Sustainability Case Studies

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.

Skanska uses carbon footprinting tools to benchmark the carbon emissions of highway projects and to help identify low-carbon project options.

Skanska uses carbon footprinting tools to benchmark the carbon emissions of building projects and to help identify low-carbon project options.

The Nardo School in Trondheim, Norway, has been built from solid wood, and is an energy efficient building that uses geothermal energy.

Based on principles of urban ecology, Pilestredet Park is a mixed-use urban redevelopment project in central Oslo, Norway. Innovative techniques for the reuse of demolition materials were developed and strict sustainability objectives were met.

The UN House in Arendal, Norway, has been rebuilt into an energy efficient, carbon neutral building with a double box facade, and sources renewable energy from a solar water heating system and geothermal energy from the sea.

Badedammen Vest is an energy efficient residential development in Stavanger, Norway, which sources renewable heating and cooling from a seawater heat pump system.