Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the results of the economic support for advanced technologies and system solutions within urban environment that the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket), on behalf of the Swedish Government, announced during 2016-2018. The purpose of the support was to create opportunities for increased use of new innovations that effects the city’s environmental, social and economic sustainability. The main focus of this thesis is to perform an assessment of the sustainability performance of the supported technologies as well as the projects technical maturity development. Through the development of an indicator system, a systematic analysis of each innovation project has been carried out. The results show that support has been given to a wide range of projects within different fields and, consequently, the identified effects on sustainable urban development varies. However, to a high degree, the projects led to reduced operating costs compared to conventional technical solutions, reduced energy consumption, better air quality and reduced transport needs. Moreover, the findings show that the main challenges of technical maturity development and market introduction is a lack of research and development funding.