Operation About the project Contact English Test beds for Green Housing Development In order for smart green solutions to be developed, they may need access to a test bed: a physical or virtual environment where companies, academia and other organizations can collaborate in the development, testing and implementation of new products, services, processes or organizational solutions in selected areas. Test beds fulfill a technical function, they are rigged to be able to perform tests and verifications that report what technicians perform. On the one hand, they fulfill a knowledge-spreading function, as the technology can be demonstrated to potential customers in a real context. The test bed makes it easier to understand how the technology will really work. If a test bed is based on dialogue processes, the understanding and acceptance of new measures and initiatives will increase. Stakeholders' commitment, knowledge of and interest will increase as they are given the opportunity to participate in the development process. Dialogue processes increase the chances that new solutions will have a broad impact and thus really affect sustainable urban development. The effect of this is that the time between R&D, demo and sales is shortened for the companies, which improves their chances of growth. This is especially required in the area of sustainable urban development, which is characterized by large investments, long lead times and public ownership. GREEN SOLBERGA GRÖNA SOLBERGAS INSTA MORE TEST BEDS Green Solberga IVL Swedish Environmental Institute and Stockholmshem give companies the opportunity to test their green and sustainable innovations in the middle of the residential area Solberga, outside Stockholm. Today, housing accounts for close to 40 percent of energy use in Sweden, which gives rise to large emissions of greenhouse gases. New sustainable technology is often developed in smaller companies and needs support to be able to establish itself in the market. This is where the Solberga residential area comes into the picture. Testbädden i Solberga är en form av forsknings- och demonstrationsanläggning där småföretag, forskare och olika organisationer samverkar med de boende för att tillsammans hitta lösningar på bostadssektorns miljöutmaningar. Med projektet Gröna Solberga vill man visa hur bostadsområden kan bli mer resurseffektiva och hållbara. Fokus ligger på att ta fram nya innovativa lösningar, i första hand för dagvattenhantering och avfallshantering. En lång rad spännande projekt kommer att genomföras på plats i Solberga där prototyper och småskaliga lösningar testas och demonstreras. En utställningslokal finns också i området, på Folkparksvägen 119. Småföretag som för närvarande deltar i Gröna Solberga Kretsloppsbolaget utvecklar koncept för odling av fisk & grönt i bostadsområden Bioteria ska anlägga ett modernt miljöhus med bioteknik som tar bort dålig lukt. Virbela Atelje planerar en vattentrappa där nya lösningar inom dagvattenhantering ska testas. REFO arbetar med designat återbruk och utbildning. LÄS MER HOS IVL Gröna Solberga på Instagram [instagram-feed] Fler testbäddar IVL Svenska Miljöinstitutet slutförde 2017 en inventering av testbäddar i BoStadssektorn i Stockholmsregionen, som du kan ta del av i denna rapport. Det strategiska innovationsprogrammet Smart Built Environment har skapat en portal med tesbäddar som bidrar till framtidens smarta samhälle, Swedishtestbeds. RISE, Research Insititutes of Sweden, has created a portal with test beds for new technology in several areas, Testbed Sweden. Grön BoStad Stockholm is a collaborative project run with support from the European Regional Development Fund. Collaborating partners are KTH, IVL Swedish Environmental Institute, Sustainable Innovation and the County Administrative Board of Stockholm.