...area. A concrete containment protects the plant from floods, and the roof is designed as a green park area that fits into the surroundings. The WIDER UPTAKE demo site on the roof consists of four separate boxes for growing grass, flowers and bushes. The boxes are irrigated by different sources of water:...
...keeps getting smaller. Technologies and infrastructures are increasingly intertwined; nations have become interconnected by transportation, communication and economy. In this world, our society is put under tremendous strain: New forms of crime, new system dependencies and new vulnerabilities. These threats...
...large and small components with different criticality. It is challenging to determine the appropriate time for maintenance and renewal of the components. Methods and tools are developed to help utility companies to determine. One of the main objectives of the "Assessment of technical condition and lifetime...
...industral implementation of biomass conversion to advanced biofuels in Europe by developing new catalyst and methodologies. The catalytic key processes comprise hydrocarbon reforming, CO2 FTS, hydrotreating and co-Fluidized Catalytic Cracking. To meet European terms targets, an energy paradigm shift is needed...
Health, safety and the environment are given first priority in SINTEF. The safety of our employees always comes ahead of other considerations. We shall maintain a sound and health-promoting working environment. We shall achieve zero work related absence. We shall incur zero levels of accident, injury...
...is created in the everyday life; in meetings between people, through physical movement, sensual experiences; activities that provide quality of life and are influenced by factors other than those created in the health sector. Our physical surroundings are important contributors to the great public "health...
...for the climate, the environment and people. Illustration is from a planned district at the former airport in Bodø municipality. Illustration: Henning Larsen architects Standard “The most important criteria for a climate-friendly city are the location of homes and the daily commute destinations like...
...silent and deadly threat remains after the war: mines, explosives, and toxic residues. More than 87,000 km² of land in Ukraine is potentially contaminated, an area larger than Austria. For the country’s farmers, this means loss of livelihood, and for Europe, weakened food security. Researchers and students...
How can we reduce food waste and at the same time preserve the quality of Norwegian fruit and vegetables? This is the question that researchers at SINTEF Ocean want to answer this project. The project explores how ozone can be used to extend the shelf life and improve the quality of foods such as potatoes...
...versions of GPT are achieving unprecedented capabilities for assisting humans in the completion of diverse and complex tasks. Despite their extraordinary performance, GPT models remain opaque and prone to hallucinations. Moreover, GPT models are still underperforming when completing complex reasoning...
The ENFIELD project will establish a unique European Centre of Excellence that excels in fundamental research in Adaptive, Green, Human-Centric, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI). ENFIELD is an EU-funded project that aims to create a European Centre of Excellence for research withing four...
DYNAPORT will develop new optimization and coordination tools for ports and ships that reduce the ship's fuel consumption and increases port efficiency with at least 10% and ensure implementation by relying on internationally accepted information sharing standards. Whatever the pathway for a sustainable...
...believe that it is good for the immune system and helps to clear the head. Detractors say that the cold simply make us ill. So, what do researchers have to say about the effects of cold on our bodies? Gemini invited SINTEF research scientist, physiologist and low temperature expert Øystein Wiggen to share...
...calculate necessary levels of investments in urban water- and wastewater networks. About SOVAL SOVAL helps municipalities (water utilities) and consultants calculate necessary rehabilitation level, rehabilitation rate and investment need in urban water- and wastewater networks in order to maintain or improve...
A method to generate hourly time series for wind power and solar power production for a number specified locations, covering the 65 year time period from 1950 to 2014. Om The primary purpose of the time series is to be used in simulations using the EMPS multi-area power market simulator where long...
SINTEF Ocean and industry actors in robotics and digital solutions welcomes you to attend an exciting and interesting seminar during AquaNor 2023. New research results and innovative technology for robotics and digitalization of aquaculture will be presented. SeeSalmon Brattørkaia 17a, 7010 Trondheim...
Recent environmental considerations, as salmon lice, escape of farmed fish and release of nutrients, have prompted the Norwegian aquaculture industry to consider the use of closed fish production systems. The use of such systems is amongst other suggestions also considered as potential way of expanding...
Homepage Objective: To establish the basis to deveping all round environmentally friendly binder systems. Project manager and disciplinary responsible: Harald Justnes PhD: Klaartje De Weerdt and Kien Hoang International advisor: Professor Fred Glasser, University of Aberdeen, UK The project co-operated with...
A webinar on how surveillance and first responders may be enabled to carry out operations together with robots and drones. Webinar This webinar is organized by the project Automated Task planning for Autonomous multi-robot Teams (ATAM), financed by the Research Council of Norway. The project is led...
FME NorthWind, the University of Oslo (Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law) and Ocean Grid invite you to this webinar about congestion and congestion management in the power grid. Webinar The webinar will be held by Stephany Nicole Paredes Pineda, power market analyst at Hafslund Eco, Norway. Overview: The...