Nudging for climate-smart neighborhoods in Brazil

Katharina Paoli BrunatDigital services and projects, Nudgd, Nudging

We are in Curitiba, Brazil, for our Climate Smart Cities Challenge project! Curitiba is the capital of the state of Parana in southern Brazil and has about 3 million inhabitants. Our collaboration with the city to create climate smart neighborhoods was noticed by the Brazilian local newspaper CGN and also by the TV station TVCI! We are happy that the project is starting to bear fruit and that knowledge of it is spreading and can inspire more people! Last year, … Read More

Nudging to get more people to buy more fruit and vegetables

Katharina Paoli BrunatDigital services and projects, Nudging

Future Hub: Solution to increase fruit and vegetable consumption

Now we are targeting Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania! We at Nudgd are happy to have been selected for the Future Hub program. It’s a program for digital innovation developed by Helve, and the focus is on health and sustainability. In the program, larger companies have identified challenges that must be solved, and we have been matched with the Baltic food company Rimi to nudge their customers towards more sustainable choices.

A new nudge will make soccer players reduce the environmental impact of artificial turf

Katharina Paoli BrunatDigital services and projects, Nudging

Soccer players spread tons of rubber granules in the environment each year. The rubber granules – the round, small rubber pieces in artificial turf – contribute to higher utilization and better playing qualities. But the granules have a negative environmental impact if they spread outside the fields. Players, coaches, and other individuals staying on artificial turf are responsible for most of the rubber granule spreading. The reason is that it sticks to clothes and shoes. The spreading equates to tons … Read More

Nudgd speaks at the 2020 Annual POLIS mobility conference

Katharina Paoli BrunatDigital services and projects, Nudgd, Public appearances by Nudgd

Nudgd has been invited to this year’s virtual POLIS Conference where cities and regions meet with experts, practitioners and decision makers in urban mobility to showcase achievements in transport. POLIS is the leading network of cities and regions working together to develop innovative technologies and policies for local transport. The conference will cover a wide range of urban mobility topics, including road safety, electric mobility, data, parking, new mobility services, automation, traffic management, active travel and more. At 2:30 PM … Read More

Examples of Nudging for Energy Efficient Living

Katharina Paoli BrunatDigital services and projects, Nudgd

How do we nudge tenants to save electricity and water, travel in a more sustainable way or facilitate recycling? If you work with real estate or sit on the board of a condominium association, our new project can help you with concrete nudges for a more energy-efficient everyday life. Together with Energikontor Mälardalen, Högskolan i Gävle and HSB Norra Storstockholm we are developing a database with good examples of nudging for energy-efficient everyday life. “The database will help real estate … Read More