Articles about Kiruna

Luleå University of Technology and Kiruna Municipality in strategic cooperation

Skills development, education, research and innovation. These are the areas included in the letter of intent on strategic collaboration that Luleå University of Technology and Kiruna Municipality have signed.

In the media: Energy-efficient construction in new Kiruna

Research plays an important role when the major changes in the Malm fields are becoming increasingly clear. It is about the mining community of Malmberget to be completely decommissioned while central Kiruna is being demolished and rebuilt in a new location.

In the media: How to create an attractive city

Kristina L Nilsson, Professor of Architecture at Luleå University of Technology, in the Swedish Radio's Good Morning World.

Creative and sustainable urban transformation

Kiruna Sustainability Center is the name of a new innovation platform for testing and evaluating new creative solutions for a sustainable society. Luleå University of Technology will contribute to recycling and waste solutions, energy systems, socioeconomic analyzes, industrial construction, social sustainability and innovative traffic solutions.

Student proposals for the new Kiruna

A group of students from the Master Programme in Architectural Engineering at Luleå University of Technology has developed improvement proposals for the new Kiruna. The proposal is based on the plan developed by the local authority in Kiruna in collaboration with an architectural firm.

In the media: The Seventh House in Kiruna

Building a passive house in Kiruna, Sweden's northernmost city, located 20 mil north of the Arctic Circle, requiring great adaptation to the climate.

In the media: 20 million SEK for Kiruna Project

It is Vinnova - an agency that promotes sustainable growth and innovation - and the Agency, which has awarded a total of around SEK 20 million in financial support. Project partners are the Municipality of Kiruna, technical works, LTU and SP Technical Research Institute.

Published:27 February 2016
Updated: 11 October 2019
By:IT
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