sei-pb-2016-hokarangen-web-7daf6f85b8ebcdcf.pdf

This policy brief describes 'Sustainable Hökarängen' (Hållbara Hökarängen), a 2.5-year pilot project (2012–2015) in an urban district of Stockholm. The initiative, implemented by Stockholmshem, Sustainable Innovation, and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), aimed to reduce energy consumption and promote resource-efficient lifestyles through an action-research approach involving residents, local businesses, and stakeholders.

• The project found that engaging a core group of motivated 'Sustainability Ambassadors'—local residents acting as change agents—was essential, but this needed to be balanced with broad community outreach to be effective.
• Activities that focused on social interaction and enjoyment, such as communal gardening, nature hikes, and climate-smart cooking, were more successful at engaging residents than those focusing on areas where residents had limited influence, such as apartment energy use.
• A diversified communication strategy was necessary to reach residents, evolving from website updates and newsletters to the opening of a physical project office on a pedestrian street and the use of door-to-door surveys.
• Social cohesion and a friendly atmosphere (including providing food and welcoming children) were identified as primary motivations for participation, often as important as the sustainability topics themselves, and helped reinforce pro-environmental behaviours.
• To ensure sustainability beyond the project's 2015 end date, the project focused on building capacity and structures, such as a power tool pool and a cargo bicycle pool, though residents noted that a lack of common spaces and the need for a coordinating actor like Stockholmshem remained challenges.
• Evaluation of the project required a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods, including focus groups and surveys, which indicated that the project enabled a majority of participants to adopt more sustainable behaviours.
• Parallel to the community project, Stockholmshem's energy-efficiency investment programme in Hökarängen residential buildings—which improved insulation, ventilation, and heat-recovery—reduced heating energy use by more than 30% per square metre compared to 2007.

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Stockholm Environment Institute (n.d.). sei-pb-2016-hokarangen-web-7daf6f85b8ebcdcf.pdf. https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/NEW/SEI-PB-2016-Hokarangen-web.pdf

Chicago

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@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitutendseipb2016hokarangenweb7daf6f85b8ebcdcfpdf, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{sei-pb-2016-hokarangen-web-7daf6f85b8ebcdcf.pdf}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, url = {https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/NEW/SEI-PB-2016-Hokarangen-web.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }