Nordic Innovation Centre

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Nordic Innovation Centre
Innovative Construction Situation 15.7.2007
Enhancing Nordic innovation capabilities
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Existing activities in Innovative construction

• Adaptable house model configuration. A
  feasibilty study, coordinated by Teknologisk
  Institut, Denmark, is focusing on dialog in
  between users and market, as well as describing
  the possibilities in the field of construction
• Partnerskab i nordisk byggeri, coordinated by
  Statens Byggeforskningsinstitut, Denmark, is
  focusing its activities to promote exchange of
  information between the players in Nordic
  countires via setting up a Nordic network
• Integrert energiplanlegging (IEP), coordinated by
  KanEnergi AS, Norway, is focusing on reaching
  optimal solutions in construction process taking
  also into account the energy aspects
• Badeværelser brugerorientert forretningskoncept,
  coordinated by Statens Byggeforskningsinstitut,
  Denmark, is focusing on developing and testing a
  new method to build and renovate bathrooms
• Demand controlled ventilation systems for energy
  efficiency and good indoor climate, koordinerad
  av Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, is
  focusing on developing ventilationstechnology
  which is also environmentally friendly
• Ljuddesign av storrumskontor, coordinated by
  Saint-Gobain Ecophon AB, Sweden, is focusing to
  identify critical parameters concerning
  development of open plan office taking into
  account the special needs related to acoustics

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Nordic think tank thinking

• "Establish and develop a new approach for the
  Nordic property and construction industry while
  there are still opportunities. Go in advance of
  the rest of Europe in working for change that
  entails very profound consequences for both
  society and the individual.
• There is a need for paradigm shift in the field
  of construction. Houses are still built at the
  same way during last 200 years, while the
  business is an all the time growing market and
  central business sector.
• Space not just houses for humans.

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Nordic focus 1/2

• Sustainable development
• Business opportunities of sustainability
• Commercialisation of environmentally sustainable
  products
• Role of a contractor
• From builder to developer new business
  possibilities
• Building safety - There are problems
• Need to strengthen the expert networks
• Linked to life cycle thinking
• Life cycle thinking
• To develop buildings and business models focusing
  on life cycle value growth and life cycle cost
  (energy, maintenance, service, adaptability)
  rather than production cost
• There is market demand for full service pack to
  improve energy efficiency - Turning
  sustainability into business.
• User-driven innovation
• Construction in the future will to a greater
  extent be adapted to the individual needs,
  lifestyles and life phases, quality of life and
  value judgments of people
• The challenge - consumers cannot decode their need

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Nordic focus 2/2

• Full utilisation of ICT
• Nordic strength but underexploited
• Utilising the full potential of home automation
  and PlugPlay components
• From information management to interactive
  communication
• Combining new human needs of functions and
  experiences in buildings with the technical
  development of the product/service
• Room/space becoming more and more as an interface
  to services
• Exploitation of the new technologies not just
  ICT
• Nanotechnology
• Biotechnology
• Sensortechnology

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ERABUILD Collaboration

• ERABUILD aims at having a major impact on
  creating the European Research Area (ERA) in
  research on sustainable development in the
  construction and operation of buildings. A short
  term goal for the project is the development of a
  learning network.
• Cooperation of national innovation and research
  programmes - funding construction research is
  mainly part of national agendas coordination of
  national programmes contribute in raising the
  competitiveness and sustainability in one of the
  leading sectors of the European economy.
• NICe is involved

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What is going on?

• Project evaluation
• Innovativt Byggande
• ERABUILD
• New projects up and running before the end of
  this year
• Next year
• Nordic seminar on Innovative construction
• Start of ERABUILD2 (if accepted)
• Nordic focus on environment and energy questions
• gt Also impact to Innovative construction focus
  area
• gt Possible new Call for proposals