<p>Jönköping's municipality requested a diploma work witch would present the experiences, as arisen during the existence of the echo village Smeden.</p><p>To recive information for the background, literature at the university library were searched at the database "Libris" with words like "echo village" and "ecological living".</p><p>Data was retrieved from 28 questionnaires that were sent out to the inhabitants of the echo village Smeden. The questionnaires contained questions about experiences, opinions, ideas and thoughts about living in this echo village. The results were analyzed and presented by diagrams and tables and showed that the inhabitants where most unsatisfied with the sewer and the system of the toilet. In the opposite the inhabitants experienced that the remaining systems were in satisfactory and the majority of the inhabitants were very pleased with their living conditions.</p><p>Conclusions of this study are that an echo village would be a suitable alternative to an ordinary living and that ecological living would be something that would work well even in the future. An important thing to remember is that the systems of the households must be easy for the inhabitants to maintain otherwise the environmental thinking would be in risk of failure if some don’t have the energy to manage this properly.</p>

<p>This paper is written as an examination paper at the University of Jönköping. The subject is chosen by Peab Sweden in Jönköping with whom further cooperation has been hold. The aim is to compare building methods and building materials in Sweden, Finland and Germany for further inspiration for Peab’s own market.</p><p>Background</p><p>The development of the construction industry develops new materials and methods to the market which has been forced by shorter construction times and the environment aspect. To pursue the development, further knowledge exchange should exist between the countries. That ought not to be a problem when the borders have been more open which facilitates import and export. With the paper it occurred interesting issues to take in consideration.</p><p>Implementation, results and conclusion</p><p>To start this investigation focus has been laid on study of the Swedish building project and examination of the (rambeskrivning)frameworks description, the (rumsbeskrivning)room description and at the drawings. Later the building projects and building methods for Finland and Germany have been compared to find differences to Sweden. It has been found that traditions are governing the building in these three countries. Even the market situation of the construction industry is influencing the method- and material choices. Despite the near geographic distance the construction industry in these countries have big differences, like contract writing, housing, ventilations and frameworks. However, it’s questionable if the market in Sweden wants to write the contracts in a different way. More likely then that details like cupboards for dishes have a future on the Swedish market.</p>

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<p>Hela 85 % av byggnadsmaterialen i ett nybyggt hus består av hälso- eller miljöfarliga material. Detta måste förändras! Ekologiskt byggande handlar om att undvika dessa material i så stor utsträckning som möjligt och samtidigt reducera uppvärmningen och tappvattenförbrukning med hjälp av energieffektiva installationer. Att det går att minska de miljöfarliga materialen i ett hus är självklart, men är det möjligt att bygga ett hus med nästan inga miljö- och hälsofarliga material? Vilka tekniska lösningar är att föredra vid ekologiskt byggande? Hur utformas ett ekologiskt hus?</p><p>Syftet med detta examensarbete är att hjälpa Eksjöhus att ta fram ett ekologiskt anpassat enfamiljshus och därmed bidra till ett sundare boende och en bättre miljö. Förundersökningar i form av utredningar av material, installationsmöjligheter och arkitektonisk utformning av ett ekologiskt hus ligger till grund för framtagning av huset och är en mycket viktig del i rapporten. Huset ska anpassas till tillverkningen i Eksjöhus fabrik och till andra standarder som Eksjöhus tillämpar.</p><p>Under arbetets gång har tre besök gjorts på Eksjöhus. Olika lösningar har diskuterats med vår fadder David Norrman och en visning i deras produktionshall har ägt rum.</p><p>Undersökningarna har resulterat i ett enfamiljshus med fem rum och kök med en bostadsarea på 146,8 m2. Huset är i ett plan och har en modern stil. Ekologiska material, som inte belastar miljön och som är förnyelsebara, har använts i så stor utsträckning som möjligt. Huset har en stomme av trä och är isolerat med hampafibrer. Som isolering i grunden används cellglas och sedum har valts som taktäckningsmaterial. Även andra komplement såsom färger, skivmaterial, golvmaterial och inredningar är valda med hänsyn tagen till miljön. Konstruktionen är diffusionsöppen, vilket gör att huset andas och att fuktigheten i inomhusluften jämnas ut. På så vis blir inomhusklimatet bättre. Huset är försett med solfångare, pelletspanna och en vattenmantlad kakelugn som försörjer huset med tappvarmvatten och bidrar till dess uppvärmning. Dessa tre värmekällor är kopplade till en ackumulatortank och får värmeenergin från förnyelsebara eller oändliga resurser, nämligen solenergi, pellets och ved.</p><p>En modell av huset har gjorts i ArchiCAD. Därifrån har sedan ritningar i form av plan, fasader och sektioner tagits fram. Alla detaljritningar har ritats i AutoCAD. Det ställs många krav på ett hus. Det ska bland annat klara vissa fuktkrav och energikrav. Beräkning av husets specifika energianvändning har gjort i programmet BV2. Värmegenomgångs- och kondensriskberäkningar har utförts i Excel.</p><p>Vid framtagning av ett ekologiskt hus är det många aspekter som måste vägas in i dess utformning. Det finns många material att välja bland och materialens hela livscykel ska vägas in vid materialvalen. Installationer måste också utredas så att ett flexibelt och energisnålt värmesystem erhålls.</p><p> </p> / <p>Today 85 % of all buildingmaterial in a new-built house is based on environment- or health-hazardous material. This must change! Ecological construction is all about avoiding these materials in as many ways as possible and in the same time reduce heating and the water usage with the help of energy-efficient installations. It is possible to reduce the material that are harmful to the environment in a house, but is it possible to construct a house with almost no environment- or health hazardous material? What technical solutions are preferable when constructing an ecological house? How is an ecological house designed?</p><p>The purpose with this paper is to assist Eksjöhus to develop an eco-adapted singlefamilyhouse and thereby aiding to a better living and environment. Preliminary investigation such as material, installation-possibilities and research of architectural design of an eco-adapted house are important parts of this paper. The house will be adapted to Eksjöhus fabrication and other standards that Eksjöhus uses.</p><p>During the making of this paper three visits to Eksjöhus has been made. During these visits different solutions has been discussed with our contact-person David Norrman and a showing of Eksjöhus productionhall has been done.</p><p>The researches have resulted in a single-familyhouse with five rooms and kitchen with a livingarea of 146,8 m2. The house is based on one floor and has a modern style and feeling. Ecological materials, which doesn't damage the environment and are renewable has been used in the larges scale as possible. The house has a frame of wood and is isolated with hempfibre. Foamglass has been used to isolate the foundation, and sedum has been chosen for covering the roof. Other complementary material such as paints, boardmaterial, floormaterial and decoration has been chosen with care and regard to the environment. The construction is diffusion-open, which allows the house to breathe. The air humidity inside level off and the indoor-climate gets better. The house is equipped with solar collectors, pellets stove and a water heating tile stove that supplies the house with hot water and in the same time helps with the heating. These three heat sources are wired to an accumulation tank and get its heat energy from renewable or infinite resources – solarenergy, pellets and wood.</p><p>A model of the house has been made in ArchiCAD. From this model the layouts in shape of plan, facings and sections have been developed. All detail layouts has been drawn in AutoCAD. There are many requirements when constructing a house. The house should, among other things, fulfill requirements regarding moisture and energy. The calculation of the house specific energy usage has been made in BV2. The heat transfer and the condensation risk analysis has been made in Excel.</p><p>When developing an ecological house, there are many aspects to consider in its design. There is a variety of materials to choose from and the material´s whole lifecycle must take an important role when deciding the material. Even installations must be examined to get a flexible and energy-efficient heating system.</p><p> </p>

<p>Is it possible that by planning in a more sustainable way when building a new area, we can improve our environment?</p><p>Most environmental problems are created in cities and therefore they should hold the solution. Through a more ecological urban planning a better foundation for sustainable housing could be created.</p><p>This report follows the process in coming up with a proposal for a master plan for an area in Odense, Denmark. By going through principles for sustainable urban planning made by different organizations and persons and from these extract main principles, a background is founded to continue the proposal from.</p><p>Denmark works a lot on expanding their green areas, maintain the existing ones and recreate what’s being destroyed as cities expand. The municipality of Odense works along these outlines and has a special interest in preserving old neighbourhoods and buildings that have an important local history.</p><p>The area Gartnerskolen – Søhus is located in the outskirts of Odense and is currently used for cultivating fruits and as a university for gardeners. The surroundings are well known for the history of an area with many greenhouses and this heritage is important to preserve.</p><p>During the planning process it’s been important to create a pleasant and well functioning area – not only a sustainable experiment. Gartnerskolen – Søhus should be an attractive place to live which is also sustainable. There are several buildings on site and all of them have been preserved but in some cases the purpose of them has been altered. Likewise the tall hedges that originally protect the fruit trees from hard winds have been maintained to add more character to the area.</p><p>In order to facilitate the understanding those parts of this report that concern the master plan it is recommended to have the appendix with the proposal at hand.</p>

<p>This report is about Adobe Acrobat 3D and their new PDF format witch can contain 3 dimensional models that are interactive. The purpose is to find out if the program and the format work in a level that is suitable for the market. To create this PDF you need Acrobat 3D installed on your computer but it only needs Acrobat Reader 7 or 8 to open it, and the Reader is free to download on the internet.</p><p>The examination is focusing on four formats: U3D, 3DS, DWG and DXF because they are the most common in the building industry seen from the architects’ way. From a 3D model exported to these four formats they where converted to PDF in different settings to be compared in different points as information and size of the files. The result where put together in tables for an easy overview.</p><p>During the work there were no big differences between the results from the different settings noticed. The differences depended more from which format the PDF where converted from. Then the program is not that old on the market there are still some things that can be improved.</p>

<p>Many of todays studies show that district heating is one of the betteralternatives as heating source because of its low environmental load.</p><p>The energy source is often leftovers from other processes producing energy or waste, like garbage or chips.</p><p>Electricity in combination with geothermal heating is another heating system that has increased sharply during the last years, and also this system decreases the discharges that have negative affects</p><p>on the environment compared to several other heating methods.</p><p>This report aims to, concentrated towards these two different heating systems, estimate the amounts of discharges they indirect cause and how the environment is affected.</p><p>We have calculated the mean value for discharges of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide, sulphur oxide and dust generated from electrical power used in Sweden.</p><p>Through interviews and research we have gained data for the same substances that district heating based on combustion of garbage and biofuel generates.</p><p>We have also in cooperation with a housing company chosen a building we see representative for many of the new single-family houses built in Sweden today.</p><p>Based on its shape and appearance we theoretically created three alternatives of the same house, each of them with climate screens different from each other.</p><p>Together with the amounts of discharged environmental affecting substances, these houses were the base for our calculations and studies when investigating the different heating sources environmental effect.</p><p>The results have thereafter been analyzed and discussed from different angles.</p>

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<p>This report presents a thesis project at the School of Engineering, Jönköping</p><p>University, where the task has been to develop a proposal for a parish community</p><p>centre for the Swedish church’s parish community in Bankeryd.</p><p>Background</p><p>1 st of November in 2004 the parish in Bankeryd appointed a special commission</p><p>of inquiry called Framtidsgruppen (Future Group), to analyse the parish</p><p>community’s different activities during the past 5 years and analyse the future</p><p>activities and needs for the upcoming 5-10 years. This analysis would underlie the</p><p>needs of building a new centre for the parish community.</p><p>Implementation, results and conclusion</p><p>The main focal points which this report is concentrated on has been to develop a</p><p>building that is well suited for the activities, well adjusted for disabled persons and</p><p>the building shall be appealing in an architectural point of view.</p><p>Based on the information provided from the parish community, studies of</p><p>literature, reference objects and discussions with the contact person at the parish</p><p>community and the instructor of this project, the programming has been</p><p>developed. The building’s programming has been the source for the continued</p><p>work with floor plans and the building design.</p>

<p>This thesis is a study of humidity at Knauf Danogips external plasterboard. The study is performed at the building project Kv. Maskinen in Jönköping in cooperation with NCC Construction AB and Knauf Danogips. The measuring was performed during five winter/spring months to see how the weather influenced the plasterboard.</p><p>The measuring was performed at a small two-storied building and a larger fourstoried building. From the buildings` placement were a couple of measuring dots selected and to get a good result was the dots located in the four cardinal points. The dots were chosen equally on each level. To get a minimal influence on the plasterboard were the measuring performed with pin-meter which gives an exact result and is easy to use. The results were analyzed considered to RH, temperature and precipitation. The statistics came from the data base of SMHI.</p><p>In regular circumstances the boards have a humidity of 8-13 % on delivery. But the humidity of the board rises during storage because they want to be balanced with the humidity of the surrounding air. Despite of the stabilization with the surrounding the humidity, in DUE 9, is low if the board is not exposed of snow, rain or liquefied snow. The results of the measuring at the small two-storied building and the larger four-storied building shows that the humidity is below the upper moisture limit for the plasterboard to be built into a wall construction. No visual damage was spotted on the boards and no connection between the humidity and the weather was observed.</p><p>The study shows that Knauf Danogips strengthened external plasterboard DUE 9 manages the circumstances during the measuring period. It should be observed that the weather has been extremely good for the use of external plasterboards. According to Knauf Danogips should the plasterboard not be used in environments were RH exceed 85 % and our study shows that RH is almost exceeding 85 % during the whole period. But since RH depends on the temperature should it not be any problems to use the board during the winter.</p> / <p>Detta examensarbete är en studie av fuktkvotsmätningar gjorda på Knauf Danogips utvändiga gipsskiva DUE 9. Studien är utförd på byggprojektet Kv. Maskinen i Jönköping i samarbete med NCC Construction AB och Knauf Danogips. Under fem vinter- och vårmånader utfördes mätningar för att se hur väderleken påverkade gipsskivorna.</p><p>Mätningarna utfördes på ett mindre tvåvåningshus (gårdshuset) och ett större fyravåningshus (huvudbyggnaden). Utifrån byggnadernas placering valdes ett antal mätpunkter placerade i de fyra olika väderstrecken för att nå ett heltäckande resultat. Punkterna valdes likadant på respektive våningsplan. För att få en minimal påverkan på gipsskivorna utfördes mätningarna med stiftmätare som ger ett noggrant resultat och är enkel att använda. Resultatet av mätningarna analyserades med hänsyn till relativa fuktigheten (RF), temperatur och nederbörd. Väderstatistiken kommer från SMHI:s databas.</p><p>Vid normala omständigheter håller skivorna en fuktkvot på 8-13 % vid leverans. Men under förvaringen stiger skivornas fuktkvot eftersom skivorna eftersträvar fuktjämvikt med sin omgivning. Trots stabiliseringen med omgivningen håller DUE 9 en låg fuktkvot om den inte utsätts för direkt fukt i form av snö, regn eller smältvatten. Resultaten från mätvärden på gårdshuset och huvudbyggnaden visar att fuktkvoten ligger under det tillåtna gränsvärdet vid inbyggnad i en väggkonstruktion. Inga synliga skador på skivorna har upptäckts under mätperioden och inget samband kan ses mellan fuktkvoterna och väderparametrarna.</p><p>Studien visar att Knauf Danogips förstärkta utegipsskiva DUE 9 klarar de förhållanden som rådit under mätperioden. Viktigt är då att påpeka att vädret har varit exemplariskt med hänsyn till användning av utvändig gips. Enligt Knauf Danogips ska produkten inte användas i miljöer där RF överstiger 85 % och vår studie visar att RF sällan understiger 85 % under mätperioden. Men eftersom RF är temperaturberoende bör det inte vara några problem att använda skivan under vintern.</p>