2015 Campus Award, KTH

1. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF
KTH CAMPUS PLAN 2014
- a vibrant Campus for a sustainable future

2. ”The Campus plan is an excellent example of how we at KTH
cooperate with our landlord Akademiska Hus to form strategic tools
to develop sustainable campuses while integrating sustainability in
teaching and research.”
Staircase,
The school of Architecture
KTH Campus
Göran Finnveden
Vice-president for sustainable development,
Professor

3. KTH Royal Institute of Technology
“KTH is a dynamic, transformative and creative university driven forward by
curiosity and purposeful determination with the aim of shaping a brighter
tomorrow.”
“KTH is a visible international university which actively influences the development
of society. Its campus areas are integral parts of the Stockholm urban fabric.
These campus areas, both physical and virtual, are vibrant nodes of learning,
research and innovation.”
KTH, founded in 1827, is responsible for one third of Sweden’s capacity
for technical research and is the country’s largest organizer of
technical/engineering education at university level.
KTH has more than 12,500 undergraduate students, more than 1,800
active postgraduate students and just over 4,800 employees.
From Vision 2027

4. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
KTH contributes to sustainable development through educational
programs, research and interaction with the surrounding communities.
The environmental policy of KTH includes reducing its own
environmental impact.
Akademiska Hus’ ambition is, as one of the largest property companies
in Sweden, to be in the forefront in sustainability issues.
The environmental targets of both organisations are high; the plan is an
enabler for concrete actions.

5. KTH CAMPUS PLAN 2014
A strategic tool for sustainable campus development.
With the long-term sustainability goals of Akademiska Hus and KTH as a
starting point, it is clear that a strategic and holistic approach is needed..
The plan was developed and is now being implemented by Akademiska
Hus and KTH in a joint effort as the two major stakeholders.
The plan sets the direction for further development of the KTH Campus
in a sustainable manner encompassing all perspectives of sustainability,
and includes two perspectives:
Masterplan The planning span of the plan is 15-20 years.
To do-list The output of the plan is a list of 33 concrete projects to be
conducted within 5 years.
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6. Using the framework of BREEAM Communities for a university campus
is a unique way of working with campus-wide master planning. This
method ensures sustainability considerations are an integral part of
planning and the targets are set to include both environmental and
social goals.
The outputs of the use of the framework also include turning the plan
from comprehensive to comprehensible.
FRAMEWORK OF
BREEAM COMMUNITIES
Governance Social and economic well-being Resource and energy
Land use and ecologyTransport and movement Innovation
Categories

7. GOAL-ORIENTED APPROACH
Aspects of the vision as well as goals, targets and projects were sorted
under the categories of BREEAM Communities: Governance, Social and
economic well-being, Resource and energy, Land use and ecology,
Transport and movement and Innovation.
Governance
The users of the campus are involved
in decisions that affect the design,
operation and long-term management
of the area.
Social and economic well-being
The campus is a sustainable, vibrant
and safe part of town, with a clear
identity. An environment that attracts
visitors to stay, entire days and
throughout the year.
Resource and energy
Available resources on campus are
utilized in a sustainable manner.
Land use and ecology
The campus grounds are used in a
sustainable and effective manner.
Ecological values are maintained and
strengthened. Biological diversity is
preserved and developed.
Transport and movement
Campus has an accessible structure to
support the use of sustainable
transport modes.
Innovation
The conditions for a creative and
innovative climate on campus are
optimized. New, smart, sustainable sol-
utions are visualized and it is apparent
that the work to solve the challenges of
today and tomorrow is ongoing.
Aspects of the vision

8. IMPACT AND GOVERNANCE
The overall goal of a vibrant campus for a sustainable future will be reached
through forward looking objectives and strategies. This goal-oriented
approach makes implementation, fulfillment and follow-up easy to monitor.
Examples, Targets and projects
Resource and energy
• Energy objective to reduce the energy
demand with 50 % from year 2000 to
2025.
• Choice of energy supply should give
priority to CO2-reducing measures, with
the objective to run CO2-neutral.
Promotes small scale energy production
and eliminates fossils.
• Thru excess heat from computers and
servers is recovered to heat the campus
25 % of the energy supply and 40 % of
the CO2 emissions can be reduced.
• Solar cells are installed on roofs and
charge stations for electric vehicles are
built.
• A number of other energy efficiency
measures related to lightning, windows
are being implemented at the campus.
Governance
• Students, faculty, staff, researchers and
local government participate in planning
process
• Researchers and staff have been used as
expertise in dialogues with local
government, ex: new solutions in transport
and movability in between university areas
and to/from the city.
• New arenas for dialogue about the future
of the Campus are set up.
• The Campus plan is a part of a bigger
project to integrate sustainability in
education and research, using the
Campus as a living lab.
Land use and ecology
• A detailed program for ecological
sustainability including ecosystem
services and ecological diversity.
Transport and movement
• Strategies for sustainable mobility
within campus and in between
campuses and the city, including
bicycle, walking and public
transportation etc.
Social and economic well-being
• 600 student accommodations, new
educational facilities and the
development of green spaces within the
campus.
• Several strategies serve to transform
the esteemed surroundings of the
campus into the flexible and dynamic
learning environments of the future - a
vibrant and up-to-date campus.
• Ambitious strategies for an accident-
free workplace are developed in
conjunction with an intense construction
activity.
Innovation
• Visibility – several spots, including a KTH-
Arena, are located and defined for student-
run projects to be carried out on Campus
grounds and/or buildings to enable a
creative and innovative climate on campus.
• A new square (with a hotel and congress)
and a new KTH-Arena and the Expo for
innovative technology, given the opportunity
to be made visible.

9. INCLUSIVE PLANNING PROCESS
A wide collaborative process across the University.
Using BREEAM Communities, especially the category Governance, for
developing the Campus Plan is part of an inclusive planning process,
enabling the various stakeholders to get involved and influence the
campus plan. The stakeholders include the Deans of the ten schools of
KTH, Project Leader from The City of Stockholm, student representatives
as well as teachers and researchers.

10. An explicit objective with the strategic partnership between KTH and Akademiska hus
is to ensure that the built environment, the operational systems, the research
scholarships and the education are linked as a living laboratory for sustainability.
It´s an institutional commitment expressed in the KTH Campus Plan.
This provides opportunities for KTH Campus to serve as a living laboratory for
sustainability related teaching and research activities, for students and researchers to
propose and carry out projects within the university.
LIVING LABORATORY

11. KTH CAMPUS PLAN 2014
Bigger projects for buildings and outdoor spaces planned at the Campus:
– 600 new student apartments
– 18 400 sqm additional space for education and administration
including a new school for architecture, a new information center, a
new office building and reconstruction of an old hospital.
– A new KTH square for innovative meetings with a congress and a hotel
acceding
– Reconstruction of an old boiler house to a new heat pump plant using
excess heat from a lager server room
– Continuous reconstruction of existing buildings to create spaces for
informal learning and student group rooms

12. OUTCOME SO FAR
In February 2015, 58 new apartments will be ready for student housing.
This marks the beginning of construction of 600 new student apartments
on KTH Campus by 2017.
This is part of the strategy to provide a vibrant campus, over days and
throughout the year. The campus needs to be densified, in a sustainable
manner and without compromise with the potential for expansion for KTH
or the ecological qualities.
New student accommondation
Byggvesta+Utopia

13. OUTCOME SO FAR
As of fall 2015, the School of Architecture and a new Information center
will be relocated to newly built premises at Osquars Backe on KTH
Campus. The new building houses drawing rooms, studios, exhibition
spaces and offices.
The project will provide a new place of innovation in a central location
within the campus. It will also provide visitors with improved services.
New School of Architecture
Tham & Vidergård arkitekter

14. OUTCOME SO FAR
Apart from acommondation, workplaces and service offering, future
learning environments are also a highly prioritized subject in order to
provide an open, attractive vibrant and safe campus.
ABE-skolan (annex) , one of the proposed 33 projects to be conducted
within 5 years, has reached Miljöbyggnad Guld, which is the highest level
in the Swedish building certification system “Miljöbyggnad”, illustrating that
the ambitions in the Campus Plan and the EMS are being implemented.
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ABE-skolan, KTH 43:12
Ahrbom & Partner

15. OUTCOME SO FAR
A heat pump system has been installed in the old power plant on campus.
By recovering heat from the servers at KTH we reduce purchased energy
by 25 per cent for the entire campus.
The electricity that drives the heat pumps is zero carbon dioxide . The total
carbon dioxide emissions for heating supply of KTH Campus is thereby
reduced by 840 tonnes per year, representing a decrease of 40 percent.

16. AND WE´RE MOVING ON…
THANK YOU!
• Student housing, further expansion up to 600 apartments
• Preparation of the KTH library for the future creating more informal
learning spaces
• Two institution buildings
• Project to ease transportation by bike to and within campus