Es Laboratori
Es Laboratori is a community development and citizen participation methodology, demo and exhibition space in the area and a hub for citizen engagement towards energy transition in urban spaces and new sustainable technologies. Linked to local energy communities around schools, Es Laboratori will engage a set of training actions and awareness increasing campaigns with special […]
Energy transition Living Lab
An educational platform for citizens, primarily focusing on youth. The core of this approach involves a series of seminars conducted with middle and high school students.
Digital design for optimal life-cycle performance
Use of BIM and Digital Twins to optimise the performance of the building development from an environmental and economic perspective. A comprehensive evaluation of the buildings can be made by considering the lifecycle environmental impact, cost, and energy use, the inclusivity of the local community, the use of indoor and outdoor space, water management, noise […]
Comfort-driven ventilation system
One of the main challenges when it comes to designing energy efficient buildings is how to guarantee air renewal without heat losses. A possible solution is to use a variable flow ventilation method. Fresh air is preheated in an intermeadiate capturing space before introducing it into the dwellings. Through automatically regulated bioclimatic elements, it is […]
Climate-adapted design for surface water solutions
Landscape design of a school courtyard developed as a park with a variety of vegetation at different heights and with permeable surfaces and natural surfaces covering at least 30% of the outdoor flooring. The design was part of a broader strategy from the City of Oslo promoting the use of open, local surface water management […]
Architectural and aesthetic integration of BIPV/BAPV/PVT solutions
The integration of technical systems, such as solar thermal and photovoltaic solutions, in the vertical building envelope. The experimentation of new solutions – accompanied by new European standards on integrated building envelopes developed by the scientific community and partnerships between the PV industries and the glass sector – has had important repercussions aesthetically and architecturally, […]
AR/VR tools and platform in decision-making process
Different 3D and/or visualiSation techniques of Virtual Reality (VR) and/or Augmented Reality (AR) are being used during the development of the Oslo and Palma demos to better communicate results of different scenario analyses to different types of stakeholders, to facilitate citizen engagement, and to promote education and training for sustainability. The development of VR and […]
A School as Living Lab for climate awareness-raising
Raising climate awareness among citizens entails a multi-faceted approach, where making use of educational facilities for sustainability teaching of pupils and citizens is particularly pertinent. At Oslo Voldsløkka school, the aim of the engagement activities organiSed in Living Labs, was raising awareness among secondary school and the cultural school pupils, as well as among their […]
Application of low-carbon concrete
Low-carbon concrete with 40% lower embodied emissions than the current standard has effectively been applied in the Voldsløkka demo site in Oslo. The low-carbon concrete class A7 used in Voldsløkka has a carbon footprint of 220-240 kg/m3, depending on use, compared to typical concrete has an emission-factor of 400-410 kg/m3. Concrete was used in the […]
