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Esther Duflo, The economist as a plumber, 2017

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Linda Teng, conceptual manager for student and researcher housing at Akademiska Hus. Photo: Akademiska Hus

Rule changes for better housing: Linda Teng interviewed by Fastighetstidningen

Linda Teng sees a need for housing innovation. In an interview for Fastighetstidningen she describes how rule changes for student housing can produce buildings of higher quality, that are more resourc...

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montage — Top left: Sisslerfeld Living Lab; bottom left: Empa NEST Living Lab (© Zooey Braun, Stuttgart); right: Marco Molinari presenting at the Living Labs collaboration workshop.

KTH Live-In Lab visits the Empa NEST and Sisslerfeld Living Labs

How can we test solutions at the city scale and provide solutions for smart and sustainable cities? To move closer to an answer, Marco Molinari, Director of KTH Live-In Lab, recently traveled to Zuric...

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AI research at KTH to facilitate maintenance work for older buildings

A research collaboration between Einar Mattsson and KTH explores how AI can improve the understanding of renovation needs in various types of buildings. In the project ”AI-driven Predictive Maintenanc...

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The LIL Chronicle

How do we win the game – by complex rules or by enjoying it?

The more technically complex buildings become, the more new forms of collaboration and trust are needed to dare to invest money and time. The rules need to be flexible enough to enable freedom of movement and enjoyment.

Read the chronicle by Jonas Anund Vogel (In Swedish)

Live-In Lab Introduction

Hear Jonas Anund Vogel, director of KTH Live In-Lab, discuss the work, mission and vision of the centre.

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Some current projects at KTH Live-In Lab

Buildings Post Corona

A collaborative project between Chalmers, KTH, Lund University and Umeå University. The project aims to support the construction sector in designing and maintaining sustainable buildings with a healthy and good indoor environment.

www.buildingspostcorona.se

Co-Kitchen

The project focuses on new solutions for the sustainable student housing of the future. The vision is to develop a collective living (co living) that is at the forefront in terms of social, economic and ecological sustainability.