Denne oppgaven er en studie om radon i eksisterende bygninger med en casestudie. I forkant av utarbeidelse og utførelse av en tiltakspakke, ble det gjort en litteraturstudie innenfor temaet om radon, situasjonen i Norge og anbefalte tiltak for å redusere radonnivåene i eksisterende boliger. Casestudien omhandler en enebolig i Beisfjord, Narvik kommune. Det har blitt utført bytte av innvendig radonbrønn ...

Alternative to traditional concrete, sustainable concrete reduces cement content, waste management issues, and CO2 emissions. To achieve sustainable concrete, waste materials can be used as supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) to partially replace cement. Fly ash, ground-granulated blast furnace slag, and silica fume have been heavily studied as SCMs. However, due to the retirement of coal-fired ...

Microbial fuel cells (MFC) are an emerging technology for wastewater treatment that utilizes the metabolism of microorganisms to generate electricity from the organic matter present in water directly. The principle of MFC is the same as hydrogen fuel cell and has three main components (i.e., anode, cathode, and proton exchange membrane). The membrane separates the anode and cathode chambers and ...

In response to the increasing demand for construction informatics (CI) expertise, universities in the Nordic countries have developed new educational offers. This study explores how CI related education is being delivered by three different universities, two in Norway and one in Sweden. By comparing curricula and interviewing CI teachers, this paper contributes to the recent debate on the international ...

Technology and design is seen by many as having a potential for students to work with science and mathematics in practical contexts. The view is particularly evident in the Norwegian curriculum, where technology and design is defined as an interdisciplinary topic involving Science, Mathematics and Art & Crafts. This paper reports from a video study of the use of mathematics and science in student ...

While designing the power requirements of a ship, the most important factor to be considered is the ship resistance, or the sea drag forces acting on the ship. It is important to have an estimate of the ship resistance while designing the propulsion system since the power required to overcome the sea drag forces contribute to ‘losses’ in the propulsion system. There are three main methods to calculate ...

This paper evaluates the thermal performance of a triple-glazed glass window filled with a phase-change material (PCM) compared to the performance of a traditional triple-glazed window with air gaps. The chosen PCM was paraffin wax. A mathematical model to simulate heat transfer within the system was presented. A commercially available software, COMSOL Multiphysics, was used to numerically solve the ...

Full-scale thawing experiments, performed on three types of homogenous, initially frozen soils, were carried out during late winter 2011 and repeated in 2012. An auxiliary heat source (hydronic heating) was employed to initiate and expedite the thawing process. The corresponding phase change, soil temperature increase, and variations in bound and unbound water content were monitored during the ...

I oppgaven utredes det spesifikk energiforsyningskonsepter og energikombinasjoner som gir lavest energibruk. Oppgaven ser på to eldre lavboligblokker som ligger i Beisfjordveien 88 og 90, som eies av Ofoten Midt-Troms Boligbyggerlag. Bygget har i dag lite isolasjon, og elektrisk energiforsyning som medfører stort varmetap og høyt energiforbruk på ca. 216 kWh/m2. Rehabiliteringen av blokker omfatter ...

According to a new high-rise strategy, Norway is expected to have more tall buildings. However, due to a lack of knowledge and experience in high-rise technology, the country has not built many such structures yet. To address this issue, a study was conducted to analyze the response of a high-rise building to dynamic wind load, considering the low seismic activity in the region. The study is divided ...