Demolishing generates enormous amounts of waste each year. At the same time, the environmental strain of material use in new buildings is paid more and more attention. Reuse of building materials...
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Planning and Building Legislation
The purpose of the planning and building legislation is to promote sustainable development in favor of individuals, the society and future generations. Together with the associated regulations...
Product testing and analysis
We have extensive experience with testing brake couplings, both explosive tests and extensible and leak tests, and pull tests and fracture analysis on water connections....
Wood stove technology

Since the beginning of the eighties SINTEF has accumulated an extensive and versatile competence within development of small-scale heating technologies for the residential sector through solid...
Maritime Transportation Systems

MARINTEK possesses unique interdisciplinary competence that is in high demand in research, innovation and the analysis of maritime transportation systems. The Department of Maritime...
Geothermal energy systems

Geothermal energy systems cover systems for both shallow and deep geothermal wells. Shallow geothermal boreholes, 50 - 200 m, are used as heat source or sink for heat pumping systems. Deep...
CO2 Condensation
Condensation of CO2 in heat exchangers and separators occurs in processes for liquefaction of a CO2-rich gas phase, for example to increase purity of the gas, to meet ship transportation...
Electric and hybrid marine power systems
Electric and hybrid marine power systems for increased flexibility and reduced emissions and fuel consumption. The trend of the last decades has been increased use of hybrid electric propulsion...
Cable Technology
A modern high-voltage cable is a high-tech product where materials, design and production methods all contribute to a finished product with high reliability and long life. SINTEF conduct R&D...
Reservoir fluid analyses
Knowledge of reservoir fluid properties at reservoir and production conditions (density, viscosity, phase behaviour, composition) and how reservoir fluids interact (interfacial tension,...
Virtual Synchronous Machines
The concept of Virtual Synchronous Machines (VSMs) is emerging as a flexible method for controlling power electronic converters in power system applications. The main incentivess for developing...
Combinatorial optimization
Within the field of mathematical optimization, combinatorial optimization represents a sub topic with several techniques for finding the optimal solution from a finite (and huge) set of discrete...
Data Pipelines
Enabling data-driven application workflows. Nowadays, the increasing pervasiveness of data and computing results in the proliferation of edge applications for timely and effective processing of...
Data Space and Ecosystems
Decentralized Infrastructure for data sharing and data sovereignty The role of data for businesses has continuously changed over the decades, prompting data providers to rethink the way they...
Plastics, rubbers and composites
At SINTEF we work with all types of polymers: thermoplastic polymers, thermosets, composites, elastomers and gels. Within these materials, we are involved in R&D along the complete value chain...
Process modelling
Process modelling at SINTEF is based on advanced mathematical modeling and simulation tools combined with our well-equipped laboratories and experimental facilities. Our research stretches from...
Communication acoustics

Sound signals such as speech and music carry important and desired information in our everyday lives. Communication acoustics deals with the transmission, reception, and processing of such sounds....
Environmental acoustics

Community noise is an environmental problem in our modern society. The best way to diminish this nuisance is through good planning, noise minimisation, and taking account of people's reactions...
Navigation, positioning and localization
Navigation is the art and science of determining the position and course of an object of interest. The term "position" is usually used when the object is referenced to be at a specific...
Approximate algebraic geometry
Development of floating point based algorithms for algebraic geometry challenges facilitate industrial use. Read more: Approximate algebraic geometry...