The pilot is owned by:

Aim of the pilot project

The ZEB Laboratory is the new zero emission building laboratory NTNU and SINTEF have under construction at Gløshaugen. The building will be a living laboratory, an office and an education building in full operation where we simultaneously try out and develop new solutions. It will be a tool for creating the world's most climate-friendly buildings. See a short video presentation of the research possibilities here (in Norwegian).

The building will be a key research object and tool for both the Research Centre Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in Smart Cities (ZEN) and SFI Klima 2050. It will enable us to study the interaction between user and technology, and will consist of office space, classrooms, flexible technical rooms and laboratory.

We also want the building to demonstrate climate adaptation. This means focusing on moisture-proof building and innovative solutions for stormwater management. The pilot project will demonstrate and document building integration of solar cells (BIPV) in roofs and facades and establish research infrastructure for stormwater management.

Participants

Innovation potential

The innovation potential of the pilot project is

• stormwater management with infiltration in combination with detention under real operating and maintenance conditions

• use of surface water as utility water

• building-integrated solar cells (BIPV) in roofs and facades with associated construction engineering details

• roof drain for roofs with solar cells used as roofing

• compact sloping wooden roofs with long roof lengths and the use of smart vapor barrier

Lessons learned

• Description of the pilot project in Norwegian

• ZEB Laboratory - Research Possibilities. SINTEF Notes 33. Trondheim, 2019

• Collaborative Project Delivery Methods. Doctoral theses at NTNU, 2022:210, NTNU

• Å få eit vellykka prosjekt. Byggeindustrien 6/2022 s 22

• Performance evaluation of a combined stormwater detention and reuse system - A case study from Trondheim, Norway. Master Thesis. NTNU, Trondheim 2021

• Pitched unventilated wood frame roof with smart vapour barrier – field measurements. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 2021, Vol 2069, Article no. 012007

• Utvikling av nye overvannsløsninger. Byggeindustrien 18/2021 s 24

• Bruk av bygningsintegrerte solceller. Byggeindustrien 14/2021 s 27

• Målprisutvikling i to-stegsmodellen. Byggeindustrien 5/2021 s 40

• Å bygge med eigen solstraum. Byggeindustrien 3/2021 s 24

• Å bygge med massivtre i regnvær. Byggeindustrien 1/2021 s 2-3

• Kan vi tape bygninger? Byggeindustrien 11/2020 s 31

• Samspill i tidligfase; noe mer enn kontrakt. Byggeindustrien 08/2020 s 25

• Lite er godt. Byggeindustrien 14/2019 s 30

• Takrenne for BIPV-tak. Byggeindustrien 10/2019 s 32

• ZEB Flexible Lab i undervisning. Byggeindustrien 4/2017 s 32

• Vi bygger nullutslippslaboratorium. Byggeindustrien 10/2016 s 41

About the stormwater management

Extreme rain testing of rain gutter for BIPV roof

480 mm opening:

240 mm opening:

120 mm opening:

240 mm opening with grating cover: