Projects in built environment

RISE, together with SINTEF and LUKE, is carrying out a 12-month project for the Nordic Council of Ministers to develop the first Nordic overview of policy tools, measures and barriers affecting the implementation of the LULUCF Regulation and Nature Restoration Regulation.

In two projects, we have deepened our understanding of the organizational barriers and success factors that influence municipalities’ ability to manage cross‑sectoral transition work. The point of departure has been the everyday work of strategic coordinators, which takes place in an ‘organizational gap’ where structures are often lacking.

How can we raise consumer awareness about the risks of direct imports via e-commerce? In this project, we explore how to inform consumers in a fun yet fact-based way using short films.

Effective market models for reuse, together with regulations that promote them, are crucial factors in the transition to a circular built environment sector – from planning through implementation to management, and, when needed, conversion or dismantling and reuse.

In this study, improved solutions have been developed with a second barrier or secondary seal and drainage, which have been verified through laboratory tests. Commonly occurring façade details have been included, such as several variants of horizontal and vertical element joints, balcony, window, roof, and foundation connections.

What happens to the forest value chain, not to mention humanity, when forests are existential threats? How does this image reflect our contemporary relationship with the forest? Through foresight, speculative design, prototyping and visualization, with a broad group of experts, RISE invites to reflection and action for forest-human sustainability.

This study examines how municipalities' transition capacity can be strengthened through effective leadership and coordination of cross-sectoral work. Through qualitative studies, interviews, and a policy lab, tools are developed to create more integrated and sustainable urban development processes.

The extractive industry in Sweden currently has ~177 km2 of mining disturbed land. The aim of the Waste2Place project is to create long-term stable landforms to help to deliver mining-disturbed land back to nature and people through a geomorphic approach to waste rock management. RISE plays a role in facilitating equality and knowledge exchange.

During crises and conflicts, it is vital that key societal functions remain operational. A lack of spare parts could cause disruptions that impact both food and water supplies. To explore whether additive manufacturing of spare parts could enhance resilience, the Swedish Food Agency has commissioned RISE.

The aim was to increase knowledge of how the moisture safety of CLT structures is affected by precipitation during frame erection without weather protection. CLT elements and construction details, joints and connections, have been studied both in the field and in the lab to enable the industry to better determine the need for weather protection and

System dynamics simulation modelling to facilitate/support decision-making practices made by municipalities and industry where WtE operations, the energy system, and high-level policy goals such as increased material reuse and net-zero targets are integrated

In the FLYH2UME project, Umeå Municipality, Swedavia, RISE and Umeå Energi are jointly taking significant steps to prepare for the introduction of hydrogen at airports and to enable hydrogen flights by 2035.

HS30 (Sustainable Stockholm 2030) gathers actors from the housing development sector in the Region of Stockholm, who work together to strongly reduce the ecological footprint of the industry and to take social sustainability even more seriously. RISE coordinates the forum.

Together with Umeå Municipality, RISE has developes and tested new ways of working holistically with system innovation to increase the city's ability to adapt. The project will enable new ways of collaborating and working more jointly with the climate challenge, across the city's administrations and actors in the city.  

This interdisciplinary research aims to offer new perspectives on how integrating the participation of the autism community in public transport planning processes can help initiate and improve the social participation of individuals with ASD in society.

C2B2 envisions a more sustainable, open and democratic, multi-sector and multi-actor blue economy and sustainable society. C2B2 aims to bring about transformative change through participatory governance supported by relevant and insightful data and knowledge by re-imagining the role of quintuple helix actors across the blue economy in Sweden. 

Many building materials for both infrastructure and house construction contain large amounts of plastic. In this project, we focus on membranes that will seal against water, and the project will investigate whether recycled plastic can be used in moisture and vapor barriers and in tunnel membranes with maintained quality.

The project aims to develop assessments of the technical, operational, economic, and temporal feasibility of a future system demonstrator for high-power charging of electric aircraft in a real airport environment.

Attracting more international clients to Swedish technology infrastructure, increasing the infrastructures' international collaboration, and attracting more infrastructures to Sweden. Those are the goals of TIraMISO – Technology Infrastructure Management and International Support Office, run by RISE in collaboration with Business Sweden

The project Network Automated Driving Regulations brings together industry, authorities, and research in a network to discuss regulation of automated driving. Through roundtable discussions, analyses, and collaboration, the project identifies regulatory needs and contributes to policy development in Sweden and internationally.

In the framework of the European Green Deal, RegioGreenTex is a project promoting the collaboration in research and development for the textile industry to establish a systematic circular economy business model across the EU.

The Circular Public Service Platforms for Circular, Innovative and Resilient Municipalities through Pre-Commercial Procurement (CircularPSP) project aims to accelerate the digital transition towards a Circular Economy (CE), by planning, procuring, and implementing innovative CE-solutions across Europe.

The focus area resilient information systems is a strategic initiative in RISE to promote Sweden's ability to innovate, and conduct applied research in areas such as cyber security, total defense, societal protection and digital sovereignty.

RISE participates in an EU project that forms an extensive network of test facilities and innovation services for new technology and new products in building envelopes.

Reinterpreting Sector Responsibility in Nordic Crisis Management after COVID-19

Responsibility for Climate Adaptation across Political Levels, Sectors and Public-Private Boundaries.

MARS studies the modelling and analysis of risks in complex, interconnected systems. Case studies are made in the areas of forest fires, autonomous vehicles, and pandemics.

Malmö Stad, as part of their climate contract, wanted to engage citizens in a climate dialogue. We carried out research and developed a digital citizen dialogue tool to motivate citizens into actions towards more environmentally friendly behaviour, and to understand what support they require from the municipality to carry out these actions.

In order for citizens to be offered well-designed and sustainable public services, municipalities ability to develop and transform is fundamental. LOFT is a partnership where municipal managements together develop new knowledge, test processes and systems, get access to analyses of the surrounding world and participate in research.

Public actors who work with operational and administrative tasks or with issues concerning regulations, do not always have an organization or structure that is suitable for innovation or transformation. To meet the demands placed on public actors, DINO aims to develop a model and structure for innovation work.

Research of the fire performance of CLT and Glued Laminated Timber buildings, with visible wood surfaces.

RISE has been given the task to follow up on Vinnova's program focused on universal design (a governmental assignment from 2017-2020). The aim of the program has been to ensure that organisational development, environments and services are universally designed, so that they become accessible and useful to all people no matter social affiliation.

Urban planning and construction have great potential to contribute to sustainable development, but also to prevent it. New ways to measure and value investments, which provide a more comprehensive picture of the values that are created, are needed to lead the way to sustainable development.

Municipalities and regions are facing a radical digital transformation to meet the present and future needs of welfare services and other community services. The digitization index aims to compare how far different parts of the country have come in their digitalisation maturity.

Social sustainability is high on the agenda in Swedish urban development – and an important aspect of this area is accessibility. While there are laws and guidelines for physical accessibility, it’s not as clear how munucipalities and other actors can work on issues of social accessibility. This is the subject PTPP sets out to examine.

The project has demonstrated various ways to design and construct a multi-story building with a load-bearing timber structure (20+ stories) and has strengthened knowledge among the participating stakeholders. The results provide a foundation for future projects and contribute to the development of large-scale sustainable building solutions.

Organ Acusticum is a massive musical instruments that adorns the stage of Studio Acusticum concert venue in Piteå. RISE, Interactive in Piteå has developed an application for the organ that allows visitors to experience the instrument in new ways, regardless of age or musical background. Visitors can, for exam

Arkilog (Architecture firms and citizen dialogue) has as its goal to generate knowledge on how architecture firms can work with citizen dialogue processes. Furthermore, a method will be developed which can be used by architecture firms in order to develop their own capability to work with such processes.

The resources of our planet must be used more effectively. RE:Source supports the development of innovations that can contribute to a smarter use of resources in both society and industry. The goal is for Sweden to become a leading country for material use within the planetary boundaries.