Slagelse Municipality was formed in 2007 and is located in the south-west of the island of Zealand. The municipality has app. 78,000 inhabitants, most of them living in the towns of Slagelse, Korsør and Skælskør.

 

Slagelse Municipality is a large municipality stretching almost 570 km2.  32% of the inhabitants live in the countryside, which is made up of about 120 small villages as well as the islands of Omø and Agersø.

 

Slagelse Municipality is dominated by 120 km costal line with large recreational areas, attractive beaches and, in the south of the municipality, a beautiful landscape classified as Natura 2000 protection area. 

 

Located along railway and highway, Slagelse Municipality is well connected to the Copenhagen / South Sweden area as well as Funen and Jutland.

 

The Great Belt Bridge connecting Zealand and the island of Funen is also basis for the municipal logo. Historically, logistics and transportation formed the basis of the local economy, which today primarily consists of SME within production and services. The town of Slagelse is also the local centre for education, comprising technical schools, highschool and a department of the University of Southern Denmark.

 

Slagelse Municipality has signed the European Covenant of Mayors in 2009, which obliged the municipality to reduce the CO2 emission by minimum 20% by 2020. Slagelse Municipality has also signed the Climate Protection Agreement under the The Danish Society for Nature Conservation obliging the municipality to reduce CO2 emission from the municipal activities by 2% annually. 

Therefore, we have chosen to participate in the RENERGY project with the aim to encourage energy awareness among employees. 

 

Slagelse joins the two Thematic Groups (TG 2 - Market Uptake and TG 3 - Community Involvement), and will provide a case study on community involvement on basis of the existing network of energy-responsible personnel.