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During the winter of 2015/2016 we have concluded the Plug Inn development project funded by Swedish government agency Boverket. Our ambition in this project has been to create an innovative building system that is as much as possible based on ecologically sustainable principles. In this text we will present some defining features of the Plug Inn concept…. Read More →
In fierce competition with renowned companies like Sweco, WSP Sweden and White architects, Greenelizer has won first prize in a competition on how to make use of industrial waste heat. The following question was posed to the participants in the competition: “If you can get access to unlimited amounts of low temperature (30-50 degrees) waste heat to… Read More →
The Plug Inn project has during the spring 2015 gone through one of its most intensive phases, the design phase. There are now many parallel developments in the project, and because of the iterative nature of our work process, there are still parts of the design process that will be conducted later in the project. In this… Read More →
In the second phase of the Plug Inn project, we completed the site analysis of the possible locations for the project. We made the final decision on which three sites we will study more closely, and we also decided which one of these three sites was the most suitable for actually building the Plug Inn module house…. Read More →
Cameron Tonkinwise, one of the foremost authorities on transition design, came to Stockholm to hold a lecture at Konstfack University on the 28th of November. The theme of the lecture was ”Transition Design”, so Greenelizer of course took the opportunity to go to Konstfack and listen to Mr Tonkinwise’s thoughts on the subject. Mr Tonkinwise talked… Read More →
In the Plug Inn project we look at the possibilities to construct housing on a temporary basis, on sites with a temporary building permit. So in the first phase of the project, we research the legal framework for temporary building permits in Sweden, as specified in the Swedish law Plan- och bygglagen (PBL). We also want to… Read More →
On the 19th of August, 10 representatives for the partners of the Plug Inn project met for a kickoff meeting at Valegården in central Uppsala. Valegården is the headquarters for Permakultur Uppsala, a permaculture project initiated by people working at CEMUS, one of the partners of the Plug Inn project. The meeting was started with short presentations from… Read More →
Greenelizer has recieved funding from the Swedish government agency Boverket (The Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning). The funding amounts to 1 150 800 SEK and is given to the project Plug Inn, for the purpose of investigating “innovative housing for young people”. The Plug Inn project will run between August 2014 and November… Read More →
Greenelizer was invited by the Russian State Duma and Leontief Centre to the international conference Building a system, held in St Petersburg on 22-23rd of October 2013. Greenelizer CEO Fredrik Forsman was keynote speaker at the conference on the topic of social and technological substainability. The invitation was part of the project Green Growth Arena with focus… Read More →
