KTH Campus

Thursday 8 June, 2023

Sorting of food waste

On January 1, 2023, it became mandatory for households, offices and other businesses to collect their food waste separately. The collection takes place in brown compost bags and we at Akademiska Hus are responsible for ensuring that the businesses in our buildings have the opportunity to sort their food waste. On campus today, many already sort out food waste on their own initiative, which is very good. In order to ensure that this happens in the entire area and make it easier for our customers, we will in the future take over the agreements with Stockholm Water and Waste and create more emptying sites so that everyone who needs it has the opportunity to sort their food waste. What happens to the food waste? When food waste is collected separately, it is processed through a process called digestion to become biogas or biofertilizer. By sorting out food waste, you contribute to improving our cycles, reducing the emission of greenhouse gases and reducing the need to import fossil gas and oil. In order to be able to turn food waste into biogas and biofertilizer, it is important not to throw away anything other than food scraps in the brown bag. Plastic and other rubbish that is not food waste destroys the decomposition, then we do not get biogas and biofertiliser. In addition, the plastic can end up in the soil on our farms and forestry. This should be thrown in the compost bag: Peels and remains of vegetables and fruit Leftovers from meat, fish and shellfish Pasta, rice Leftovers of bread, eggshells Tea leaves, coffee grounds. Filters and tea bags can also be put in the food waste as well as a small amount of undyed household paper However, snuff, chopsticks or old cut flowers and potted plants should not be thrown into the compost bag. This waste impairs the digestion process and therefore does better in the household waste (the usual garbage bag). You can read more about the sorting requirement here: It is now mandatory to sort out the food waste | Stockholm Water and Waste Guide to sorting food waste: Sort food waste at home and in the office kitchen | Stockholm Water and Waste

Friday 20 January, 2023

Trees on campus

At KTH, we are constantly working to nurture and take care of all the trees on campus. The species diversity on the KTH campus is mixed and there are many impressive older trees with a long history behind them that need careful supervision and care. The tree population at KTH is highly valued as it contributes to increased well-being for our students and workers but also to biological diversity. Research has also shown that the stress level of people living in an environment with deciduous trees can be reduced. Last year, an extensive inventory of all the trees on campus was carried out in order to be able to take measures at the right time and take care of the trees in the right way. Together we work to preserve and protect all the fantastic trees we have around us to maintain a pleasant environment. The picture shows two of our latest additions!

Monday 17 October, 2022

New parking for electric scooters

On September 1, the government's decision on the parking ban for electric scooters came into effect. The decision meant that e-scooters must now be parked at a bicycle rack or other stand-up location. Because of this, bike racks on campus have become cluttered with electric scooters, which affects the cyclists. That's why we have now built several separate parking lots for electric scooters to free up bike racks! See the attached document for the location of these parking lots.

Monday 22 August, 2022

Bicycle cages on the KTH Campus

Access to bicycle cages for SEK 100/month In collaboration with Aimo Park, Akademiska Hus offers locked bicycle parking at a cost of SEK 100/month. A monthly subscription gives access to all three bicycle cages on the KTH campus. See the map, via the attached PDF below, for all the places where you can find our bike cages. To open any bike cage, you need to download the Parakey app. In connection with booking, you will receive a personal digital key so that you can unlock/close the bike cage whenever you want. If you are interested in access to our locked bike cages, you can contact Aimo Park: 0771-96 90 06 - telephone hours Mon-Fri 08.00-16.00. or kundservice@aimopark.se Enter the subject: Bicycle parking on Brinellvägen

Monday 20 June, 2022

New work of art in front of the Swedish National Defense College

Now the artwork "Hope & Despair" stands in front of the Swedish National Defense College. In the work, the artist Michel Östlund interprets how the world's striving for increased openness and democracy has turned in the opposite direction. Every year, 8 kilometers of barbed wire are set up around the world to shut people in and out. The barbed wire prevents the openness between us who have laid the foundation for peace and success in our time. The question now is whether we are there again? With millions of people on the run and a life in the shadow of war. The artwork is made of barbed wire to symbolize just this.

Wednesday 6 April, 2022

New ground contractor on campus

Just in time for spring, we will have a new ground contractor in the area. We welcome the Green City, which from 1 April will take care of the outdoor environment on our campus.

Monday 4 October, 2021

New work of art on Lindstedtsvägen 5

During KTH's introduction of “Future educational environments” in the main building 43: 3, Akademiska Hus had a new work installed in Ljusgården on Lindstedtsvägen 5, When the idea is not sufficient by Magnus Thierfelder Tzotzis . Magnus Thierfelder Tzotzi's work When the tank is not sufficient is made specifically for KTH and the light courtyard where it is now inaugurated. It is a work of art that in a graphic and intuitive way sews art together with the idiosyncratic and special architecture of the light courtyard. In a playful and exploratory way, space becomes a metaphor for a larger investigation of the unknown, a work that subtly urges us to reach a step beyond what we already know and take for granted in both thought and action. A work of art that urges us to twist, turn and question the accepted in order to succeed in reaching beyond what is already known. The artwork is inaugurated on 15/10 by Akademiska Hus and the Swedish Arts Council

Monday 1 March, 2021

Sing Sing certified to level Silver according to Miljöbyggnad iDrift

Akademiska Hus building “Sing Sing” at KTH was a pilot project in the development of the new certification system Miljöbyggnad iDrift and has now been certified to level Silver. iDrift was launched in 2020 and aims to strengthen the sustainability performance of existing buildings by focusing on the design, technology, operation and management of existing buildings. Characteristic of Miljöbyggnad iDrift is that the development of the certification system has taken place in close collaboration with the Swedish real estate industry. After passing the certification, the property owner can choose to apply for higher grades by supplementing their certification and reporting fulfillment of more optional criteria and having them reviewed and approved. Akademiska Hus, and other property owners, get a clear connection to the Swedish environmental goals through the new certification for existing buildings; limited climate impact, fresh air, non-toxic environment, protective ozone layer, safe radiant environment and good quality water. There are also clear links to the UN's Global Goals.

Wednesday 20 May, 2020

Akademiska Hus is investing in increased biodiversity

In order to create more attractive campus areas and contribute to a more sustainable society, Akademiska Hus implements a series of initiatives around the country that promote biological diversity. The result has positive effects for humans as well as animals and vegetation.As one of Sweden's largest park managers, Akademiska Hus places great focus on the outdoor environments that surround the 3.3 million square meter property portfolio. Through greenery and nature on campus, conditions are created for a stress-relieving and performance-enhancing living environment, while positive effects arise for animals and vegetation.- We want the country's campuses to be an asset for the entire society and we work to strengthen biological diversity both in our ongoing administration and when we develop new buildings or entire areas. In this way, we provide better conditions for both people, animals and insects to thrive on campus and in the ecologically sustainable outdoor environments that are created there, says Mia Edofsson, head of sustainability at Akademiska Hus.Small and large stakesWhen Akademiska Hus, together with higher education institutions, plans for the development of campus areas, this is done through long-term campus plans, where climatic, social and ecological perspectives are taken into account. In the systematic work, great focus is placed on protecting the green qualities and biological diversity - now and over time. Around the country there are a number of examples of investments made to promote increased species richness. These include, for example, insect hotels, hedgehog nests, beehives and nest boxes adapted for, for example, tits, starlings, tree crawlers, bats and butterflies. In several places, Akademiska Hus has reinforced the ecological values of the campus by creating meadows, cultivation plots, storm water ponds, water mirrors and permaculture gardens. A large number of buildings have been given green sedum roofs with space for bee batteries that provide nests for wild bees.Contributing to increased biological diversity has in some cases also been guiding in the development of completely new campus areas. In Stockholm, a coherent university area is emerging that stretches from Stockholm University in the north, via KTH over to Hagastaden with Karolinska Institutet in the west. The development of the Albano campus into a modern and competitive university environment takes place in harmony with nature and the goal is to become a role model in sustainable urban construction. As proof of the project's sustainability success, Albano is the first campus area in Sweden to be certified according to Citylab, a sustainability certification that does not only cover an individual building but includes an entire urban development project.At Albano, new water systems are being created to take care of stormwater, an improved microclimate and outdoor environments designed to strengthen the dispersal routes for plants and animals between the Nationalstadsparken and Hagaparken. Selection of biotopes and plants is based on the surrounding landscape and placed so that they support known, ecological dispersal routes. Through green roofs with large open roof terraces where students, employees and even the public have access, the university buildings become an integrated part of the park environment.- With efforts large and small, we contribute to increasing biological diversity on the country's campus areas. The work takes place in close collaboration with our customers and other stakeholders, where we work together for an even more sustainable society, says Mia Edofsson.Ask us!If you are interested in how we work with biodiversity on your campus area, you are welcome to ask your administrator!Read more!Read more about Akademiska Hus' sustainability work here: