UTTC is a national competence center supporting Swedish cities and municipalities in achieving climate neutrality by identifying, evaluating, and scaling digital net-zero solutions through the integration of green and digital transition.
2019
Urban Twin Transition Center (UTTC) is a strategic initiative coordinated by the University of Gothenburg, Internetstiftelsen, and RISE, funded by Vinnova. The center supports Swedish cities and municipalities in their journey toward climate neutrality by building and disseminating a scientifically evaluated repository of Twin Transition solutions — defined as the integrated interplay between green and digital transformation. UTTC operates across both research and practical implementation, offering open knowledge, structured evaluation models, and step-by-step implementation support. Evaluated use cases are published in a web-based knowledge bank, linked to specific climate challenges and readiness levels. A prioritized target group is the 48 Swedish cities and municipalities mobilizing for climate neutrality by 2030 under the Viable Cities innovation program.
Twin transition, net-zero solutions, digital transformation, green transition, climate neutrality, smart cities, public sector, scalability, use case evaluation
Urban Twin Transition Center (UTTC) is a strategic initiative coordinated by the University of Gothenburg, Internetstiftelsen, and RISE, funded by Vinnova. The center supports Swedish cities and municipalities in their journey toward climate neutrality by building and disseminating a scientifically evaluated repository of Twin Transition solutions — defined as the integrated interplay between green and digital transformation. UTTC operates across both research and practical implementation, offering open knowledge, structured evaluation models, and step-by-step implementation support. Evaluated use cases are published in a web-based knowledge bank, linked to specific climate challenges and readiness levels. A prioritized target group is the 48 Swedish cities and municipalities mobilizing for climate neutrality by 2030 under the Viable Cities innovation program.
UTTC combines follow-up research, targeted research efforts, and practical implementation support. Solutions are evaluated using a scientifically developed model that assesses both scalability potential and verified climate impact. Findings are published openly via the UTTC website and in academic channels. The center maintains a web-based knowledge bank of evaluated Twin Transition use cases, alongside a holistic implementation map to guide municipal decision-making.
The center has identified a growing portfolio of best-practice net-zero solutions spanning areas such as AI-driven waste sorting, shared mobility platforms, data-driven energy management, and optical waste separation systems. These have been implemented across multiple Swedish cities and municipalities, with documented reductions in emissions, improved recycling rates, and reduced energy consumption.
UTTC contributes to accelerating the scaling of net-zero solutions nationally, influencing solution providers to make scalability a default, expanding export opportunities for Swedish net-zero technology, and directly reducing greenhouse gas emissions in participating cities and municipalities.
Johan Magnusson
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