Energy is today a very common topic, not only in Sweden but in the whole Europe. In EU they have given out a directive 2002/91/EG about Buildings energy use and throw this they have forced their members to show how much energy their Buildings use. In Sweden has the gouvernment established a law (SFS 2006:985) about energy declaration for Buildings which demands that the building owner needs to show how much their Buildings energy consumption are. Important to know is that this law doesn´t applies for industrial Buildings.The report will show what the new law about energy declaration for Buildings and appurtenant directions will mean for Riksbyggen. Also energy calculations will be done to be able to compare Riksbyggen Buildings with the new law and directions.

In the year 2002 the European Union decided on a new directive according to the energy use in Buildings. The outcome of this direction is a proposition from the Swedish government on the outlines of a new law in the field of energy use in Buildings. The date that the law will be applied is the first of October 2006. In the future al real estate owners must be able to show an energystatement over the real estate. This project contains cooperation with HFAB a local real estate company where two Buildings are analyzed according to their energystatement.

Should new Buildings blend in or contrast from the older Buildings around? Could contrasts even emphasize different characters? This report is a discussion on that theme. I´ve studied different architects wiev on the question and studied different of examples of where new Buildings contrast to the context in a successful way. In part two I´ve done a proposal on a new housing settlement next to Hammarbyhöjden in Stockholm. The new Buildings contrast to the existing and the aim is to emphasize the characters in Hammarbyhöjden as well as in the new structure.

This thesis deals with our heritage and the care of old Buildings. In order to limit this vast area a specific attention has been brought upon the process of giving Buildings a certain level of protection and after decision having it taken away, instead of giving a stronger protection level.Further limitation has been done through the choice of four Buildings in Lund, within Lund University campus. These Buildings all lost this certain level of protection. The participants in these kinds of cases have a level of power, what argumentation did they use?The methods being used are discourse analysis, phenomenology and the daily methods of the building care field..

Polychlorinated biphenyls, PCBs, were used in elastic sealants in Buildings during the years1956-1973. Studies of PCB have revealed that it is harmful for humans and animals,especially water-living predators and other top-predators. It is also a persistent organicpollutant and remains in the environment for a very long time. To reduce the levels of PCB inthe environment, it has to be removed from the Buildings. According to Swedish law, theproperty holder has to decontaminate sealants with a PCB level of 500 mg/kg or above.

This essay is from a student at the cultural science program in Karlstad University. The essay in Culture studies deals about the history use and about the cultural-historical values on Buildings. The Buildings are from a certain area called the neighborhood Almen and have in the past been threatening many times of demolition. The neighborhood Almen Buildings survived a huge city fire back in the 19th century. Since then the Buildings has been known as a memory and by the inhabitants and as the oldest part of the city left.

This essay is from a student at the cultural science program in Karlstad University. The essay in Culture studies deals about the history use and about the cultural-historical values on Buildings. The Buildings are from a certain area called the neighborhood Almen and have in the past been threatening many times of demolition. The neighborhood Almen Buildings survived a huge city fire back in the 19th century. Since then the Buildings has been known as a memory and by the inhabitants and as the oldest part of the city left.

AbstractAbetong in Falkenberg manufactures, among other things, small prefabricated concrete Buildings for housing various installations, such as electric transformers.The aim of this dissertation is to reduce the time needed to design such Buildings, by way of finding a number of standardized Buildings. Standardized in such a manner as to incorporate both the needs of the manufacturer (Abetong) and its customers.To analyze the needs of the parties the work has included a market survey and calculations on the strength of these Buildings.One survey was a letter questionnaire to all of Abetong?s customers who have, in the past, ordered these types of building. The aim of the questionnaire was to establish how the customers want these Buildings designed.Another survey conducted was an inventory of all of Abetong?s previous projects where these types of building were manufactured.

certain building or environment can get a protection as a notable building if it contains certainvalues. These values are established by a certain category of people from the cultural sector.These people use established criterions to define the cultural value of the object. The objects canbe evaluated differently depending on who has done the evaluation. The people who protect thecultural environment and choose which Buildings that are to be defining as notable Buildingsoften uses a special model to characterise the different cultural values. This model is produced bya man called Axel Unnerbäck.

This bachelor thesis describes why investors should invest in environmentally certified Buildings instead of non certified Buildings. The report provides an overview of possible factors influencing an investor in the investment process of an environmentally certified building. The report explains why building companies find incentive to build green Buildings and how a cash flow method can be adapted so it can be used in the valuation process of an environmentally certified building. Environmentally certified Buildings are used as a strategy to reduce emissions that threaten the environment as well as a strategy to obtain market shares for the building companies. This report focuses on the economic advantages of an environmentally certified building.The construction- and real estate industry stands for approximately 40 percent of the energy consumption in the world.

Should new Buildings blend in or contrast from the older Buildings around? Could contrasts even emphasize different characters? This report is a discussion on that theme. I´ve studied different architects wiev on the question and studied different of examples of where new Buildings contrast to the context in a successful way. In part two I´ve done a proposal on a new housing settlement next to Hammarbyhöjden in Stockholm. The new Buildings contrast to the existing and the aim is to emphasize the characters in Hammarbyhöjden as well as in the new structure.

Sweden has an environmental goal to achieve until the year 2020. To achieve this goal the construction business has to take an initiative to use the modern techniques that are available to lower the energy consumption I Buildings. There?s also a debate going on today regarding the energy demands set by the Swedish government through Boverket, some communities throughout Sweden thinks that the demands are to low and have therefore set up own demands regarding energy in Buildings.The possibility to construct energy-saving Buildings is today very great, with energy-efficient heating-systems and dense climate envelope. The interest to raise energy-efficient Buildings have also increased as a consequence that the population have become more aware about their impact on the environment.

The purpose of this project was to evaluate how energy efficiently some of JM?s residential Buildings can become in standard production. What kind of measures are needed to achieve the level of energy demand that is included in BBR12 (Boverkets Byggregler)? What measures are needed for achieving a lower demand so that the Buildings could be classified as passive houses? The investigation has included a single family house and two different types of apartment blocks.The simulation programs Enorm and VIP+ have been used to calculate the energy demand of the Buildings. The results from the programs have been compared with the measured energy demand for the three Buildings.

Energy efficiency is today more important than ever, mainly due to the high energy prices and the approaching climate changes. Heating of Buildings is an essential area within energy efficiency. Many Buildings are old and were built at a time when the energy prices were low and the term ?energy efficiency? was unheard of. By applying today?s broad range of energy saving actions on these old, and thereby often, heating ineffective Buildings, this area has a large potential in reducing energy consumption and costs.Churches and chapels are generally old Buildings with, in many cases, ineffective heating systems and therefore consume much more energy than needed.

A large proportion of the energy consumption is in the building industry and a large part goes to heating our homes and premises. In the developing countries' development now threatens the large consumption of energy in our earth's climate. It is in the West world that we must be good role models in terms of energy efficiency. One solution to reduce energy consumption for heating of Buildings may be to continue to build low energy houses and passive houses, but it is also about rebuilding the Buildings that currently have high energy consumption such as the old Million program Houses. These Buildings will be standing many years and their energy consumption will not diminish over time by itself and energy prices will certainly not diminish in the future.