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Accelerating innovation in buildings

The research aims at identifying and overcoming problem areas that hinders innovation in the built environment. Also whether current governance structures regarding planning, production and operation of buildings promote change and innovation.

By change and innovation we mean incentives to invest in and install technologies promoting resource-efficient operation throughout the building's expected lifetime, and also the ability of existing governance structures to foster collective action towards the creation of better and fairer living conditions. Change or transformation in this aspect involves not only financial and technological aspects, but also the relationships between social, economic, financial, cultural, and political aspects.

Contacts

For further information about the research or concerning future co-operation please contact:

Jonas Anund Vogel
Jonas Anund Vogel director

www.liveinlab.kth.se

Publications

Journal articles

Anund Vogel, J., Lundqvist, P., Blomkvist, P., Arias, J., 2015, Problem areas related to energy efficiency implementation in Swedish multifamily building, Energy Efficiency, DOI: 10.1007/s12053-015-9352-4

Anund Vogel, J., Lundqvist, P., Arias, J., 2015, Categorizing barriers to energy efficiency in buildings, Energy Procedia, Volume 75, August 2015, Pages 2839–2845

Anund Vogel, J., Lind, H., Lundqvist, P., 2016, Who is Governing the Commons: Studying Swedish Housing Cooperatives, Housing, Theory and Society, DOI: 10.1080/14036096.2016.1186730

Vogel, J.A., Lind, H., Holm, C. 2019. Incentivising innovation in the construction sector: the role of consulting contracts. Construction Economics and Building, 19:2, 181-196. https://doi.org/10.5130/AJCEB.v19i2.6613

Other publications

Anund Vogel, J., Lind, H., Lundqvist, P., 2017, Att styra allmänniungar - En studie av svenska bostadsrättsföreningar, Ekonomisk Debatt, nr 2

Anund Vogel, J. Novack A, Bohn Stoltz D,. 2017, KTH Live-In Lab - Testbädd för boende och byggrelaterade miljöinnovationer, Bygg & Teknik. (pdf 2.3 MB)

Molinari M, Anund Vogel, J., Lazzarotto A., Acuna J,. 2017, KTH Live-In Lab - Testbädd för ökad innoavtion i bygg- och fastighetssektorerna, Kyla & Värme, Volume 7. (pdf 4.2 MB)

Anund Vogel, J. Shared responsibility for faster development of new technology (LIL Chronicle may -19)

Anund Vogel, J. Societal Structures Inhibit Innovation in the Construction Industry (LIL Chronicle nov -17)

Sustainable Geothermal Energy for the Future: AI in ATES
Warm water systems, losses and Legionella
PARMENIDES – Plug & plAy EneRgy ManagEmeNt for hybriD Energy Storage
HYSTORE - Hybrid services from advanced thermal energy storage systems
Open-source models for holistic building energy system design at scale
Tank to Grave Management of new Low-GWP Refrigerants (Hantering av nya låg-GWP köldmedier från installation till destruktion)
Novel tool and guidelines for designing ground source heat pumps (GSHPs) in densely populated areas
Data driven lab for building energy systems
Long-term performance measurement of GSHP systems serving commercial, institutional and multi-family buildings
Open-source models for holistic building energy system design at scale
Control systems for hybrid solutions based on biomass fueled Stirling engines, solar and wind for rural electrification
Prosumer-Centric Communication for Solar PV Diffusion (completed)
Towards Sustainable (Fossil-free) Heating System in Small Residential Buildings
Solar energy and ground source heat pumps for Swedish multi-family housing (completed)
Solar photovoltaic systems in Swedish cooperative housing (completed)
Smart Control Strategies for Heat Pump Systems (completed)
Creating and Understanding Smart Innovation in Cities
Building heating solutions in China
Accelerating innovation in buildings
High-Resolution GIS District Heating Source-Load Mapping
Digitalization and IoT technologies for Heat Pump systems
Sustainable combined systems for heating of buildings (completed)
Cost- and Energy-Efficient Control Systems for Buildings
Situation of Opportunity in the Growth and Change of three Stockholm City Districts (completed)
Wuxi Sino-Swedish Eco-City Project (completed)
Smart Renovation Strategies for Sustainable Electrification
Future Secondary Fluids for indirect refrigeration systems
Smart Fault Detection and Diagnosis for Heat Pumps
Performance indicators for energy efficient supermarket buildings
Magnetic Refrigeration
High-Resolution GIS District Heating Source-Load Mapping
Smart Solar Hybrid Solutions for Sustainable European Buildings (completed)
Building state-of-the-art (SotA) supermarket: Putting theory into practice
Efficient utilization of industrial waste heat by low temperature heat driven power cycles – an integrated approach for Swedish Industry
Cooperation between Supermarkets and Real Estate Owners; Energy Efficiency and Business Models
Digitalization and IoT technologies for Heat Pump systems
Capacity control in Heat Pump systems
Alternative secondary fluids
Functional surface coatings for energy efficient heat pumps
Two-phase flow in flat channels
Two phase heat transfer & pressure drop with new environment friendly refrigerants in minichannels (completed)
Numerical Study on flow boiling in micro/mini channels (completed)
Distributed Cold Storages in District Cooling
Integrating Latent Heat Storage into Residential Heating Systems
Simulation of temperature distribution in borehole thermal storages supported by fiber optic temperature measurements (completed)
Solar energy and ground source heat pumps for Swedish multi-family housing (completed)
Neutrons for Heat Storage, NHS, (completed)
4D Monitoring of BTES (completed)
Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (completed)
Deep Borehole Heat Exchanger (completed)
Combined Heat and Power plants in combination with borehole thermal energy storage (completed)
Improved borehole technology for Geothermal Heat Pumps development (completed)
Compact Minichannel Latent Energy Storage for Air Related Cold Storage Applications
Building heating solutions in China
Toward Sustainable (Fossil-free) Heating System in Small Residential Buildings
Renewable Energy Park, RE-Park (completed)
Efficient use of energy wells for heat pumps (completed)
Efficient design of geothermal heating systems (completed)
SPF (completed)