline emission factor has been applied for district cooling as for district heating) compared with actual electricity mix and
    local mix of district heating and district cooling. Rounded per 100 tonnes.
5
    Values for the whole construction phase. Material reuse 16 %, material recovery 29 %, energy recovery 52 %, landfill 2.5 %.
6
    EU recycling target for construction waste is 70 % by weight by 2020 but little data exists on current recycling level and it is
    estimated to be significantly below target.

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New Karolinska Solna Hospital
     The construction of New Karolinska Solna (NKS)                           are being used for NKS: the Sweden Green Building
     was initiated in the summer of 2010. In order to                         Council and the international system LEED.
     safeguard the very high environmental and sustai-
     nability goals that have been set, the entire project                    The aim is to achieve the Gold level in both systems.
     was being carried out from a sustainability perspec-                     In September, the fourth and final construction
     tive. One of the tools used is environmental certifi-                    phase was approved for Gold level certification in
     cation of the buildings. Two systems of certification                    accordance with the Green Building Council.

         NEW KAROLINSKA SOLNA

         Category              Project                    Indicators                         Unit                Baseline /benchmark

         Renewable             Geothermal energy         Capacity of renewable               30 000 MWh     1

         energy                                          energy plant
                                                         Actual production 2017              21 000 MWh1/2
                                                         Annual GHG emissions                4 300 tonnes
                                                         reduced/avoided                     CO2e3
         Green Buildings       New building              Annual energy avoided,              21 000 MWh4         National building code
                               standard exceeding        compared to national                (52 %               BBR16
                               building standard         building requirements               reduction)
                               requirements              Annual GHG emissions redu-          6 600 tonnes
                                                         ced/avoided compared to             CO2e5
                                                         national building standards
                               Green energy              Percentage renewable                99 %                54% Swedish average,
                               being used                energy sources                                          Swedish Board of Energy
                                                                                                                 (Energi­myndigheten) 2016
                                                         Annual GHG emissions                6 200 tonnes
                                                         reduced/avoided using               CO2e5
                                                         green energy

                               Environmentally           Percentage of materials             89 %
                               friendly materials        being used acecpted in
                               being used                Byggvarubedömningen
         Clean                 Infrastructure for        Percentage of parking spaces 10 %                       0 % (no local/
         transportation        electric vehicles         reserved for electric vehicles                          national demands)

                                                         Estimated savings in GHG            30 tonnes
                                                         emissions                           CO2e6

         Waste                 Resource-                 Improvement in material             95 %                National benchmark not
         management            preserving waste          recovery rate compared to           recovery            available.8 SITA supplier
                               treatment                 national references                 incl. energy.7      average for Sweden is
                                                                                                                 92 % incl. energy.

     1
         Capacity is based on total production 2017 (36 000 MWh) minus ingoing electricity. Capacity will increase when the hospital is in
         full use. Energy produced by geothermal energy is part of the energy avoided. The facility also recycles energy from the buildings.
         Rounded per 1 000 MWh.
     2
         Actual production is defined as the total production that has been used in the facilities. The total production could not be used
         2017 as the hospital is not yet in full use. Rounded per 1 000 MWh.
     3
         Energy produced by geothermal energy is part of the energy avoided. Calculated using baseline emission values from Appendix D
         (combined margin applied by nordic issuers) and Appendix E (the same baseline emission factor has been applied for district
         cooling as for district heating) compared with actual electricity mix and local mix of district heating and district cooling.
         Rounded per 100 tonnes.
     4
         Theoretical value as the hospital is not yet in full use. Rounded per 100 tonnes.
     5
         Calculated using baseline emssions from Position Paper Appendix D (combined margin applied by nordic issuers) and Appendix E
         (the same baseline emission factor has been applied for district cooling as for district heating) compared with actual electricity mix
         and local mix of district heating and district cooling. Rounded per 100 tonnes.
     6
         Year 2017
     7
         95 % material recovery incl. energy and 5 % landfill are the figures for the whole construction phase. Figures from 2016 show
         material recovery 43 %, energy recovery 54.2 %,landfill 2.7 %. Mixed materials have been calculated as 100 % energy recovery,
         but part of it may have been sent to material recovery
     8
         EU recycling target for construction waste is 70 % by weight by 2020 but little data exists on current recycling level and it is
         estimated to be significantly below target.

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A preliminary certificate can thus be issued for the   choice of flooring material, the use of softeners with
entire installation after an extensive third party     an adverse impact on health (phthalates containing
inspection has been carried out by the certification   allergy- causing and hormone-disruptive properties)
body Sweden Green Building Council.                    has been reduced by at least 70,000 kg compared
                                                       with conventional construction – and this is only
One aspect of the Green Building Council system is     one of all the materials used in the construction.
the aim to reduce the energy needs from the heating,
cooling and maintenance of the installation. The NKS   The Green Building Council
is constructed for reduced energy consumption,         The Green Building Council is a Swedish certifica-
satisfying and exceeding the requirements set by       tion system for building installations where the
Boverket’s Building Regulations.                       focus lies on energy, the indoor environment and
                                                       construction material. Clear follow-up of supplier
This means substantial savings, both financial         deliveries and reduced maintenance costs is one of
and environmental, since the annual reduction in       the issues for which the Green Building Council is
energy consumption is the rough equivalent of the      known.
total amount of energy used in 1,200 private homes.
By switching to renewable energy, a large portion      A building can achieve the Bronze, Silver or Gold
also stemming from own production, 99% per cent        level. On completion of the construction planning a
renewable energy will be used. This means minimi-      preliminary certificate is awarded. In order to be
zing the emissions of Green house gases.               awarded a final certificate, the preliminary certifi-
                                                       cate must be verified no later than two years after
Another focus area is to reduce the use of chemicals   the commissioning of the installation.
and hazardous substances. Thanks to the deliberate

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Metro Red Line programme
     Creating the possibility for more people to travel by                • a new service command centre and new service
     public transport leads to a considerable reduction of                  command system
     carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in the atmosphere,                    • an increase in the number of depots
     which is one of the County Council’s main efforts                    • new quieter vehicles that are more energy efficient
     in reducing negative environmental impact in the                       than older models
     County. The upgrade of the Metro’s Red Line aims
     to develop and strengthen capacity and thereby                       Throughout the construction phase, sustainability
     contribute to sustainable public transport. To                       will be monitored and measures will be applied on
     achieve this goal, investments are being made in                     continual basis, such as material optimisation and
                                                                          reducing the amount of material transports.

         RED LINE

         Category            Project             Indicators                              Unit                Baseline /benchmark
         Clean               Expansion of       Net avoided emissions from cars         6 100 tonnes         17.5 km car kilometers/
         transportation      Metro Red Line     and other vehicles                      CO2 /year1           person/week day.
                                                                                                             260 days a year.
                                                Number of people in new means           6 800 people/
                                                of transportation                       weekday2

                                                Estimated reduction in car kilo­        30 752 000 km1       6 100 tonnes CO2e/year
                                                meters the project will replace

     1
         Aggregated value in number of people for 5 years, divided per year. 17.5 km car kilometers/person/week day. 260 days a year.
         Estimated car emissions of 0.2 kg CO2 /km.
     2
         Estimated increase in number of people, aprox 1.7% per year during 5 years.

     Extension of the Metro in Stockholm
     The extension of Stockholm’s Metro is the largest                    climate-smart travel alternative to fossil-fuelled
     investment in the subway system in modern times.                     means of transport. During the project, environ­
     19 kilometres of new track and 11 new stations divi-                 mental and sustainability aspects have been taken
     ded into four sections are being built and, around                   into account in every area. The Metro extension will
     2025, Metro service will operate between Nacka C,                    have a large climate impact during its construction
     Barkarby station and Arenastaden. More vehicles                      phase, but from a life-cycle perspective, the Metro
     and garaging points with greater capacity for                        will have a clearly positive effect with reduced
      servicing these vehicles are needed for the Metro                   resource consumption and reduced climate burden
     extension. Today, the number of vehicles and depot                   for the county’s residents. Multiple measures are
     capacity fall short of the requirements necessary for                planned to reduce the climate impact in the
     the successful extension of the planned Metro.The                    construction phase, such as optimisation of mate-
     extended Metro will be a resource-efficient and                      rial selection and resource consumption, reduction

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of the number of transports, etc. The climate burden                   right from the design stage. The project’s sustaina-
from the extended Metro will be reduced by at least                    bility coordinator provides support and monitors
25% during the project’s implementation and no                         sustainability issues in every project. The certifica-
serious work environment accidents will occur.                         tion system CEEQUAL1 will be used to ensure that
                                                                       the County Council’s strategic environment work is
The County Council’s Extended Metro Administra-                        integrated into the planning and project engine-
tion is environmentally certified according to ISO                     ering of all sub-projects. The objective is to achieve
14 001. Through climate calculations, the County                       the rating of Very Good as a minimum2.
Council monitors the climate impact of stations

Depot for extended Metro in Högdalen
The Depot-Vehicle project has the task of reinforcing                  Multiple measures are planned to reduce the climate
the capacity at the existing Högdalen depot by several                 impact in the construction phase of the depot. An
measures, promoting the resilience and capacity of                     above-ground garage, with a timber frame is planned,
the overall Metro system. The Högdalen maintenance                     which will provide an estimated climate improve-
facilities “garaging points” will be expanded and the                  ment of around 165 tonnes of carbon dioxide equiva-
connection possibilities to the depot will be exten-                   lents compared with a steel frame. It has also been
ded to be accessible to both the Green and the Blue                    engineered to enable the installation of solar cells on
Lines. All of these measures will make it possible to                  buildings above ground and placing the entrances to
increase the number of vehicles which is much                          the garage below ground, cutting the heating costs.
needed. The project is vital for ensuring that the                     Constant optimisations are made to reduce resource
finished Metro lines will be fully operational for the                 consumption, especially the amount of concrete that
scheduled launch of service. At the same time, an                      is used. The use of light concrete is an important aid
upgrade is being performed on the vehicle fleet and                    for reducing the number of heavy transports in the
the transport systems. Reinforcing sustainable                         construction phase.
transport systems reduces the level of carbon dioxide
emissions in Stockholm County. The project has the
objective of achieving the rating of Very Good as a
minimum.

1 CEEQUAL is a sustainability assessment, rating and awards scheme for civil engineering, infrastructure, landscaping and public realm
  projects. CEQUAL was developed by the British industrial association Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and was launched in 2003 in
  the UK and Ireland.
2 The rating “Very Good” is the second highest rating on the scale and means that the project received more than 60%, but less than 75 %
  of the total points.

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