SINTEF projects

Explore institutional, political, and business frameworks for using mineral waste as a resource in green transitions.

In the project, research institutes cooperate with companies to make advanced walls and windows with new or improved properties and a small environmental footprint.

Small and medium-sized companies often do not have the capacity or competence to develop their ideas into specific R&D projects. In collaboration with Sparebank1 SMN, SINTEF offers small and medium-sized companies in Mid-Norway assistance with green...

The concept of Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) has increasingly been integrated into the climate neutrality discourse. PEDs have also been purported to hold the key to transform the urban energy system and to be an important pillar of smart cities.

AURORAL focuses on increasing connectivity and delivering a digital environment of smart objects and interoperable service platforms able to trigger dynamic rural ecosystems of innovation chains, applications, and services. Thus, AURORAL contributes...

Hydrogen provides a CO₂-free sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. A preliminary project is now being performed to investigate the production of hydrogen from waste using microbes.

Åfjord Municipality wants SINTEF as a research and development partner as part of realizing the municipality's vision of being a pioneering municipality, and what this ambition will require of the municipality with regard to competence and networks...

ENGAGE seeks to strengthen the cooperation between the population, emergency organizations and authorities to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters.

The RAPID project aims to save lives by delivering an warning system that early can detect critical deterioration in transport system infrastructure, and also minimise system disruption and delays to critical supply chains.

In the POCOplast project (Pathways to sustainable post-consumer plastics in aquaculture), SINTEF collaborates with NTNU and organizations from all parts of the value chain (NCE Aquatech, Plasto, Grieg Seafood, Empower, Norwegian Plastic Recycling...

SICALC is a new service model for calculation of air traffic noise.

SINTEF has developed Mobility-as-a-Service adapted to scattered rural areas. The main idea is a system for transport planning that coordinates needs for passenger and goods transport in order to use transport resources optimally.

The Norwegian business sector is under pressure to transform from at least three global trends with significant, long-term impacts: The projected drop in value creation from petroleum markets, the need to tackle climate change and other grand...

Ocean Plastic Turned into an Opportunity in Circular Economy

The EROSS projects develop space vehicles for performing servicing tasks on orbiting satellites such as inspections, robotic maintenance, and orbit change, thereby extending satellite lifespan.

The ReGenWool project focused on chemical recycling of low-grade wool and post-consumer wool waste, and utilizing the recycled materials to generate new materials.

Oil spill response is more challenging in cold climate condition. The project develops and evaluates the effectiveness and environmental effects of different response methods in cold climate with the aim to develop a strategic tool for oil spill...

SINTEF has played a key role in the development of various financing schemes in health care in Norway. From the early development of DRGs, until the more recent changes in the overall block funding and capitation.