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Björn Schouenborg

Filosofie doktor

Tel

+46 70 520 25 51

Email

bjorn.schouenborg@ri.se

Location

Borås

Unit

Cirkulär & hållbar materialanvändning (104301)

ORCID

0000-0002-8406-0953

Senior Researcher - Doctor of Mineralogy & Petrology
Has worked with geological building materials, products and construction in the company since 1990 (first SP- Swedish Testing and Research Institute). Primarily with aggregates and natural stones. Materials, products and construction
Special skills in natural stones.
Chairman of the Swedish Standardisation Committee SIS/TK 508 Natural stones and Swedish representative in European standardisation. Member of ASTM C18 Dimension stone
Chairman of IUGS Commission Geoheritage and IAEG Commission C10 Building stones

Research and Innovation, testing, Consulting, damage investigation, site investigations and education

The final research report of the European, research project TEAM (Testing and assessment of marble and limestone) can be dowloaded here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359578254_TEAM_-_EU-research_p…

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European Plate Observing System (EPOS)

EPOS is a research infrastructure for geoscientific data and services with use for researchers, industry and socieity. Data is collected, processed, shared and presented according to the FAIR principles.

Feasibility study on climate resilience declarations for real estate

With climate change demands for resilient buildings withstanding extreme weather or temperature changes will increase, and this can also affect valuation of real-estate. We want to investigate possibilities for creating an effecti…

Multifunctional urban climate adaptation in collaboration

The project creates conditions for implementing efficient and sustainable climate adaptation of the built urban environment. The focus is on reducing vulnerability in case of cloudburst and heat waves with measures that also creat…

Climate-adapted urban runoff management in Uppsala

Climate change places new demands on municipal urban runoff management. Uppsala’s newly established Rosendal district has been home to the testing of innovative full-scale blue/green/grey solutions – solutions that can handle torr…

Urban Vegetation

The urban land is increasingly being covered with hard materials, creating a plethora of problems such as heat islands, noise and reduced well-being. At RISE, we work in interdisciplinary teams to find green solutions that contrib…

Carbon sequestration

RISE provides expert knowledge on life cykel analysis and calculation of carbon sequestration potential for long-life wooden buildings and biochar. Biochar provides a long-term carbon sink and the material can be used as soil impr…

Masonry

A team of experts investigates the properties, load-bearing capacity and reuse of masonry materials and structures through advanced experimental and numerical techniques.

Stormwater

Growing Cities and a changing climate require improved stormwater management in Swedish cities in order to meet future challenges and create more attractive and liveable urban environments.

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