ABYLAIKHAN DAULETALIN & DINESH KUMAR ANANDA JOTHI (2019) (Class of 2017) Angered is one of the biggest suburbs in Gothenburg, Sweden with over 60,000 inhabitants. The local population is highly multicultural and largely comprised of long-term and recent immigrants. The current urban trends show that there is a clear socio-cultural […]
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SOURABHA BHAT & ABDALRAHMAN ALOBEISSI (2019) Human population is in constant increase which creates a huge demand for different resources, expanding infrastructure and transportation connectivity. Cities tend to become denser with the need for mobility of people and goods between different facilities and activity locations. Public transportation must be promoted […]
PIA DAMSTEN & KRESHNIK RAMA (2018) Urban Agriculture (UA) has recently gained growing attention from the world’s leading global organizations, as it has been identified to play a major role in the world’s bid for achieving the sustainable development goals. Although the number of UA initiatives in Gothenburg has increased, […]
Amanda Arnö, Cedric Pellegrini (2017) With the current trend of densification of cities and the threats of pollution and increasing precipitation due to climate change, stormwater management is becoming increasingly important. Traditionally, this has been done through leading the stormwater in mixed sewage pipes to a wastewater treatment plant, or […]
Elisabeth Böber, Maria Julia Cardoso Martins (2016) This thesis was written in Challenge Lab, a hub for integrative and transformative thinking at Chalmers University of Technology, where students are in the centre of academia, private, and public sector, acting as change agents to tackle sustainability development challenges. Through analysing the […]
David Esteban, Ivo Jaanisoo (2016) The global climate challenges and growing discrepancy between the availability and demand for natural resources have driven many industries to alter their practices. The construction industry is highly responsible for climate impact and natural resource usage. The pressure for the industry to change is apparent […]
The current conventional energy production and forecast for fulfilling the demand of future energy need with conventional energy production pose a serious threat to the humanity. With abundant energy source and huge technology advancement, solar energy is one of many magic pills that could drive the world towards sustainable energy use. This thesis […]
This thesis includes two phases. The Phase I is about the Challenge Lab process, which is applied to identify a research topic as a leverage point for moving towards sustainable urban development. Since overcoming sustainability challenges needs interorganizational collaboration and user involvement, the Phase II focuses on these issues. In […]
Around 90% of the total costs of commercial buildings´ operations are attributed to the staff in terms of salaries and benefits. Energy-related behaviors of building occupants are directly related to high fluctuations of energy consumption in buildings. Evidently, Green buildings and upcoming sustainable building technologies will need to justify their […]
The world could be entering an era of carbon neutral, decentralised electricity production; fuelled by plummeting prices of solar photovoltaic systems, and the empowerment of property owners and small-scale investors. The entry of individual homeowners poses however challenges for the further diffusion of photovoltaics, as they are likely to bring new mechanisms onto the […]
District development in Sweden both shapes and is shaped by multiple societal, environmental and economic factors. The role and responsibility of district development projects is therefore important and requires great attention from both The Client and The Suppliers. Multiple researchers point at the need of transitions towards sustainability within the construction industry, as the […]
In this project a bioretention planter (BP) that retain stormwater and reduce nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is designed for use in Gothenburg. Initially the research question was defined following the Challenge Lab process. As the maximum capacity is reached at the wastewater treatment […]