Promising local innovations and the

role of social science

UiO: Energy Forum 2019, 27th November 2019

Ruth Woods

Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim

Promising local innovations The use of pilot projects(Fme) ZEB: the Centre for Zero Emission Buildings(Fme) ZEN: the Centre for Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in Smart Cities

The role of social science Living labs and experimentsExamples: A zero emission kindergarten at LøAn experiment at Campus EvenstadKey performance indicators and zero village Bergen

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FME ZEB (2009-2017) 9 pilot projects

• Arena for testing &

demonstration

• Encourage collaboration

• Visible outside the centre

Social science

WP4: energy efficient use &

operation

ZEN’s visionA neighbourhood “a set of interconnected buildings and associated infrastructure, located in a confined geographical area.” …. a zero emission neighbourhood “aims to reduce its direct and indirect green house gas (GHG) emissions to zero.” (Brattebø et al. 2019).

ZEN 2017- 2024

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ZEN Pilot neighbourhoods

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Ydalir, Elverum Furuset, Oslo NyBy, Bodø

NTNU Campus, TrondheimSluppen, Trondheim Mære landbruksskole, Steinkjer

Zero Village Bergen Campus Evenstad Fornebu, Bærum30 000

m2 > 1 million

Pilot neighbourhoods living labs

ZEN Centre: Living labs for experimenting, engaging,

testing, verifying, documenting and optimalising

solutions developed by the ZEN Centre.

Living labs: to gain experience, demonstrate and test

ideas – Marvin et al. 2018.

Experiments: a means of making sense of the present whilst

also providing a vision of the future - Bulkeley et al. 2018.

A ZEN living lab

People Context Experiment

ZEN kindergarten and zero emission

neighbourhood in Lø, Steinkjer

Campus Evenstad: The faculty of applied ecology, agricultural sciences

and biotechnology

Approx. 200 students & 60 employees

«Optimisation of energy management»

The experiment: a low-tech actionBuilt in 1987, 3 floors and 4 ventilation systems.

Heating and ventilation was shut down from

1st July – 1st August 2018.

Energy was saved

12 000 kWt (or 12 MWt) were saved, during the

four-week period. There was approximately

12,000 kWt greater energy consumption in the

building in August compared with July. This is

due in part to the shutdown of the ventilation

system, but it is also due to higher activity in the

building in August.The old administration building

ZEN’s relevance

“The two things complement each other. Here on campus we

could produce food and deal with waste products for a zero-

emission neighbourhood……. I have never been involved in any

brainstorming. It is very technical and outside our field, but

ecosystem services are within it. There ought to be some kind of

collaboration.” Engineer Campus Evenstad

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7 ZEN - Criteria

Carbon

Emissions

Energy

Power

Mobility

Spatial

qualities

Economy

Innovation

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• 800-1000 homes (92 000 m2),

• Kindergarten and other services

• ByBo, a private developer

• Collaboration with BKK

• Local heating system or microgrid

• Solar energy exchange

• Electromobility

Zero Village Bergen

Thank you!!ruth.woods@ntnu.no