Preface. This report is a deliverable (D4.3) in the MIMIC project, under WP4, Task 4.3. The aim of WP4 is: • test the Smart Governance Concept 1.0 developed under the previous CIVIC project with an attempt to include construction logistics planning in city level planning (Task 4.1 Testing of Smart...
A relevant approach to limit virgin materials consumption and waste in the construction industry is to use reclaimed construction products. Their sustainability performance depends on various parameters, including the activities needed to reuse them. Currently, the life cycle sustainability...
Urban construction projects are essential in reducing the housing deficit of the latest urbanization trend (UN, 2015 & 2018). As such, construction projects contribute to more attractive, sustainable and economically viable urban areas once they are finished. However, construction work and...
Introduction: Construction sites are among the major sources of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the construction industry. Large quantities of construction materials and other resources need to be transported to, within, and from construction sites. Implementation of different construction...
Current European legislation calls for the abatement of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through better building design and technological solutions, in order to reduce operational energy use, embodied energy and embodied material emissions originating from buildings. Presently, environmental...
This second version (V2.0) of the ZEN definition guideline report builds upon version V1.0 of the ZEN definition guideline and series of ZEN definition reports. The ZEN categories for GHG emissions, energy, and power have been updated after having been tested in selected pilots. In addition, a...
Urban areas pay increasing attention to new construction and infrastructure works, mainly due to the rapid global rise in urbanisation. In the long run, these works have a positive correlation with the economic and social attractiveness of cities. Construction strongly relies on logistics activities...
The building and construction sector is responsible for 3.4% of total GHG emissions in Norway. Around 95% of these emissions arise from the combustion of fossil fuels for the operation of construction machinery and transport. This highlights the importance of transitioning to renewable energy...
Construction industry is one of the main contributors to the world's emissions and material footprints. Reuse of construction products is one way to lower the sector's embodied emissions and increase resource utilisation. The aim of this study is to identify the main drivers and challenges affecting...
This third version of the ZEN definition guideline report builds upon version 1.0 and 2.0 of the ZEN definition guideline reports and series of ZEN definition reports. This report gives further details on the ZEN KPI tool and on ZEN KPI reference, limit, and target values. A major change involves...
Off-site construction is considered as environmentally preferable to on-site due to the controlled environment for planning and production before assembly in the construction site. However, evaluating the actual environmental benefits and drawbacks from a life cycle perspective is important to avoid...
The vision of the project EE settlement – Embodied energy, costs and traffic in different settlement patterns is to provide a decision support tool and a guideline which enable municipal planners and other stakeholders to assess the expected impacts of new developments in early planning stages. The...
The objective of this report is to provide a state-of-the-art review on relevant existing studies that could be used as a background for tool development and guidelines in the EE settlement project. The report investigates how different dwelling types and settlement patterns affect travel behaviour...
Denne rapporten beskriver definisjonen, nøkkelindikatorer og vurderingskriterier som benyttes i forskningssenteret for nullutslippsområde i smarte byer (ZEN-senteret). Denne andre utgaven av ZENdefinisjonen bygger på versjon v.1.0 av ZEN-definisjonen (1). ZEN-kategoriene klimagassutslipp, energi og...
This third version of the ZEN definition guideline report builds upon version 1.0 and 2.0 of the ZEN definition guideline reports and series of ZEN definition reports. This report gives further details on the ZEN KPI tool and on ZEN KPI reference, limit, and target values. A major change involves...
SINTEF has carried out an analysis of emission reduction measures from the construction site activities for the renovation project Storgata nord in Tromsø. This involves a mapping of possible measures that can contribute to greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reduction in the construction phase for the...
Introduction. The ongoing urbanization trend makes local governments densify their built environment, hence stimulating construction and renovation works in urban areas. Construction intrinsically strongly relies on logistics activities, which in turn are the source of environmental nuisances. The...
...databases, and tools, one focused on travel behaviour and housing preferences (Landa-Mata et al 2018), and one on district-level tools and databases (Fufa et al 2019), were performed to fill in the gaps in the current approach and bring new insights to the project. The findings from literature review...
Dette forprosjektet har fokus på delingsøkonomi og er basert på et ideverksted som ble arrangert av Prosjekt Norge. Forprosjektet redegjør for relevante definisjoner innen delingsøkonomiske forretningsmodeller, og peker på sirkulære tiltak i bygg- og anleggsnæringen og potensialet for norske...
For å kunne kvantifisere utviklingen av et nullutslippsområde er klimagassutslipp fra materialer og energibruk i drift viktige indikatorer. Det er utviklet en standard for metode for klimagassberegninger for bygninger – NS 3720:2018 som benyttes for å kvantifisere klimagassutslippene gjennom hele...