The new Kiruna Town Hall is a lighthouse project within the comprehensive city transformation due to extended mining areas. In the coming 20-25 years, the mining will affect approximately 2 500 apartments as well as approximately 200 000 square meters … Continue reading →

Vännäs is a small municipality in the inner parts of Västerbotten county in northern Sweden. The Nya Vegaskolan in is built as Passive House according to the international Passive House criteria (PHI). It will also be certified according to the … Continue reading →

The regional branch organization IUC Norrbotten and Nenet Norrbotten Energy Agency via MountEE project offer the first practical training course on Passive House technique in Northern Sweden. The course will be hold by two of the foremost experts in low … Continue reading →

Source: LTU Luleå University of Technology The construction company NCC is building passive houses in new Kiruna. The house will be completed in September 2014. The construction is a spin-off effect of the R&D project Attract where LTU researchers and … Continue reading →

Today it is possible to build a Passive House on high Alpine levels, more than 2000 m above sea level! During my summer vacation in Austria I had the possibility to combine a hiking tour to the Hochschwab summit with … Continue reading →

The Energy performance of buildings directive recast  came into force on July 9th 2010. Member States shall adopt and publish, by July 9th 2012 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with most of the … Continue reading →

24 politicians, civil servants and experts from Sweden (Dalarna, Norrbotten and Västerbotten regions) with background in construction visited Austria’s westernmost province of Vorarlberg as part of the MountEE project. Vorarlberg is well-known as a model region for sustainable and energy … Continue reading →

“Beställargruppen Lokaler”, called BELOK for short, is a co-operative project between the Swedish Energy Agency, the Swedish Construction Clients Forum and Sweden’s largest local property owners with an orientation towards commercial premises, for example premises for schools, medical services and … Continue reading →

Sustainable construction in low-energy or passive house standard is still perceived as financially risky in Norrbotten and Västerbotten, and there are only a few examples of low-energy or passive house solutions for public buildings. Municipalities that however decide to invest … Continue reading →

In 2020, Umeå region aims at being world leading in sustainable building in cold climate. This and the EPBD were driving factors for the City of Umeå for developing a lighthouse project in building the northernmost certfied passive house. It … Continue reading →