We will enable the transition to a low carbon society by developing sustainable neighbourhoods with zero greenhouse gas emissions.
We are convinced that our future cities and communities should ensure optimal energy use and be good places for people to live and work in.
Read more about us«The URBAN FUTURE global conference is Europe’s largest event for sustainable cities. It’s the place to meet the most passionate and inspiring CityChangers from all over the world. (…) In 2019 the event will be held in Oslo, the European Green Capital 2019.
Join us at #UFGC19 in Oslo and become part of the CityChangers-movement!»
This article sets out to describe the role of aesthetics in citizen dialogues during the upgrading of a local swimming pool in Hammarkullen, Gothenburg. The swimming pool became an important project because of its role in a larger neighbourhood renovation project that allowed the municipality to focus on citizen engagement and inclusion.
Urban Planning, 4(1), ISSN: 2183-7653. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/up.v4i1.1648
The ZEN Research Centre, together with its partners, has set out to create zero emission neighbourhoods (ZEN).
A zero emission neighbourhood aims to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions towards zero within its life cycle.
Read more >>The ZEN pilot projects serve as innovation hubs where our researchers, together with building professionals, property developers, municipalities, energy companies, and building owners and users, test new solutions for the construction, operation, and use of neighbourhoods in order to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions to zero on a neighbourhood scale.
Campus
Evenstad
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Furuset
Oslo
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Zero Village
Bergen
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Knowledge Axis
Trondheim
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Ydalir
Elverum
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Airport re-development
Bodø
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Residental area
Steinkjer
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Fornebu
Bærum
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The ZEN Research Centre’s research is highly multi-disciplinary.
We have organized our research activities in 6 work packages:
FME ZEN koorinerer arbeidet videre i 2019. Utveksling av kunnskap og bygging av kompetanse på tvers av FMEene og økt synlighet vil være viktige komponenter i dette arbeidet.
Today we presented some of our Zero Emission Neighbourhood research @SDGbergen and connected it to some of the UN Sustaiable Development Goals, https://t.co/iaaTCsNG0L
Hva menes egentlig med bærekraft? Les @SustainNTNU blogginnlegg på #bærekraftbloggen: https://t.co/lYBPJjldhW
Ny By - Ny flypass in @Bodo_kommune was one of the @ZENcentre pilot projects discussed by our researchers, PhD- and Post Doc-candidates today. Impressive research suggestions they came up with in half a day.
2Today we have a seminar where all our PhD and Post Doc candidates use the Pecha Kucha method to present their work. Hans Martin Mathisen @eptntnu and Thomas Berker open the seminar. Åse Lekang Sørensen @SINTEF starts.
3- En sterk satsing på energiforskning har vært lønnsomt for samfunnet og bidratt til betydelig verdiskaping. Dette er hovedfunn i en ny rapport som olje- og energiminister Kjell-Børge Freiberg mottok i Trondheim i dag: https://t.co/qxqlinVaAi @SINTEFenergy
Share your research! Abstracts are due February 01. Visit the conference web-site: https://t.co/sTq4oWOjwB https://t.co/NJ6N8t4gcj
Norge kan krympe Europas CO2-utslipp ved å bygge nullutslippsområder. Denne kuren kan også gi lavere vekst i nettleien. Arild Gustavsen @ZENcentre og CenSES-leder Asgeir Tomasgard i Gemini i dag.
https://t.co/oB3psvaBRY
The first conference on zero emission neighbourhoods took place on 17 April 2018 in Vulkan Arena in Oslo. The 200 participants were presented with inspiring presentations from Norway and abroad and introduced to the width of activities that are taking place in the ZEN Research Centre.
The conference was widely covered by media before as well as after the event.
Read a blog post from the conference: “På vei mot nullutslipp!”
