Sustainability Case Studies

Coldharbour Lane is an energy efficient affordable housing development based on Skanska's ModernaHus concept, which meets the UK's Code for Sustainable Homes level 4.

The Kvarteret Mästaren office building in Kalmar was the first building in Scandinavia to be awarded LEED Platinum for New Construction and is certified according to the EU GreenBuilding programme.

Skanska UK's Rashleigh Weatherfoil divisional head office at Hollywood House in Woking was redeveloped into a highly sustainable workplace that was designed to achieve LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Commercial Interiors Platinum certification.

Phase One of the Milíčovský Háj South residential development in the Czech Republic consists of several low-energy and passive house apartments, along with other homes built to Skanska's standards.

The Nordhuset office building, located in Copenhagen, Denmark, was designed according to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) New Construction and the EU GreenBuilding programme.

733 10th and G is a mixed-use development in central Washington DC that was designed to LEED Core and Shell Gold certification and involved the first carbon footprint study of its kind in the US.

Part of the Royal Christiania Hotel in Oslo was redeveloped into a BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method) ‘Very Good’ building by improving energy and water efficiency, and reusing the existing structure where possible.

Bassängkajen is a modern and energy efficient office building that was the first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Core and Shell Platinum pre-certified building in Malmö.

Öresund Green is Skanska’s own type of single-family passive house and was first constructed as part of the Strandgränd residential project in Bunkeflostrand, southern Sweden.

The Surrey Street Lighting PFI (Private Finance Initiative) involves modernizing the County of Surrey’s entire street lighting system to provide higher quality and more efficient street lighting over a 25-year period.