Research projects

10 år 10 exempel. Byggande för en hållbar utveckling i Göteborg.

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3D printed nodes for structural steelwork connections in civil engineering and architecture

The development and implementation of digitally controlled production are key drivers for industry. High quality of design, function and durability are sought together with efficient...
3De - energy challenges in three-dimensional real estate development

In the planning of the multifunctional city, today's trend is to work with three-dimensional property design to accommodate multiple owners and features in the same building. In...
3iii Initiating and implementing innovation for sustainable building. The construction client as...

This Formas BIC project aims at increasing knowledge about and support processes to assist clients in driving innovation strategies. A central concern is the relationship between...
A Biologically-centered framework in Urban foodscapes

The project covers the distinct topics of food, architecture, senses and urbanism, explored through the distinct study of organoleptic qualities in urban foodscapes, as a way to...
A demonstrator for virtual planning and scenario analysis of invisible environmental factors with...

In today's urban planning, calculated maps are used for noise and air pollution, whose constrained and abstract information content limits usage. We want to develop a better tool...
A dialogue toolkit for visualization of environmental data in urban planning processes from a...

I dagens samhälle finns det ett ökat behov av kontinuerlig dialog mellan olika intressenter inom stadsutveckling. Planerare behöver redan tidigt i planeringsprocessen kunna starta...
A dialogue toolkit for visualization of environmental data in urban planning processes from a...

In today´s society there is an increased need for continuous stakeholder dialogue on urban development, starting early in the planning process. Digital tools such as simulation and...
A new generation of preventive measures of occupational accidents with machine learning

Machine learning can facilitate analysis of causes behind work accidents and incidents. Accidents at work are an unsolved problem in the construction industry. The aim of the project...
A novel and scalable sensor for quantifying bioavailable carbon in drinking water

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A novel semi-analytical tool for stress interpretation using borehole breakouts

Boreholes and other cavities of a circular cross-section are relevant to a wide variety of applications, such as tunneling, geothermal energy production, oil and gas production...
A pilot - Sustainability driven building design based on Artificial Intelligence

Pilotprojektet bygger vidare på resultatet av fyra Smart Built Environment projekt som pågår eller är avslutade, samt ett VINNOVA projekt. Projektidén bygger vidare på ett av de...
A systems approach to water and sanitation for the urban poor in Bolivia

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Abatement of curve squeal noise from trains

Curve squeal is a strong tonal noise that may arise when railway vehicles negotiate tight curves. The aim of the project is to increase the understanding of squeal generation and to...
Academy in Sustainable Urban Futures

Project concerns the Academy for postgraduate studies in Sustainable Urban Futures. The alternative solutions concerning organization of the Academy and the range of courses versus...
Accelerating transport electrification by machine learning

The technological blossom in artificial intelligence (AI) makes possible numerous advancements in various engineering disciplines. For this project, we intend to use the AI expertise...
ACOUTECT – A sound fundament for our future buildings

To ensure a healthy environment for people living and working in buildings, research and engineering in the area of building acoustics is essential. Developments in modern building...
Activation of thermal energy storage materials: measurement techniques

This project aims to investigate practical methods and tools for detecting the degree of activation of materials used in TES building applications, particularly PCMs. The project is a...
Active control of curve squeal noise

Curve squeal is a highly disturbing tonal sound generated by rail vehicles when negotiating a sharp curve. It is attributed to self-excited vibrations caused by stick/slip behaviour...
Adaption and innovation in santitation planning : Exploring technical and societal readiness of...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) (Academic, Sweden)
Addressing thermal and air quality comfort in future urban design using novel digital tools.

Current urban design fairly addresses noise and wind comfort but do not consider thermal comfort and impact of green areas to reduce local temperatures and improve air quality. This...
Advanced green roofs with optimal microstructural design: a breakthrough in the management of water...

Global climate trends indicate an increase of total annual and extreme precipitations at Northern latitudes which will greatly impact the livability in urban densely populated areas...
Aerobic granular sludge membrane bioreactor for nutrient removal from wastewater

Many wastewater treatment plants have to be upgraded to increase capacity and to meet more stringent effluent standards. As space is often limited, compact and efficient treatment...
Aging of cementitious materials

Deposition of low and intermediate level radioactive waste (LILW), involves processes with duration of up to 100000 years. This research project deals with ageing process of...
Agreement on Research Cooperation between Sweden and ARDHI University in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania

Within this Agreement several PhD students are registered for Licentiate degrees in Swedish Universities. The students will continue with their PhD work in ARDHI University. During...
AI-cloud-based Vehicle Management Strategies for Electrified Vehicles

The commitments to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and fossil energy consumption are driving the world to leverage sustainable vehicle and transportation techniques...
AI-Enhanced Digital Twin for Weld’s Fatigue Cracks

AI-enhanced Digital Twin of an infrastructure is a digital living simulation that brings all the data and models together and updates itself from multiple sources to represent its...
Airtightness change in new buildings- causes and consequences

The aim of the project is to investigate the change in airtightness over time in concrete building and wooden buildings, and to describe the consequences of these changes, depending...
AkuLite WP2

Building multi-storey wooden apartments has become more popular in recent years. These buildings provide many advantages regarding environment, industrialization and cost. However...
Aligning ontologies in traffic safety and urban development

In the face of rapid developments in urban modes of transport including autonomous driving, the need for joint knowledge on vehicles and environment increase. From the point of issues...
Älvkyla 2.0

Projektet syftar till att ge GE ökade möjligheter att erbjuda miljövänlig och konkurrenskraftig fjärrkyla i befintliga och nya områden i Göteborg genom en forskarexamen på...
An optical sensor for reducing biocide dependence inchemical manufacturing

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations StromTech Sweden AB (Private, Sweden) Akzo Nobel - Pulp and Performance Chemicals (Private, Sweden)
Analysis of wind simulations to support building/urban design – Virtual Göteborg

In view of climate change and resource depletion the risk/benefit analysis of wind impact on built environment can be used for conscious building/urban design protecting humans...
Anti-noise tunnel

The anti-noise tunnel is a cost efficient alternative to decrease noise from traffic and increase the use of attractive areas as well as increase life quality for people in areas...
APPLICERA: Applicable site-specific environmental risk assessment of contaminated soils

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) (Academic, Sweden) Swedish Transport Administration (Public...
Approaches: Methods for knowledge (co)production in architectural research and practice...

The ResArc PhD course Approaches will be devoted to an introduction and to training in research skills. The focus is put on the research methodologies characteristic for the fields...
Architectural Convertibles: Towards an alternative artistic approach to designing interactive...

Our project is inspired by the notion of architectural matter/flesh. The term ‘flesh’ is an architectural metaphor, which counters the reductive understanding of a building envelope...
Architecture in Effect - Social Space and Daily Commuting

To develop urban station communities is one way to plan for a sustainable way of living. It is about how to design for quality of life, spaces and places for living, working, meeting...
Architecture in Effect - The Becoming of Residential Identities

This project, starting from the notion of architectural and social change, puts special attention to the implementation of these aspects within the field of extreme residential...
Architecture in Effect: Rethinking the Social in Architecture

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (Academic, Sweden) Umeå University (Academic, Sweden) Lund University (Academic...
Architecture in the Making: Architecture as a Making Discipline and Material Practice

The architectural profession is facing new challenges: Sustainable development promotes advanced building technology; the re-use of the existing building stock will be an increasingly...
Architecture, material flows and embodied energy in housing

The application proposes a synthesis study regarding material flows and embodied energy in residential buildings that are generated by the production and the alteration, retrofiting...
Architectures and Philosophies in Turmoil - The Case of France Post 68

The general theoretical framework in this project, to the wider scope and theme of cultural criticism focused on the architectural project, consists in the vast conceptual...
ArcSafe

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Karlstad University (Academic, Sweden) University of Gothenburg (Academic, Sweden) University of Gothenburg (Publisher...
Arena Users & Demands: Commercial and Residential Properties – Empower the users to enhance...

Changes influence individuals & companies renting an apartment or lease a commercial space: e.g. in-house expertise working with operations-specific facility planning are missing...
Arena: User and Requirements

The research project Arena: User & Requirements has as its main aim to strengthen the users’ ability to identify and express their requirements in the development of a new built...
Artificial groundwater Recharge in Botswana - A Feasibility Study and Capacity Building

Due to evaporation Botswana loses about 70 % of the drinking water collected in surface water dams. The overall objective of the project is to investigate how artificial recharge of...
Assessment of the load-carrying capacity of existing structures with corroded smooth reinforcement...

Within this project, we will develop models and knowledge to enable stakeholders to assess the load-carrying capacity of existing structures with corroded smooth reinforcement bars...
Asset Management of Pipelines

Stable access to clean water, sewage collection and disposal and heating service is necessity for a sustainable city. Today there are almost no opportunities to assess, examine and...
ATEM - Accelerating transport electrification by machine learning

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are expected to revamp every aspect of society and industry, including its application in engineering disciplines. The EU-funded ATEM project...
Återanvändning av kompositdelar i infrastruktur (RECINA)

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations RISE Research Institutes of Sweden (Research Institute, Sweden) Composite Design (Private, Sweden) Marstrom Composite...
Återvunnen betongkross i klimatneutrala konstruktioner inom transportinfrastruktur (ReConStruct)

Projektet syftar till att undersöka vilken inverkan på det globala strukturella beteendet det medför att använda fraktioner av återvunnen betongkross i armerade betongkomponenter inom...
Att fånga långsamt ändrande dynamisk respons av lösa jordar

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Attraktiv nyproduktion och renovering - kunskapsöversikt

Delprojekt i följeforskning kring området stadsutveckling inom Framtidenkoncernens strategi för utvecklingsområden 2020-2030. Syftet med delprojektet är att utifrån ett...
Automatisering av gråvattenåtervinning

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Graytec AB (Private, Sweden)
Autonomous and Connected Trucks for Electric Distribution (ACTED)

Sweden’s goal of having a sustainable transport and a vehicle fleet totally fossil-free by 2030 has led to a number of initiatives to increase the use of electric vehicles. At the...
Avancerad bedömning av svetsade broar avs utmattning och sprödbrott - inspektion och återstående...

Projektet är en fortsättning på tidigare forskning inom området och syftar till att ge en lämplig metod när det föreligger risk för sprödbrott eller utmattningssprickor genom att...
Avancerad bedömning av svetsade broar avs utmattning och sprödbrott - inspektion och återstående...

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Avancerad modellering av djup schakt för tunnel inom Marieholmsförbindelsen

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Avancerad vingsondering

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Balance 4P - Balancing decisions for urban brownfield regeneration: people, planet, profit and...

Land take as a result of urbanization is one of the major soil threats in Europe. One of the key measures to prevent further urban sprawl and additional land take, is redevelopment of...
BALANCE 4P: Balancing descisions for urban brownfeld regeneration- people, planet, profit and...

Land take as a result of urbanization is one of the major soil threats in Europe. One of the key measures to prevent further urban sprawl and additional land take, is redevelopment of...
Barriers and drivers for a digitally driven industry development

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Jönköping University (Academic, Sweden) Jönköping University (Publisher, Sweden)
Behandling av tennorganiskt förorenade sediment: återvinning och stabilisering

Syftet med projektet är att utveckla en innovativ, hållbar och effektiv metod i laboratorieskala för att behandla tennförorenade sediment från hamnar. I projektet utvecklas metoder...
Behavior and design of adhesive joints in flexural steel members bonded with FRP laminates

The use of bonded CFRP laminates to strengthen and upgrade existing structures has attracted a great deal of attention during the past two decades. The superior mechanical properties...
Benchmarking granulated active carbon treatment during drinking water production

Continued supply to sufficient safe drinking water is a prerequisite for the strong growth. This relies on a climate robust, chemically and microbiologically safe and thus technical...
Bentonite Rock Interaction Experiment

The Bentonite Rock Interaction Experiment (BRIE) at Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory (Äspö HRL) in Sweden aims at investigating the interaction between rock and bentonite in a deposition...
Beslutstöd för att förhindra mikrobiologisk förorening i dricksvatten

Syftet med projektet är att arbeta för god mikrobiologisk kvalitet i dricksvattnet genom att utveckla beslutsstöd för användning på vattenverk baserat på ett proaktivt koncept...
Beslutstöd vid hantering av risk för spridning av zoonotiska smittämnen via vatten till människor...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) (Academic, Sweden) SMHI (Public, Sweden) Swedish National Veterinary...
Beställardriven kvalitetsutveckling i mellanstora infrastrukturprojekt

Projektets övergripande syfte är att bidra till en höjning av kvalitetsnivån i mellanstora infrastrukturprojekt där beställare, ingenjörskonsulter, entreprenörer och...
BIG A2020-09 Simple analyses of slopes in a changing climate

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Swedish Geotechnical Institute (SGI) (Research Institute, Sweden)
BIG BRO – Decision support for maintenance and upgrading of existing transportation infrastructure...

Maintenance of transportation infrastructure assets can be relatively expensive, since it does not only include the direct cost of interventions, but also the indirect consequences of...
Big Data Processing in the context of Smart Buildings,

In this project we investigate the applicability of the stream processing technologies being developed by the Distributed Computing and Systems Research group to datastreaming...
BIG Designing test embankments on deep deposits of soft clay

Byggandet av vägar och järnvägar innefattar ofta långa bankar på lösa jordar. Ofta finns det problem med långtidssättningar i både vertikal- och horisontalled, vilket resulterar i...
BIM & Management

The project applies a holistic perspective in which not only BIM technology is taken into account but also implications for the organization, way of work as well as the construction...
BIM coordinator’s role and function as knowledge leader in construction processes

A current trend in the build environment is the effort to streamline construction processes towards a higher degree of standardization and industrialization, which challenges the...
Binaural Rendering of Spherical Microphone Array Data

Many approaches for the capture and auralization of real acoustic spaces have been proposed over the past century. Limited spatial resolution on the capture side has typically been...
Bioelectrochemical systems for sustainable wastewater management

Rening av avloppsvatten är en viktig samhällsfunktion. Processerna som används är komplexa och involverar mekaniska, kemiska och biologiska reningssteg. De är också resurskrävande...
Bioenergy and solar heat for 100% renewable heat supply

The project will develop and establish a Swedish test method for systems based on bioenergy and solar heating for detached houses. Partner organizations Aquasol (Private...
BioInnovation

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut AB (Research Institute, Sweden) Derome (Private, Sweden)
Bioresource Labs (BRL)

The Bioresource Labs is a group of researchers at Chalmers (Water Environment Technology) and University of Gothenburg (Chemistry and Molecular Biology).We work primarily on...
Biosorption in the Activated Sludge Process: Mechanisms, Kinetics, and Implications for Process...

The activated sludge process is the most common wastewater treatment process in the developed world. Removal of organic matter, nitrogen, and phosphorous is accomplished by flocs...
Blast and Fragment Impacts: Pre-study of strengthening of structures subjected to impulse loading

This project purpose is to do a summary of ongoing research of strengthening of concrete structures subjected to impact loading and its aim is to collect, analyse and summarise...
Blast and Fragment Impacts: Strengthening of reinforced concrete structures

The aim of the project is to develop experimental research methodology and numerical methods for dynamically loaded reinforced concrete structures. An important part of the project is...
Boendedialoger vid renovering

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BoStad2021

Projektet går ut på att studera huruvida en förändrad process och ett förändrat arbetssätt i BoStad2021 leder till en effektivare planerings- och byggprocess och vilka konsekvenserna...
Bred branschkartläggning av bygglogistik: hur ser aktiva branschaktörer på bygglogistiklösningar i...

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Bridging Science and Society – stories to build water literacy

The project aim to strengthen the dialogue between Swedish water researchers and the general public and also between researcher and actors in the drinking water sector in Sweden...
Bridging the Gap: Children and Planners Co-Creating the Urban Space

Aim: The project will result in a state of the art and research application concerning the theme of how children can have more substantial impact on urban development. It focuses on...
Brukarperspektiv - kommunikation och information vid försämrad vattenkvalitet

Brukarperspektiv brukar generellt anses mycket viktigt, men i VA-verksamheten är de nöjda brukarna mycket tysta, det är inte ett aktivt val att välja just vatten till att duscha i...
Building Energy Efficiency for Massive Market UPtake (BEEM UP)

BEEM-UP will demonstrate the economic, social and technical feasibility of retrofitting initiatives, drastically reducing the energy consumption in existing buildings, and lay the...
Building Information Modelling, Integrated Design Environment for Engineering Education

Developing a new MSc degree in promoting Digital Engineering for Construction (DE4C) and the related BIM concept of Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) in line with ECTS. Further, the...
Building Information Standards for Innovation in Public Procurement of Buildings

This project aims at -Mapping and analysing the impact of the Cunesco classification system (CCS) in innovation processes in the building sector in Denmark, Norway and Sweden -Mapping...
Buller från ballastfria spår

Projektet baseras på en av de mest avancerade modellerna för simulering av bullergenerering från rullkontakt. Modellen kommer att anpassas för ballastfria spår för att ge möjligheten...
ByggEQUAL En jämställd byggprocess för en attraktiv byggbransch

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Bygg Dialog AB (Private, Sweden) Facility company Göteborg City (Public, Sweden)
C/O City

Three of the future large societal challenges are climate change, loss of biodiversity and urbanization. If we are able to take advantage of ecosystem services in and in the vicinity...
C/O City

Three of the future large societal challenges are climate change, loss of biodiversity and urbanization. If we are able to take advantage of ecosystem services in and in the vicinity...
Capacity Building in Kisumu

Project activities: Recognizing African Universities’ (Kenya, Tanzania) local conditions (people, organization of PhD and post-doc studies, research needs); proposing strategies for...
Car-free Urban Districts

The project aims to develop new knowledge about how car-free urban districts can be developed and implemented and how this is perceived by users regarding socio-spatial opportunities...
Changes in soft soil properties with time (Provbelastning av bank)

Syftet med projektet är att instrumentera och undersöka ett par bankar som ska belastas till brott. Målet är att kunna bedöma konservatismen i nuvarande dimensioneringsmetoder för att...
Characterization and modeling of the EU building stock

The aim of this project is to develop and assess a methodology which can evaluate and structure different energy efficiency measures in the existing building stock (Swedish and...
CHESS: Clients and Architects Strategies in Early Stages – a collaborative approach for added value...

Introduction, objective and research questionsOne overriding aim of this continuation assistant professorship Phase II (2010-2012) was to further develop the research team in the...
Children as Co-Creators of the Urban Space

The project is about how children and youth can have more substantial impact on urban development and focuses on three questions: (a) how children as part of their school work can...
Children as Co-Creators of the Urban Space

The project is about how children and youth can have more substantial impact on urban development and focuses on three questions: (a) how children as part of their school work can...
Chloride and moisture transport in concrete

The project concerns durability of concrete structures with regard to reinforcement corrosion. A multiscale model of concrete will be developed whereby the strongly heterogeneous...
Circular and climate neutral cement replacement materials Industry (SCM-Force

Purpose and goal: This project, aims to enhance application of alternative cementitious materials in the construction supply chain, which not only benefit minimization of the...
Circular management of contaminated soil

In urban development and infrastructure projects, large volumes of contaminated soil must be handled. Only a minor fraction of this soil is re-used after treatment and most of the...
Cirkular Kitchen

The kitchen forms a central place in the home, for cooking and social interaction, and is more often than other parts of the home subject to renovations. Previous studies have shown...
Cirku-MAT c

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Delft University of Technology (Academic, Netherlands) Leiden University (Academic, Netherlands) Netherlands Organisation...
Climate adapted equal Gothenburg: The digital twin as a meeting place for discussion and co-creation

In the project we will produce showcases for how social data can be integrated into a digital twin platform developed in the Digital Twin Cities Center (DTCC). The twin is envisioned...
Climate KIC - Smart Urban Adapt - Helping Cities transition to a lower-carbon future

The city of tomorrow must use fewer resources and provide better quality of life. SMART URBAN ADAPT helps European cities with next-generation decision tools to design development...
Climate Neutral Urban Logistics

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations City of Gothenburg (Public, Sweden) HUGO Delivery AB. (Private, Sweden) Akademiska Hus (Public, Sweden) Johanneberg...
Climate-KIC Building Technologies Accelerator – Smart Sustainable Offices (SSO)

Throughout Europe, 1.3 billion square metres of useful office space are poorly optimised. These spaces account for 26% of total energy usage, with over 1.2 million people spending...
Closing the loops on resource flows - a starting point for sustainable peri-urban water and waste...

A major challenge for cities is how to manage the rapidly urbanization processes that are happening, especially in areas on the periphery of formal urban areas. There is an increasing...
Codesign in urban planning in Cuba

Aim: Learn from how planners in Havana in Cuba create integrated work teams with professions such as social work and planning/architecture. With office at place and based on the...
Collaborative Augmented Reality for increased efficiency and interactivity of infrastructure...

Today, inspections of transport infrastructure and maintenance operations rely to a large extent on manual, analogue and fragmented processes which consequently make the current...
Collaborative information infrastructure in design of hospitals

Many information chains in building processes are fragmented and does not achieve optimal results. This project strengthens the information infrastructure within standardizing of...
Colloidal fractions of persistent organic pollutants in road runoff: sources, generation and...

One of the major sources of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in urban areas is traffic. Stormwater flushing over road surfaces gathers a variety of metals and organic pollutants...
Combating poverty and building democracy through the co-production of participatory waste management...

This project aims at explaining the challenges and potential solutions for the co-production of participatory waste management services in informal settlements, based on the...
Combining aerobic granular sludge and activated carbon dosing for removal of organic micropollutants...

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Compact cities and informal settlements. Exploring qualities, drivers and strategies for promoting...

Research and policy argue for more compact cities to respond to sustainable development challenges. However, there is little clarity on what actually needs to be made more compact...
Compact Cities? Exploring qualities, drivers and strategies for promoting mixed-use urban development

Research and policy argue for more compact cities - referring to higher urban densities and mixed use - but there is little clarity on what actually needs to be made more compact to...
Compact wastewater treatment by aerobic granular sludge – performance at low temperatures

The overall purpose of this study is to increase the understanding of how the aerobic granular sludge (AGS) technology can be implemented at conditions typical for Nordic conditions...
Comparative experimental investigation of performance and efficiency of ground collectors for...

The number of heating and cooling systems using vertical boreholes is increasing rapidly in Sweden. This project will perform comparative investigations of these collectors. The aim...
Comparison of control strategies for heating systems in multifamily buildings based on measurements

Improved control of heating systems in multifamily buildings can result in reduced use of energy at low cost if applied in the right way. The project comprises a unique comparison...
Competitive steel & composite bridge - fatigue life enhancement through post-weld treatment

During recent years, the potentials of fatigue enhancement procedures have caught the attention of many industries, such as the off-shore industry, heavy lifting industry and the...
Competitive steel and composite bridges

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Competitive timber bridges

The technique for building with stress-laminated-timber bridge decks is well established and is becoming more popular. Timber should be a natural choice of material when constructing...
Computation of aeroacoustic sources and sound propagation for urban challenges

The overreaching goal of the proposed project is to advance the use of aeroacoustics simulations of vehicles and develop suitable sound propagation methods for application to...
Computation of aeroacoustic sources and sound propagation for urban challenges, part 2

Moving into 2020, the overreaching goal of the proposed project is to advance the use of aeroacoustics simulations of vehicles and develop suitable sound propagation methods for...
Conceptual understanding of the rock mass hydromechanical properties

The project aims at increasing the conceptual understanding of the hydromechanical properties of crystalline rock. These properties are influenced by the geological history of the...
Concrete structures subjected to fragment impacts

The society should be prepared for different types of crises. In the event of a war the society's investment by the large stock of built shelters becomes of great importance...
Concrete topcoat with hybrid features

The project is carried out by the Division of Building Technology, research group Building Materials.
Consencus in energy renovation: The tenant in focus

Projektet har som mål att överbrygga konflikter mellan intressenter inom energirenovering och ta fram rutiner för bästa möjliga avvägning mellan energieffektivisering och mål om en...
Constructed stormwater management extended to provide biodiversity neutral roads

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CONSTRUCTIVATE Sustainable recycling of construction and demolition waste

CONSTRUCTIVATE is a multidisciplinary, cross-sectorial research project aiming at generating knowledge and solutions for sustainable recycling of construction and demolition waste...
CONSTRUCTIVATE. Sustainable recycling of construction and demolition waste

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut AB (Research Institute, Sweden) IVL Svenska Miljöinstitutet AB (Research...
Corrosion cracking: Image-based methods combined with modelling

Are ageing civil engineering structures safe to use? This question urgently need an answer. We will enable assessment of the safety of deteriorated reinforced concrete structures...
COST Action TU1406: Quality specifications for roadway bridges, standardization at a European level...

During the implementation of asset management strategies, maintenance actions are required in order to keep assets at a desired performance level. In case of roadway bridges, specific...
Covercrete with hybrid functions - A new approach to sustainable reinforced concrete structures with...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Swedish Cement and Concrete Research Institute (Private, Sweden)
Creating effective partnerships between content and language teachers to enhance higher education...

The globalisation and internationalisation trends in higher education invites efforts to foster a culture of cooperation, reflexivity and learning among lecturers and students. To...
Creep of Geomaterials (CREEP)

Slow time-dependent movements caused by creep of natural geomaterials affect the performance of infrastructure and cause high maintenance and repair costs, and the partial closures of...
Crime, built environment and sustainable cities: In-depth analyzes of fraud victimization at the...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations University of Gothenburg (Academic, Sweden) University of Gothenburg (Publisher, Sweden) Police Region West (Public...
Critical conditions

A comprehensive assessment of the service life of reinforced concrete should include three aspects: modelleing of chloride ingress, estimation of critical condition, and measurement...
Crowd Movement. Predicting pedestrian movement in public space.

The project aims to support decision making in the urban planning and design process through the development of simulation models to predict pedestrian movement, which is central for...
Cryptosporidium and Giardia: Water quality modelling, microbial source tracking and risk assessment

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Durban University of Technology (Academic, South Africa)
Data och produktionsstyrd projektering med hjälp av artificiell intelligens

Digitaliseringståget accelererar och byggbranschen har nu chansen att anta teknik och konvertera till digitala lösningar. Dagens industriella arbetssätt (och morgondagens...
Decision Aid for Marine Munitions (DAIMON)

Chemical and conventional ammunition dumped in the Baltic Sea and in the Skagerrak contains a wide range of hazardous substances. Considering the growing use of the seabed for...
Decision support for sustainable remediation in urban areas

In historical cities, old industrial sites and waste deposits are more or less integrated in the expanding city. In order to remediate those sites, environmental and human health...
Decision support tool for renovation strategies of buildings with lack of technical documentation...

In the European Union discussions are ongoing to enforce national renovation strategies of buildings to reach low or zero carbon dioxide emissions from the building industry by 2050...
Decision-support system for sustainable regional water supply

Vattenförsörjning är av högsta prioritet för samhället. Tillgången till säkert dricksvatten är ett av milleniemålen som togs av FN år 2000. Folkhälsa och ekonomisk tillväxt är exempel...
Deep life in the Scandinavian Caledonides

Most other ICDP projects with a deep biosphere interest target sedimentary rocks. The microbiology working group will investigate microbial life in highly metamorphosed sedimentary...
Deformationer på spår-platta grundlagd på pålar i lös lera

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Deltares (Research Institute, Netherlands)
Demonstration of an integrated Renovation approach for Energy Efficiency At the Multi building scale...

DREEAM aims to demonstrate replicable Net Zero Energy residential building renovation approaches achieving up to [SM1] 75% total Net Energy Demand reduction- an improvement of 60% to...
Demonstration plant for cold storage in phase change materials

In this project phase change materials (PCM) are used in an innovative way by reducing the cooling power requirement in an office building. A PCM based thermal energy storage designed...
Den fysiska miljöns betydelse för ungdomar som vårdas inom de särskilda ungdomshemmen

De särskilda ungdomshemmens uppgift är att behandla ungdomar med allvarlig social problem i form av normbrytande beteende, kriminalitet eller missbruksproblematik. Syftet med...
Den tredje generationens smarta svenska städer: att lära från Barcelona och Madrid

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Density and Sustainability - paradigms in practice and the results of research

A research project on density and sustainability has been funded by the Research Council Formas. The research project "Density and Sustainability - paradigms in practice and the...
Design and procurement of FRP bridges

Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) materials have attracted a great deal of attention in infrastructural applications. Superior mechanical properties such as high specific strength and...
Design for a socially engaged energy efficiency in the sustainable city

In this project we want to investigate how the concept of energy efficiency can be further developed in relation to the everyday habits encouraged by the design of the built...
Design for adaption - making buildings ready for circular use and extended service life

Purpose and goal: The concept of design for adaption is to extend the service life of timber building to the maximum in sev-eral life cycles. In the first stage of the project the...
Design- och reglerstrategier för högtemperaturkylning av svenska kontorsbyggnader med hjälp av...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations ESBE (Private, Sweden) Eon SE (Private, Germany) Lindab Sverige AB (Private, Sweden) Swegon (Private, Sweden) University...
Design solutions for microplastic shedding from textiles

Microplastics pollution of marine and coastal environments is an environmental issue which is intensely discussed on a global level. The textile sector contributes to this pollution...
Design Systems, Master’s Course

Design Systems, Master’s Course at the Master’s Program Design for Sustainable Development, 7.5 credits When working with sustainable urban development, sustainable building or...
Developing dynamic client project capabilities in the public sector for increased ecological...

Offentliga beställare behöver öka sin förmåga att leda bygg- och anläggningsprojekt Offentliga beställare investerar årligen mångmiljardbelopp i nya byggnader och anläggningar. Kraven...
Developing sustainable trajectories for urban building-stocks

This project aims to develop a new methodology for the transition of the urban building stock towards a long-term sustainable energy system. The technical potential for reducing...
Development and test of a quota obligation scheme with a focus on power reduction (Casablanca)

Through a market test, geographically limited to Gothenburg, the project will investigate how a white-certificate-like quota obligation scheme, focusing on peak power reduction...
Development and test of a quota obligation scheme with a focus on power reduction (Casablanca)

Through a market test, geographically limited to Gothenburg, the project will investigate how a white-certificate-like quota obligation scheme, focusing on peak power reduction...
Development of a digital tool for integrated impact assessment of social, economical, ecological and...

Chalmers and partners at Calluna AB, Norconsult (former KMV Forum), Swedish Transport Administration and Gothenburg Region have received funding for the research project Development...
Development of a novel ECO-LABELing EU-harmonized methodology for cost-effective, safer and greener...

The EU Ecolabel identifies products and services that contribute to sustainability because they have demonstrated a reduced environmental impact throughout their life cycle. There are...
Development of a numerical prediction tool for optimisation of apertures, screens and absorbers in...

We are surrounded by noise sources such as engines, household appliances, heat pumps and computers. A common treatment is to build an enclosure around the noise source that partly...
Development of a numerical prediction tool for optimisation of apertures, screens and absorbers in...

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Development of a protocol for risk assessment of potentially polluting shipwrecks in Scandinavian...

The purpose of the project is to develop a model for prioritisation of shipwrecks based on risk due to the possibility that wrecks may contain toxic substances and is a potential...
Development of methods and technique, model for increased energy efficiency in lighting on the...

Development of methods and technique, model for increased energy efficiency in lighting on the conditions of the human and the space. Part 1. Model for an optimized energy efficient...
Development of model and methodology for ground-borne noise in road and railway projects

The aim of the project is, within the framework of a Ph.D. education, to develop a design methodology for structure-borne noise that correspond to the one available for air-borne...
Development of standards for functional requirements at underground facilities with respect to the...

Constructions in underground space represent interventions in the surrounding environments. This concerns mainly the hydrology but also other aspects such as the release of ion...
Development of standards for functional requirements at underground facilities with respect to the...

Constructions in underground space represent interventions in the surrounding environments. This concerns mainly the hydrology but also other aspects such as the release of ion...
Development of sustainable electrochemical corrosion protection systems for reinforced concrete...

Corrosion of reinforcing steel in concrete structures is a worldwide problem and affects a large number of infrastructures. Two major causes connected to corrosion of reinforcing...
Development of sustainable energy-efficient water supply systems in society

Sweden's goal is an energy transition, which places demands on efficiencies in all areas. One forgotten area is water supply, which has looked the same for the past 50 years. Water...
Digital analys, simulering och verifiering av boendekvaliteter

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Digital business model for large site building logistics

Through literature studies and the collection of expert knowledge from other sectors, a digital planning and execution concept is developed. Large construction projects have complex...
Digital planning tools for more efficient land development

Economic analysis is essential for successful implementation of any urban development project, not least since such projects in Sweden most often are driven by public tax money...
Digital time travels

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Digital Twin as a Decision-Making Support Tool for Resilience of Urban’s Infrastructure under...

Digital Twin of Infrastructure A Digital Twin of an infrastructure is a living digital simulation that brings all the data and models together, and updates itself from multiple...
Digital Twin Cities Centre

The centre’s vision is to investigate and develop the Digital Twin City concept as the foundation for digital planning, design, construction, and management of sustainable...
Digital Twin for modelling future energy needs in the building stock of the city of Gothenburg: a...

The purpose of the project is to further develop, test and evaluate a digital platform with an energy and climate module linked to building stock modeling that is integrated into a...
Digital Twin I – Comprehensive Condition Assessment for Resilient Transport Infrastructure under...

Project summary Transport infrastructures are the backbone of our society due to the heavy rely on the uninterrupted availability of the road network. Reliable condition assessment...
Digital Twin of Transport Infrastructure – combining the power of data & model

Transport infrastructures are the backbone of our society due to that we heavily rely on the uninterrupted availability of the road network, and bridges are the bottleneck of this...
Digitaliserade Planverktyg för effektivare markutveckling

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Digitalisering av informationsflöden för effektivare infrastrukturprojekt

Samordning av materialflöden är komplext och omfattar många aktörer i stora anläggnings-/infrastrukturprojekt. Informationshantering och informationsflöden är centralt för denna...
Digitalisering i projektorganisationer SBUF

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Luleå University of Technology (Academic, Sweden)
Digitaliseringsdrivna värden och affärsmodeller i samhällsbyggnadssektorns ekosystem: En detaljerad...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations NCC AB (Private, Sweden)
Digitialization and business models in the built environment ecosystem: Future scenarios

In the era of C onstruction 4.0, several trends and technologies are identified as drivers for how design, construction and facility management in the built environment will change...
Digitized goal conflict management in complex projects - Visualization of environmental data linked...

How can visualization of the environment, combined with health data, in a coordination model support quality assurance during a planning process of infrastructure projects? This is...
Disturbing issues with piles in soft soils

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Djupstabilisering i stadsmiljö

With increasing urbanisation, there is an increasing need to construct underground. Most foundation structures are made of concrete, with high embodied CO2. Thus, there is a need for...
dMFA - Analytical tool for supporting factor 10 at urban district level

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Climate-KIC (Public, United Kingdom) Mistra Urban Futures (Centre, Sweden) City of Gothenburg (Public, Sweden)
Dricksvattenrisker - Beslutstöd för översyn och optimering av dricksvattenberedning

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Lund University (Academic, Sweden) Umeå University (Academic, Sweden) Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU) (Public...
Drivers of heating patterns and their impact on residential energy use

Household heating demand is influenced by the building properties but also by occupants’ heating patterns which are determined by factors varying greatly between people and locations...
Dynamic client capabilities

Pressures on resources and rhetorics of partnering have persuaded many that clients do not really need to be able to engage in the project process and that expressing the need clearly...
Effect of cracks on reinforcement corrosion (Cracor)

Adequate formulation of technical functional requirements, instead of technical details, are needed to open up for optimal and innovative solutions. Surface crack widths are today...
Effective construction and upgrading of steel and steel-FRP composite bridges - with the emphasis on...

At the present time, sustainable development is a key issue in a wide range of fields, including production technology, life-cycle management and the use of natural resources. It is...
Effects of climate change on slope stability in sensitive clays

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Swedish Geotechnical Institute (SGI) (Research Institute, Sweden) Swedish Transport Administration (Public, Sweden)
Effects of climate change on soft clay slopes

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Effektivisering med Virtuell design og konstruktion (VDC) i renovering

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Dansk Byggeri (Non Profit, Denmark) Enemærke & Petersen a/s (Private, Denmark)
Efficient battery collection with consumers focus

The project aims at strenghtening the infrastructure for the collection of small batteries of different types and thereby making the collection more efficient. The project is...
Efficient computational modelling for sustainable use of deep mixing in urban environment

Med ökande urbanisering finns det ett ökande behov av att bygga under jord. De flesta grundkonstruktioner är gjorda av betong, med hög CO2 belast. Det finns således ett behov av...
Efficient Solar Roof Tops - Case Studies and In-depth Analysis for Optimized Roof Renovation with...

In the project led by RISE and based on new research on PV in buildings, we will, together with academia and industry, seek new knowledge regarding roof renovation using PV. The work...
Electric Worksite II

In the Project Electric Worksite II, several big players take concrete steps to electrify construction sites. With a focus on, among other things, construction projects and street...
Elucidating stress related to fermenting syngas – towards efficient conversion of CO and CO2 into...

The project contributes to the development of an entirely renewable energy system by improving production of ethanol by syngas fermenting bacteria. Bacterial syngas fermentation is a...
Embedded sensors

A PhD- project that seeks to gain a more pervasive use of material properties in future architecture, through the development of low‐practical performance based sustainable...
Emerging contaminants in the environment

New or emerging metallic contaminants are emitted into the environment as a result of rapid technological development and the introduction of new consumer and industrial products...
Enable sustainable water reuse by utilizing ettringite as a value-adding mineral addition in...

Purpose and goalThis project intends to solve the bottleneck problem in the new technology for wastewater treatment by experimentally investigate the feasibilities for utilizing its...
Energieffektiva lufkvalitetsystem för fordon

Det övergripande målet med projektet är att förstå hur man kan uppnå god luftkvalitet i fordonskupén och samtidigt minska klimatsystemets enrgianvändning. Klimatsystemet använder en...
Energy efficiency and cultural values in housing. How well do the policies function on the local...

Projektledare: Professor Mattias Legnér, Uppsala universitet, Konstvetenskapliga institutionen, Kulturvård, mattias.legner@konstvet.uu.se Projektsammanfattning Projektet belyser hur...
Energy Efficiency and Preservation in Our Cultural Heritage, EEPOCH

The project is one of many within the programme Save & Preserve financed by the Swedish Energy Agency, the Church of Sweden, and the National Heritage Board, and in this...
Energy optimisation and control of autonomous electric vehicles

The traditional routing problem is reinvigorated by emerging transport technologies where the fleet consists of autonomous electric vehicles. With specific battery capacities...
Energy optimisation of future automotive climate system

This project is about how future cars should be designed with the aim of using much less energy for the interior climate compared to cars designed today. A method that makes it...
Energy performance and indoor environment quality in school buildings

The project aims at developing a relationship between energy performance (EP) and indoor environment in school buildings. EP is stated as purchased energy in kWh / year.m2, but there...
Energy performance and occupant satisfaction in green-certified office buildings

The overarching goal of the project is to improve building energy performance and occupant experience and satisfaction in future sustainable building energy systems and better meet...
Enhancing biogeochemical Fingerprints of Natural Organic Matter with Data Fusion

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Enhancing ecosystem services by innovative remediation using gentle remediation options (ECO-GRO)

In Europe, there are more than 2.5 million potentially contaminated sites, of which 80 000 located in Sweden. The Swedish EPA is concerned with the low level of innovation of...
Enpatientrum i Sverige

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Enpatientrum i Sverige. Sammanställd utvärdering av ett antal genomförda projekt

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations SWECO (Private, Sweden) Centre for Healthcare Architecture (CVA) (Centre, Sweden)
Environmental geographic information systems (GIS) for building stocks and urban structures: phase II

This request refers to a continuation employment for Dr. Liane Thuvander as an assistant professor (forskarassistent) at Chalmers University of technology. In appendix E results from...
Environmental risks posed by sunken wrecks

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Swerea (Private, Sweden) Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) (Public, Sweden) The Swedish Agency for Marine and Water...
Environmental risks posed by sunken wrecks II

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations The Swedish National Maritime and Transport Museums (Public, Sweden) Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) (Public...
Equality in Planning

This study connects to the research project ‘The uneven geography of migration’ funded by Mistra Urban Futures, VGR, The city of Gothenburg and Skaraborg Local Authorities. From 2016...
Equitable Fare Design for Public Transit Systems in Gothenburg

Transport system equity is related to spatio-temporal distribution of impacts that transportationhas on societal benefits. Transportation planning and design decisions have...
Erosion-prognosticering mot tid

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Eurokodens påverkan på svetsutformning avseende utmattningshållfasthet

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Evaluating and promoting sustainability of micro-shared mobility system leveraging big data and...

Shared micro-mobility systems (SMMS), such as bike/e-bike and e-scooter/e-mopeds sharing, are potential sustainable alternatives to fossil-powered transportation and are being...
Evaluating the energy retrofitting strategies of the Swedish building stock for the uncertain future...

Impact analysis of climate change on the hygrothermal performance of the Swedish building stock, including residential and non-residential buildings is performed. The work develops...
Evaluation and optimization of a heat storage with phase change materials for better energy...

The application relates to the evaluation of an innovative thermal storage for heating of hot water, with phase change materials (PCM) as the heat carrier. This PCM storage is...
Evaluation of innovative and gentle in situ remediation strategies to manage risks and improve...

Gentle remediation options (GRO) involve plants, fungi, bacteria and soil amendments and are found to be feasible for contaminated sites with medium and low ecological and...
Examining the role of experts as knowledge facilitators in standardized and industrialized building...

The overall objective of this project is to explore how organizations in the construction industry can develop industrialized processes that not only provide a more efficient...
Experimentell verifiering av förenklade och självreglerande golvvärmesystem för välisolerade bostäder

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations NCC AB (Private, Sweden)
Exploratory Analysis of New Data Sources to Assess the Impact of Covid-19 on Urban Mobility

The sudden changes to personal mobility and urban activity across the globe caused by COVID-19 are challenging current principles and practice in spatial and transport planning of the...
Explosions in a denser urban environment

With the aim of making attractive land space available for further development, there is today a desire in many cities to implement a densification of the existing urban environment...
Extracting electrical current from organic compounds in wastewater (BIOANODE)

In a microbial bio-electrochemical system, bacteria convert organic matter directly into electrical current. This makes it possible to use the energy content of dissolved organic...
Facilitating detection, understanding production, and improving mitigation of undesired taste and...

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Facing the energy challenge: Innovative business models for renovation of buildings

The overall objectives of this research concern how innovative business- and decision making models for energy efficient renovation of buildings are created, adopted, and acted upon...
FALCON: Lättviktslösningar i fiberkomposit för framtidens infrastruktur

Det huvudsakliga målet är att skapa nya möjligheter för svensk industri inom marknaden för lätta broar tillverkade av fiberkomposit. Speciellt för detta projekt är att det är...
Fatigue life prediction by damage tolerance using probalistic fracture mechanics - A feasibility...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (Academic, Sweden)
FC District

The project is carried out by the Division of Building Technology, research group Building Physics.
Feasibility study of a mobile foundation study for the HSB Living Lab

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Peab Sverige, Göteborg (Private, Sweden)
Fibres in Civil Engineering Structures

Corrosion is the most common cause of deterioration of reinforced concrete structures today. It negatively affects the safety of structures and causes high maintenance costs for...
filmTES - Performance criteria and benchmarks

This project has a twofold aim: to develop new criterion or criteria that precisely describe the performance of thin films and coatings with a built-in thermal storage capacity...
FIWARE for Smart Energy Platform (FISMEP)

There is urgent need to unlock Smart Grid Technologies and Services by means of a standardized software platform that can support interoperability. To achieve this goal, FISMEP will...
Fixing quick clay

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