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Reducing the spread of airborne infection diseases by using new ventilation systems in hospitals
Parastoo Sadeghian showing a digital way of looking at airborne particles in operating rooms. (Photo: VISBAC) Published Sep 28, 2021Just in Sweden, based on numbers from The National Board of Health and Welfare, more than 1500 patients die every year due to surgical site infections caused by bacteria-carrying particles, while the ...
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Urban water imaginaries in exhibition - co-creative dialogues between science, art, and engineering
In the exhibition Symbiosis at Färgfabriken "Källan" is a meeting place where you can listen to a sound installation, watch art with AR (Augmented Reality) and sit down on a bench by a digital pond that projects water in various forms. This is where the dialogue about water in cities begins. Artist Åsa Cederqvist work The Source (film installation,15:30), and The Essence (prototype AR work) (Photo: Johan Österholm/Färgfabriken) Published Sep 21, 2021The exhibition Symbiosis at Färgfabriken is a place for dialogue and an ongoing experiment created together with artists, researchers, designers and architects to explore new ways of thinking about ou...
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Symbiosis - multifaceted exhibition in collaboration with KTH research
Foto/Photo: John Jakobsson Published Aug 26, 2021Researchers Mattias Höjer, Timos Karpouzoglou , Katarina Larsen and David Nilsson have collaborated with artists from Färgfabriken and developed elements in the upcoming exhibition Symbiosis.The exhib...
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His tools can optimize our future transport systems
Illustration: Gordian Published Jun 24, 2021An old observation is that nothing is more difficult to predict than the future. But based on existing trends, it is safe to assume that electrification, digitalization and automation will have a majo...
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David Nilsson new board member at WaterAid Sweden
Published Jun 23, 2021David Nilsson, associate professor and centre director of WaterCentre @ KTH, has been appointed board member of WaterAid Sweden's board. David Nilsson has worked with water issues and global sustainab...
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Learning sustainability by doing - Collaborative, active and reflexive learning
Foto: Kaleidico / Unsplash Published Jun 16, 2021Kateryna Pereverza and Oleksii Pasichnyi are researchers and teachers at the Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED). With a strong interest in teaching, co...
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Both technology and ethics are needed in the smart city
Illustration: Undraw Published Jun 03, 2021Barbro Fröding’s current research project is about identifying and dealing with the ethical issues that may arise when new technology and people meet, specifically residents in a city. How do you go a...
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KTH to establish Trimble Technology Lab for architecture, engineering, and construction
Kjartan Gudmundsson, Deputy Director of First and Second Cycle Education, School of Architecture and the Built Environment, KTH and Tove Lindblad, usiness Development Manager at Trimble and Account Manager för Trimble Technology Lab at KTH Published Jun 03, 2021KTH Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) has received a gift from Trimble to establish a state-of-the-art Technology Lab for architecture, engineering and construction (AEC). The lab will expand the un...
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Collaboration with the City of Stockholm and three-dimensional properties
Extension of 3D RRRs (Bild: Prof Stefan Seipel) Published May 27, 2021Jenny Paulsson is an Associate Professor in Real Estate Planning and Land Law the Department of Real Estate and Construction Management. Much of her work is about real estate, not least three-dimensio...
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Fossil-free steelmaking – large scale storage of hydrogen in rock caverns
llustration: Davi R. Damasceno (Published in Investigation of research needs regarding the storage of hydrogen gas in lined rock caverns: Prestudy for Work Package 2.3 in HYBRIT Research Program 1) Published May 19, 2021The HYBRIT joint venture aims to implement the first fossil-free steel making process in Sweden. The new technology can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 10 percent. Davi R. Damasceno is a...
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Redesign in focus for a sustainable cultural heritage
Scan of the Rotunda Stockholm City Library - Student work, Re-master 2019-2020, KTH Published May 11, 2021Thordis Arrhenius is a newly promoted professor at KTH Architecture with a strong interest in contemporary architecture and urban planning. In her research and teaching, she has committed herself to h...
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What makes us decide to change our travel behavior, to opt for innovation and a sustainable future?
Dana Tentis / Pexels Published Apr 29, 2021Associate Professor Fariya Sharmeen specialises in travel behavior, social networks, and urban regeneration. She has studied the behavioral traits and policy responses to sustainable mobility transiti...
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Collaborations to understand and manage water
Fornik Tsai / Unsplash Published Apr 21, 2021Zahra Kalantari is an early-career scientist and new Associate professor at the Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED), with her main competence in Geoscie...
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The Mediated Planet: Claiming Data for Environmental SDGs
NASA / Unsplash Published Mar 31, 2021What role does the global sustainability goals have in the collection and processing of data on the environment? What are the effects of datafication? What can a framework for trust and participation ...
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New forum for discussion and cooperation on housing issues
Ola Grönlund/ Pexels Published Mar 24, 2021Anna Granath Hansson is one of the researchers in the new network for housing research in Stockholm (Forum för Bostadsforskning Stockholm), who wants to create input and discussion around housing issu...
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Getting minerals from water is as important as hydrating, says researcher-author
Drinking water should contain the right balance of the vital minerals, according to KTH guest researcher Ingegerd Rosborg. Photo: Lars Owesson/Scandinav Published Mar 22, 2021The water we drink should contain more than 20 vital minerals, which are needed to protect against various diseases, says KTH guest researcher Ingegerd Rosborg. She co-authored a book that has become ...
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He is planning a new student competition about self-sufficiency
Foto: Pixabay / Pexels Published Mar 18, 2021Zeev Bohbot is a teacher and Programme Director for the Degree Programme in Constructional Engineering and Design and the Degree Programme in Construction Management. He has worked at KTH since 2009 a...
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Introducing Lighting Design Research in Architecture
Ute Besenecker outside KTH Architecture (Photo by: Casper Hedberg) Published Mar 09, 2021The Lighting Design Division of KTH Architecture has a long and rich tradition in lighting design education, and the division's graduates work all around the world. When Associate Professor Ute Besene...
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The School of Architecture the Built Environment rises in QS Subject Rankings 2021
Published Mar 03, 2021In the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject, KTH and the School of Architecture and the Built Environment have once again placed high in several subject areas. Architecture / Built environme...
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“Water is a matter of life or death for humanity”
Published Feb 02, 2021Saving water, tracing Covid-19, growing food in the sea and tracking down leaks in water pipes. These are a few of the WaterCentre@KTH projects aimed at securing future access to water for society. “...
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