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FUTUREBUILT ANNUAL REPORT 2019 REPORT ANNUAL FUTUREBUILT FutureBuilt 10 years 10 YEARS 10 FutureBuilt 10 years 4 Contents: Learning by doing 6 Lead by example 10 On route to zero emissions 18 Green movement 26 Using bikes for urban development 30 Isn´t it good, Norwegian wood 34 If mayors ruled the world 42 Energetic shapes 44 From airport to zero-emission city 50 Circular buildings – soon a reality? 54 Zero emission concrete? 60 Reinventing cities 64 Innovation and R&D across the board 66 The climate calculator 68 It pays to build green 76 Ambitious developers 80 Pilot projects 84 FutureBuilt 10 years In 30 years´ time, most of us will be city emissions from transport, energy and material dwellers. Estimation of world urbanisation is consumption by a minimum of 50 percent, and as high as 68 percent by 2050. As economic to inspire and change practices in both the growth is mainly connected to urban areas, private and public sector. cities will have an important role in fighting climate change. In 2019 we are celebrating both our 10th anniversary and reaching our goal of 50 pilot Norway has signed the Paris Agreement projects. 24 projects are completed and 28 are and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. under construction or being planned. This commitment means that we must act immediately to reduce greenhouse gas Showcasing our pilot projects is important emissions with 50 percent by 2030. to us, and at the URBAN FUTURE Global Conference we will share our experiences with The Oslo region is the largest urban area in 3,000 passionate CityChangers from all over Norway, and mirroring global trends, the region the world. is rapidly expanding. To meet the needs of this population increase, new housing, workplaces We hope you will enjoy reading about our work and transport infrastructure will have to be and our projects. If you have any questions or built. At the same time, Oslo has committed grand ideas, we would love to hear from you. to cutting carbon emissions by 95 percent by 2030. FutureBuilt is a collaboration between 10 partners: The municipal authorities of Oslo, Bærum, Asker and In 2009, FutureBuilt was established to support Drammen, the Ministry of Local Government and climate-friendly urban development in the Modernisation, the Norwegian State Housing Bank, Oslo region, and the aim has been to complete Enova, the National Agency for Building Regulations, at least 50 pilot projects by 2020. The pilot the Norwegian Green Building Council and the National projects are set to reduce greenhouse gas Association of Norwegian Architects. The FutureBuilt secretariat: Pia Bodahl, Stein Stoknes, Ulla Hahn, Guro Aalrust and Birgit Rusten. Photo: Geir Anders Rybakken Ørslien Annual report 4 5 FutureBuilt There is nothing as contagious as a good Energy example. This is why FutureBuilt uses pilot Technology is rapidly advancing, especially Learning projects as a strategy for changing the way we with regards to energy efficiency and local, are developing our buildings and city areas. The renewable power. While passive houses where pilot projects are meant to inspire and change the pinnacle of energy efficiency only a few practices in both the private and public sector. years ago, plus-energy houses are now a by doing reality, and we are reaching for plus-energy Quality criteria neighbourhoods. For the pilot projects, the In order to become a FutureBuilt pilot, a energy for the operation of the building project needs to fulfil certain criteria. The must as a minimum be based on forthcoming carbon footprint must be reduced by at least regulations, which means close to net-zero 50 percent compared to current regulations energy. Plus-energy buildings are particularly and common practice. This is measured by a interesting, as they make it possible to sell greenhouse gas accounting tool for buildings. excess power and heat. FutureBuilt seeks to Veitvet School. Photo: Link Arkitektur AS and Hundven Clements photography Clements and Hundven AS Arkitektur Link Photo: School. Veitvet The projects must: be a driving force for such development by Ɨ reduce greenhouse gas emissions from challenging suppliers as well as policy makers. transport, energy and materials and be located near major transport hubs From 2017 we have adopted fossil free Ɨ be of high urban and architectural quality construction sites as a minimum criteria, Ɨ be innovative and have showcase qualities moving towards emission free sites. Urban environment and architecture Materials The FutureBuilt pilot projects must have The production of concrete is responsible qualities like walkability, cyclability, safety and for five percent of the world’s greenhouse comfort, meeting places, relationship to the gas emissions. For most passive houses, city structure, universal design, water and greenhouse gas emissions from production biodiversity. To benefit residents, users and of building materials are equal to the the urban population at large the projects are emissions from operation. FutureBuilt’s pilot expected to include extra qualities above the projects must use building materials with low minimum demanded by planning authorities. greenhouse gas emissions, for instance wood or low-carbon concrete. Increased focus on Innovation circular economy has raised awareness of the FutureBuilt contributes to the green transition intrinsic value of building materials. FutureBuilt in the construction industry. All of the pilot has made a standard for circular design, giving projects must illustrate how the projects principals for reuse of buildings and building contribute to innovation and new thinking. materials as well as principals for dismantling These can be new environmental standards, building components. products, concepts and processes, all aimed at driving change. Transport The FutureBuilt pilot projects are to be located All of the pilot in urban centres or close to public transport hubs. Green mobility requires fewer motorists projects must and more pedestrians, cyclists and people who use public transport. In FutureBuilt pilot illustrate how the projects the amount of parking spaces should FutureBuilt’s vision is to show that it is possible be reduced by at least half and car sharing projects contribute service provided. Facilities for pedestrians and to build climate neutral buildings and urban cyclists must be of high quality. to innovation and areas with architectural quality. new thinking. Annual report 6 7 FutureBuilt Grensevingen 7. Photo: Paulina Cervenka – The FutureBuilt projects have demonstrated that low-carbon buildings don’t require any hocus pocus. Our job is to share experiences in this area, and we are therefore now challenging all developers to build low-carbon buildings. Katharina Bramslev, CEO of the Norwegian Green Building Council Brynseng School. Photo: Tove Lauluten Tove Photo: Brynseng School. Lead by example There are innovative aspirations, and there is innovation that challenges the status quo. Completed projects that stand as proof of concept and are a testament to what is possible. This is what FutureBuilt pilots are about. Annual report 10 11Text: Kristin Rodland Buick/Felix Media FutureBuilt “If you always do what you’ve always done, After setting the ambitious goal of reducing Lauluten Tove Photo: Pool. Swimming Holmen you will always get what you’ve always got”. carbon footprint by half, the innovation This well-worn quote is as true as the many happens on the road to getting there. There great men who have laid claim to it. For the is no map for developers to follow, but construction industry, which is contributing as FutureBuilt offer specialist advice, facilitate much as 40 percent of the global greenhouse workshops and arrange visits to other relevant gas emissions, a new approach is both needed buildings and projects. and potentially game-changing. ‘We aim high, but not so high that the goals We challenged the are out of reach,’ says Birgit Rusten, CEO of FutureBuilt. market to help us Innovation is a pillar in the FutureBuilt vision find innovative of carbon neutral urban areas. As well as reducing the carbon footprint by at least 50 solutions. percent compared to conventional practices, each FutureBuilt pilot project must have three Focusing the efforts innovative, showcase qualities. Finding new solutions first of all depends While there is no set standard for what on a project group who is willing to go FutureBuilt ranks as innovative, each pilot that extra mile looking for what is new and project aims to facilitate change within its groundbreaking. The political leadership and relevant industries. administration at the Municipality of Asker is just that. ‘For each project we discuss what new solutions could be explored. We bring ‘We are not only looking for what is best, but experience and expertise to the table to what is next,’ says Ragnar Sand Fuglum. discuss what areas within each project have He is director of Culture and Technology at Asker is a self-proclaimed ‘innovation A swimming pool uses on average three times the potential for breaking new ground,’ Rusten Asker Municipality, situated by the Oslo fjord, a municipality’ and has, as the first in Norway, as much energy as a sports hall, so the main says. 20 minutes´ train journey south of the capital. incorporated a set of the UN Sustainable innovative focus for Holmen is on energy Development Goals into their operational plans. collection, preservation and recovery. With Ragnar Sand Fuglum regards FutureBuilt’s its 650 m2 of solar panels, 1,000 m2 of sun support as invaluable to achieving these goals capturers, 15 geothermal wells and internal heat for the development of the municipality’s public recovery system, Holmen is one of Norway’s buildings and transport. In his experience, a most energy efficient swimming pools. prerequisite for innovation is focusing one’s efforts. ‘We invited the industry, scientists and other experts to give a presentation on what is ‘We don’t aim to innovate for every new possible to deliver in different areas such building.