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HTMLText_1830E20E_17B1_6AC3_419B_A422A7600CB2.html = Green Gothenburg works to increase international recognition of the region as a leader in environmental and sustainable development. We welcome international delegations on the decision-making level with an interest in exploring smart and sustainable city solutions. We provide high-quality study tours, expertise, inspiration and useful business contacts.
Green Gothenburg is owned by the City of Gothenburg, with operations managed by the municipal company Business Region Göteborg.
Green Gothenburg is supported by the City of Gothenburg and Region Västra Götaland together with four municipal companies: Göteborg Energi, Förvaltnings AB Framtiden, Älvstranden Utveckling and Renova.
Green Gothenburg is a part of Smart City Sweden.
Green Gothenburg works to increase international recognition of the region as a leader in environmental and sustainable development. We welcome international delegations on the decision-making level with an interest in exploring smart and sustainable city solutions. We provide high-quality study tours, expertise, inspiration and useful business contacts.
Green Gothenburg is owned by the City of Gothenburg, with operations managed by the municipal company Business Region Göteborg.
Green Gothenburg is supported by the City of Gothenburg and Region Västra Götaland together with four municipal companies: Göteborg Energi, Förvaltnings AB Framtiden, Älvstranden Utveckling and Renova.
Green Gothenburg is a part of Smart City Sweden.
With the help of battery storage, the benefits of solar have been maximised, while the building's total power requirement has decreased. To minimise energy losses, lighting and ventilation that can handle direct current straight from the solar cells have been installed. This will generate 150,000 kWh of electricity per year.
PARTNERS
RISE, AFRY, Byggdialog, Ramböll, Akademiska Hus
Johanneberg Science Park is a collaborative arena for urban development, where innovations are co-generated for a society that is good for people and the environment. The science park brings together academia, society and a variety of large and small companies. Together they run national and international innovation projects and test solutions for future challenges.
One of the projects Johanneberg Science Park coordinates, on behalf of the City of Gothenburg, is the EU collaboration IRIS Smart Cities. The project involves seven European cities and focuses on new solutions within the areas of energy, mobility and ICT (Information and Communication Technology).
In Gothenburg the IRIS-project and its nine local partners are testing several innovative solutions found in the buildings around Johanneberg Science Park – HSB Living Lab, Brf Viva and A Working Lab.
A Working Lab is one of Sweden’s most intelligent buildings. Everything from air pressure, temperatures and carbon dioxide levels to energy consumption, sound levels and room bookings are measured, analysed and controlled. The building was also scanned three times during production so that a digital twin could then be created together with a BIM model. In the twin, 12,000 objects have been entered to further streamline both usage and management.
PARTNERS
Zynka BIM, Akademiska Hus
Human behaviour in laundries causes massive waste in textiles, water and electricity, and avoidable climate and water pollution. This project aims to improve the environmental impact by reducing uncertainty in existing systems and find out how to improve consumer behaviour in laundries.
A chip in the garment tells the washing machine what kind of garment it is, so that the machine in turn can provide information on how much water should be used, what temperature it should be and how long it needs to wash for. The laundry also measures the detergent dosage, as well as how the drying cupboards and dryers are used.
PARTNERS
Electrolux Professional, Chalmers
One of the first large-scale test beds for using Phase Change Material to store cooling energy is located at A Working Lab. This involves using salt to extract and store energy when the material changes from a liquid to a solid form, and vice versa. The goal is to achieve a power reduction of about 25 percent in the building's cooling system.
PARTNERS
AFRY, Chalmers, LG Contracting, Akademiska Hus
The Gothenburg region is a leader in environmental and sustainable development.
Welcome to discover smart solutions in three award winning buildings – HSB Living Lab, A Working Lab and the housing cooperative Viva.
Thanks to an indoor vertical hydroponic farming system the residents at the HSB Living Lab can get fresh garden herbs year-round.
PARTNERS
Green City Farming, Grow Pipes, HSB
The contamination of microplastics in our oceans comes from, among other things, when we wash clothes and fabrics made of acrylic, polyester and nylon. MinShed has the overall goal of helping the textile industry to design clothes made of synthetic fabrics that won't release microplastics. In the washing machines at the HSB Living Lab, special filters have been installed, which capture microfibres and microplastics to investigate the differences between different textiles.
PARTNERS
Electrolux Professional, Chalmers
A multi-sensor system featuring over 2,000 sensors and 15,000 meters of data cable, monitors the tenants and their environment on a 24/7 basis. The sensors measure temperature, moisture and light, and therefore allow for the insulation function to be managed with a few buttons.
A Smart Home has great potential if used correctly. According to estimates, the average household could reduce its energy consumption by up to 20 % by using the decision support available in a Smart Home.
PARTNERS
Interaktiva Fastigheter, HSB
Clusters consisting of six apartments share common areas such as kitchen, living room, bathroom and balcony. The project carries out in-depth analysis on newly built student and co-living residences, all of which are experimenting with increased sharing of services, resources and functions in the shared home. The aim is to obtain clearer answers on how to design different types of co-housing in the future.
PARTNERS
Akademiska Hus, Nordic Choice Hotels, Studentbostäder i Linköping AB, Chalmers, KTH, Zynka BIM, Tengbom, Arkitema, Semrén & Månsson, GG arkitekter
The space-efficient apartments are built at height and measured in cubic meters – 47 cubic meters to be precise. They are also cube-shaped, with each side of the apartment measuring 3.6 meters.
The ventilated air in the HSB Living Lab is maintained at an ideal temperature. HSB FTX heat exchanger technology is used to utilise the heat in the ground to enhance efficiency and reduce energy consumption. The data from the HSB Living Lab is still insufficient, but from previous measurements the HSB FTX system has reduced 15 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year for a 4,400 sqm apartment building. The operating cost for the same building was reduced by SEK 42,000 per year.
PARTNERS
Bengt Dahlgren AB, HSB
The building is one of Sweden’s first office blocks made from wood, where new ways of implementing weather protection during construction have been tested. The choice of materials has been affected by the project’s ambitious goals of reducing the climate impact in the construction and operation phases. Through smart materials choices alone, the climate impact is expected to be up to 20 percent lower, compared to when traditional building materials is used. During construction, tests were also done to increase knowledge on how to achieve good acoustics in a large building with wooden floors.
Acoustics: Akademiska Hus, RISE, ÅF, Integra
Wooden construction without weather protection: Akademiska Hus, AK-konsult Indoor Air AB (Polygon), NL-miljö, White, Byggdialog
Climate analysis: Akademiska Hus, White
A Working Lab is an office building dedicated to collaboration and innovation within urban development. The building was completed in August 2019 and is part of Johanneberg Science Park, next to Chalmers University of Technology. During the construction period, 16 innovation projects were launched, and the building received the certification Miljöbyggnad Guld (Environmental building Gold).
FACTS
• The building is supplied with self-produced district heating from the campus' local power plant.
• Foundation made of environmentally friendly concrete.
• Solar cell plant is around 1 000 sqm.
• Up to 430 workplaces in a flexible office space that can be adapted according to specific needs.
• A lab for future learning environments.
• Restaurant, café, co-working, conference. and meeting rooms.
Developer: Akademiska Hus
Collaboration contractor: ByggDialog
Architect: Tengbom Arkitekter and Akademiska Hus
To contribute to research into the conservation of biodiversity, this project connects beehives to the internet. Sensors and IoT technology are helping the team to collect data to better monitor the bees’ well-being.
PARTNERS
TietoEVRY
With a new type of molecular solar thermal (MOST) window, we can absorb sunlight and transform it into stored energy which can later be released as heat during the night. In this way, the window contributes to cooling during daytime and heating at nighttime, without compromising in window transparency.
PARTNERS
Chalmers
Waste management can be more efficient by mounting sensors on bins to better control waste pick-ups. Tests have proven that sensor-controlled pick-ups are better both financially and environmentally than scheduled pick-ups, since bins are only emptied when they are full.
PARTNERS
Stena Recycling, M2M Solutions AB, HSB
The WoodXZip project tests how sustainable and feasible it is to combine wooden walls with an innovative insulation material.
PARTNERS
Chalmers, Zenergy
On one facade, different types of building-integrated solar cells are being tested. The solar cells can be used as building materials and have the same properties as traditional facade materials.
PARTNERS
Göteborg Energi, Chalmers, HSB, Mera Sol
The HSB Living Lab is a habitation infrastructure in the form of student housing, which was created in 2016. The aim is to be a co-creative social space for experimenting with sustainable technology and lifestyles, in order to develop innovative concepts and products. It has been developed through open-innovation processes between HSB (a Swedish housing association), Chalmers University of Technology and Johanneberg Science Park, along with other industry partners.
FACTS
• There are 29 permanent dwellings for students and guest researchers, who live in an environment that is constantly changing and being evaluated.
• The lab is built in 44 modules, with all parts and sections being replaceable.
• Wires and cables are clearly visible to remind you that research is taking place around the clock.
• So far, more than 100 projects have taken place in the HSB Living Lab.
• The HSB Living Lab is an open arena for anyone who has ideas about future sustainable housing.
PARTNERS
HSB, Chalmers University of Technology, Johanneberg Science Park, Bengt Dahlgren, Tengbom, TietoEVRY, Göteborg Energi, PEAB, Electrolux Professional, Akademiska Hus, Vedum, and Elfa. The building is also part of Climate-Kic’s Flagship project BTA.
Johanneberg Science Park is a collaborative arena for urban development, where innovations are co-generated for a society that is good for people and the environment. The science park brings together academia, society and a variety of large and small companies. Together they run national and international innovation projects and test solutions for future challenges.
One of the projects Johanneberg Science Park coordinates, on behalf of the City of Gothenburg, is the EU collaboration IRIS Smart Cities. The project involves seven European cities and focuses on new solutions within the areas of energy, mobility and ICT (Information and Communication Technology).
In Gothenburg the IRIS-project and its nine local partners are testing several innovative solutions found in the buildings around Johanneberg Science Park – HSB Living Lab, Brf Viva and A Working Lab.
Chalmers campuses are like their own cohesive districts consisting of offices, housing, restaurants, infrastructures and – best of all – thousands of technology-loving residents and visitors. This makes them the perfect environment for researching and testing new sustainable technology in order to prepare it for the market.
Since the early 2010’s, multiple initiatives, such as Energy on campus, and Five star campus have existed to promote a wider use of campus as a test and demo arena. Within the initiatives, academia, industry, and society meet to develop new, better, and more sustainable solutions together. You can see some examples of projects related to energy, transportation, and buildings and construction on other stops in this tour.
Going into the future, Chalmers together with Johanneberg Science Park and Lindholmen Science Park will continue to use and promote campus as a test arena for sustainable innovations.
What solutions would you like to explore together with us?
Transport is about how people and goods move from one place to another. Our current transportation system has challenges related to everything from increasing volumes to traffic safety and environmental pollution. Taking on these challenges require collaboration between various stakeholders, including academia, industry actors and the society as a whole.
Using our campus as a test arena, we research and develop areas such as autonomous vehicles, electromobility, and mobility services. Together we build the conditions for a sustainable society, both locally and globally.
A fossil free, reliable, and fair energy system requires new ways of producing, storing, sharing, and using energy. New knowledge must be built, new technology developed, and new relationships and collaborations must be established.
At Chalmers’ campus, we do innovation, tests, and demonstrations on all scales; from how to store energy at a molecular level, to how we can share it between buildings, cities or even countries. Transitioning to a sustainable society presents a number of complex challenges where actors from multiple sectors must collaborate to find ways forward. For this, campus can be a meeting point.
Using a closed-loop, this circular water purification system recycles grey water from bathroom sinks, bathtubs, and showers for reuse as warm, clean water.
PARTNERS
Bengt Dahlgren AB, Chalmers, Greytec
The Viva housing association (Riksbyggen Brf Viva) is the result of several years of research into how we can build and live as sustainably as possible. It is the first practical application of the insights from Riksbyggen Positive Footprint Housing, an interdisciplinary project looking into how to build environmentally, socially and economically sustainable neighbourhoods.
FACTS
• Winner of Environmental Building of the Year at the Swedish Green Building Awards 2019.
• The houses are designed to function as a plus energy area thanks to well-insulated frames and energy storage.
• The building’s construction has been adapted to the site’s topography.
• The housing association consists of 132 residences.
• 6 apartments have been offered to young adults for only SEK 95,000.
• The physical environment is designed to encourage spontaneous meetings and a sense of community.
Developer: Riksbyggen
Architect: Malmström & Edström
Partners: Johanneberg Science Park, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg University, Göteborgs Energi, City of Gothenburg and RISE.
The HSB Living Lab uses district heating that is used not just once – but twice. An extra pipe feeds in low-temperature return heat from the district heating system in the area. This means the heat can be used one more time for the building. The low-temperature return heat system is currently being tested in the underfloor heating, but it is also possible to use the return heat in the building’s radiators.
PARTNERS
Bengt Dahlgren AB, Göteborg Energi
By using several different energy sources, a flexible energy system has been created, which enables the production and storage of electricity and heat.
The solar panels on the roof produce approximately 149,000 kWh per year. This will cover the needs of the property and even provide a surplus.
Solar power also recharges the energy storage in 14 used bus batteries, which means a larger portion of electricity used within the property is self-produced. Combined, the batteries can store around 200 kWh, which can be used when needed.
PARTNERS
Volvo Buses, Göteborg Energi, Johanneberg Science Park
The Riksbyggen Viva housing association has been built without any private parking spaces. For residents to cope with everyday life without owning a car, new and innovative solutions are required. The complex therefore offers several mobility services that are booked via a single app. Among them there is a carpool with electric cars and a bicycle pool with both ordinary electric bicycles and electric box bikes. The building also includes a large and easily accessible bicycle garage with workshop.
PARTNERS
OurGreenCar, GoRide, EC2B
The frame of the houses consists of a more sustainable concrete with a lower proportion of clinker in its formation. Instead a large part of the binder consists of fly ash, which is a residual product from the power industry. The reinforcements are made of recycled steel. As a result, the climate impact of the concrete has been reduced by 30 percent.
PARTNERS
Cementa