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Results

The positive impacts of a local tool library include reduced material and carbon footprints due to a
decreased consumption and selling of goods and tools; a reduced need to drive outside the area to buy
them; a reduced need for storage space; and improved maintenance and increased repairs of buildings
and others due to a more affordable access to appropriate tools. The impacts of the other sharing
services include reduced traffic outside the area due to the local availability of services; providing
support to people who need assistance when commuting; encouraging community building; and
giving access to services for inhabitants of the town which otherwise would have been unaffordable
or unavailable especially to vulnerable groups. In addition to the above, the platform includes other
social impacts such as building social cohesion, reducing inequality, and supporting people with reduced
financial, or other, means to obtain access those social services that are important to them.

The solution is designed to be sustainable without public support by operating on service revenues.
Furthermore, its automation, standardized movable facilities and versatile software platform are
designed to make it possible to scale it up even to small local areas. This also makes it sustainable
and replicable on a larger scale and in different geographies. The solution improves the efficiency and
self-sufficiency of the local ecosystem and, therefore, also increases the resilience of the local area
and the surrounding city.

References

• Founders website at http:// coreorient .com/

• Initiative website at http:// liiteri .net/

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