Articles about sustainability

Broken hockey sticks to make for safer cars

2022-10-27 Every year thousands of broken composite sticks are thrown away by Swedish hockey clubs. A waste of resources that researchers at Luleå University of Technology are now trying to solve. In collaborati...

Electric flights in the north may soon become a reality

2021-10-21 Electrified aviation that connects cities in northern Sweden, Finland and Norway may become a reality in the near future. Certain components are still missing, but the technical conditions already exi...

Vertically aligned Co3O4 nanorods as a platform for inverted all‐oxide heterojunctions

2021-05-11 Mojtaba Gilzad Kohan

Carbon quantum dots promotes development of building-integrated solar cells

2021-02-22 An article written by researchers at Luleå University of Technology was recently published as a cover story in the journal Energy & Environmental Science (EES). The groundbreaking study is about the p...

Research anthology on social innovation

2020-02-12 In order to provide an overview of current research on social innovation in Sweden, an anthology is written by researchers from different universities and disciplines.

GreenTRIBOS – European Joint Doctorate in Sustainable Tribology

2019-06-04 Following the successful joint degree Master's program in Tribology, TRIBOS Master, the same consortium has now been approved by the EU research program Horizon2020, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MS...

Can sustainability management increase social acceptance for mining?

2019-04-25 Improved sustainability performance; socially, environmentally and economically. This is the purpose of the project "Walk the talk", a collaboration between Luleå University of Technology and Swedish ...

Call for project applications within Renewable Energy

2017-06-15 In order to further strengthen the development of the research area Renewable Energy at LTU, we now launch the fourth call for “seed” project applications. The overall intention is to invest funds in ...

New project will enable Swedish companies to benefit from digitalisation

2017-06-05 Digitalisation affects almost all industries in Sweden - but many companies lack knowledge about how they can benefit commercially. In a new project, researchers at Luleå University of Technology, tog...

Sustainability in focus when research is summarized

2016-11-28 The Faste Laboratory at Luleå University of Technology summerized ten years of research on the 23rd of November. The main outcome of a performance-based business model has to do with sustainability.

Can become first with new business model

2016-11-21 On the 23rd of November ten years of research and trend analysis in the field of performance-based business models will be summed up.
The research at Luleå University of Technology is unique and Swe...

Focus on sustainability

2016-09-16 The students at Luleå University of Technology invites you to a week filled with interesting lectures and events, where you will have a unique chance to interact with companies and discuss a sustainab...

Sustainability week- an important student initiative

2016-08-31 Teknologkåren at Luleå University of Technology has taken the initiative to a week on the theme of sustainability. Students are able to meet lecturers and companies like Skanska, Scania, BillerudKorsn...

Twice as good in five years

2016-08-26 Now, a five-year project to dramatically improve the waste sorting in the Porsön in Luleå has started. Over 700 new students learned about practical waste sorting and now they are given the addition c...

Sustainability important for companies selling function

2016-05-03 Companies that switches from selling traditional products to so-called functional products are faced with different requirements when it comes to what customers want. Researcher John Lindström focus o...

How long can we compromise on the Earth's ecosystems?

2015-10-20 Ecological sustainability includes everything that relates to the earth's ecosystems. Production of goods and services must not compromise with the carrying capacity of ecosystems, that is, nature mus...

Robust and reliable transport systems

2015-05-07 Luleå University of Technology created a strategic innovation agenda (SIO) with a purpose to develop a strategy for robust and reliable transport system.

In the media: Strong interest in algae cultivation

2015-01-23

Social innovation

2014-12-11 In the subject of Design at Luleå University of Technology social innovation is studied and supported - i.e. novel ways to meet societal challenges and to improve people's wellbeing, inclusion and emp...

Cutting Edge Architecture at LTU

2012-02-10 A Pavilion with structure from a honeycomb learns from nature. The structural geometry of a honeycomb is valuable in its high strength to weigh ratio.

2012-02-01

A better picture of the old railway bridges durability

2009-03-24

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