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Space technology benefits the earth

2022-12-09 Space technology can give us a snapshot of climate change and the health of the planet. In northern Sweden, you find an infrastructure with research, education and industry in close cooperation, which contributes to the green transition.

Researchers aim to achieve a sustainable process for complex PET waste

2022-12-08 In this project, researchers will investigate how to combine chemical and biological methods to enable a sustainable and efficient process for the use of complex PET waste. The research project is led by Ulrika Rova, Professor of Biochemical Process Engineering.

Elliptical economy – even more sustainable than circular

2022-11-17 Bringing about a more circular use of materials is an important piece of the puzzle to succeed in the green transition. Now Roland Larsson, Professor of Machine elements at Luleå University of Technology, takes it one step further.
– We must strive for an elliptical economy that is even more susta...

Creaternity team gathered at conference in Piteå

2022-09-30 September 27-28, Luleå University of Technology’s Creaternity arranged a conference for everybody working within this future area. The main goal for Creaternity is to find solutions for a circular and connected industry. During these days the group focused on team building, finding research synergie...

Circular economy is often better for the environment – but not always

2022-08-17 Researchers at Luleå University of Technology and Chalmers University of Technology have developed a new method, Business Model LCA (BM-LCA), which helps companies calculate how climate footprints and other environmental impacts from operations change during a transition from a traditional to a circ...

"A more sustainable use of our resources is absolutely crucial"

2022-05-13 Johan Carlson is Professor of Signal processing and one of two leaders for Creaternity's graduate school.

Business opportunities with the green transition

2022-05-12 Today, H2 Green Steel, SSAB, IUC Norr and Luleå University of Technology with the future areas Creaternity and SUN, as well as the hydrogen investment CH2ESS held an inspiring workshop at Vetenskapens hus for companies about the green transition.

VIP event for students about the green transition - a great success

2022-05-03 A special VIP evening for students at Luleå University of Technology about the green transition attracted great interest and commitment. 150 students had come to meet several of Luleå University of Technology's researchers and PhD students and the leading-edge companies in the industrial green trans...

"It's more fun to become an engineer today because our role now is to save the world"

2022-03-18 Roland Larsson is Professor and Head of subject of Machine elements and one of two scientific leaders of Creaternity.

AI researchers creating unique model for circular food production

2022-02-25 Sunny summers, blistering winters – and residual heat from data centres. These are the ingredients that researchers from Luleå University of Technology will use to create an intelligent recipe for circular food production systems.

Going circular with small sanitation systems

25 Mar. 2022 11:30 – 12:15 , Vetenskapens hus or digitally:

2022-02-23 To save the Earth's resources and counteract global warming, we need to become better at taking advantage of the resources available in our wastewater.

Professor Lena Abrahamsson is new Scientific leader for Creaternity

2022-02-21 Since January, Lena Abrahamsson is the new scientific leader for Luleå University of Technology's future area Creaternity together with Roland Larsson. She is very much looking forward to contributing with research that places people in the center of technological development.
– New technology is ...

Luleå University of Technology in national initiative for circular economy

2021-12-09 CIRCLA is a national, cross-industry network consisting of over 50 actors from universities, business and the public sector who work to increase transparency in how products are manufactured and reused. One of the participants in the network is the research subject Innovation and Entrepreneurship at...

How do our water and sewage systems need to be developed to meet future demands?

19 Nov. 2021 12:00 – 12:45 , Vetenskapens hus eller digitalt:

2021-10-27 The pipelines that exist for water and sewage management in cities and urban areas are of great importance for the functioning of society. To a large extent, the water system is invisible and is especially noticeable when it is not working. Today's system is old and in need of renewal, at the same t...

Stephanie Rusch employed as new Creaternity PhD candidate

2021-10-21 Stephanie Rusch joined the Urban Water Research Group as a Ph.D. candidate within the new cross-border area of excellence Creaternity in September 2021. Her research is focused on the safe recovery of nutrients from blackwater. The process involves the nitrification blackwater digestate, removal of ...

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 exist today, researchers from Luleå University of Technology show.

Digitalisation for increased accessibility for all

19 Nov. 2021 11:00 – 11:45 , Vetenskapens hus or digitally:

2021-10-16 Developing the systems of the future is of the utmost importance for phenomena in the physical world to be combined with the virtual. By keeping in touch digitally and experiencing things together with all senses, as we did during the pandemic, for example, the environmental impact can be reduced wh...

How do we ensure sustainable food production in the future?

25 Oct. 2021 12:00 – 12:45 , Vetenskapens hus or digitally:

2021-10-15 This event is in Swedish.

Sustainability in focus when the Graduate School took off

2021-10-12 Almost a year ago, one of Luleå University of Technology's new future areas, Creaternity, was inaugurated. Creaternity includes around 100 researchers from 25 different research subjects with the common goal of using digitalisation to achieve a circular use of materials, efficient energy use and, th...

Can you patch and repair digitally?

14 Oct. 2021 12:00 – 13:00 , Luleå Science Park, Aurorum 1C:

2021-10-01 Digitisation and the transition to a circular economy are two important trends with the green transformation of society and particularly relevant for us who operate in northern Sweden. Luleå University of Technology works intensively with these issues in both education and research, where the focus ...

The University in new strategic collaboration

2021-09-24 Luleå University of Technology and Hitachi ABB Power Grids have signed a strategic partnership agreement. The collaboration has focus on industrial transformation, skills development, talent supply and research that contributes to a carbon-neutral energy future.

End of toil and waste – a panel discussion on circular, sustainable industry

24 Sep. 2021 12:00 – 12:45 :

2021-09-10 How would it feel to never buy a new vacuum cleaner again? Luleå University of Technology's new future area, Creaternity, is about creating a circularly connected industry. What does that mean then? Well, that we should take it easy and think before we build or manufacture something, so that the mat...

Explores water-based lubricants for electric vehicles

2021-06-22 To harvest the improvements and address the challenges the Swedish Energy Agency has just granted CEVT 6.2 MSEK to lead a joint project together with SKF and Luleå Technical University to explore how water-based lubricants can improve the already high efficiency of electric vehicles.

The University and Polarbröd are collaborating for a sustainable future

2021-06-04 A year ago, Polarbröd's bakery in Älvsbyn burned down. Since then, the company has been investing heavily in building a completely new facility, adapted to modern requirements for ecological, economic and social sustainability. Since the spring of 2021, the company has been collaborating with resear...

New graduate school at Luleå University of Technology's initiative Creaternity

2021-03-18 Luleå University of Technology's initiative Creaternity with 100s of researchers in 25 different research subjects starts a new graduate school. Here, as a doctoral student, you get the chance to become the spearhead and, together with world-leading researchers, develop innovative solutions for the ...

Patched and repaired; the new high-tech

2021-02-04 The wear and tear era is over. What increases the competitiveness of the industry of the future is to succeed in designing a product, for example a car that can be recycled, upgraded and reused over and over again. Luleå University of Technology's 28-million investment CREATERNITY with 100s of resea...

Inauguration of CREATERNITY: Circular economy in focus

2020-11-25 The area CREATERNITY at Luleå University of Technology is up and running. The digital inauguration, which attracted a large number of listeners, featured speeches by representatives of large companies, researchers and the university's vice-Chancellor Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn.

New research areas for a more sustainable future

2020-11-05 For a more sustainable future, it is necessary that both the trade and Industry and the society at large change. Two new cross-border areas at Luleå University of Technology – Creaternity and SUN – will contribute to the transformation required for sustainable industry and social transformation.

CREATERNITY Workshop

2020-09-24 In September, more than forty researchers gathered within the new research initiative CREATERNITY in Piteå for a two-day workshop with the aim of creating the foundation for the area and finding the most important research questions.