In the new National Museum you can experience art, architecture and design all under one roof and in completely new ways. The museum has been built with ambitious climate criteria and is a pilot project in the FutureBuilt programme.

MUNCH is a prestigious project for the City of Oslo and has been planned in accordance with the FutureBuilt criteria. The new museum is at the forefront in terms of both energy savings and reduced climate gas emissions. Together with the new public library, MUNCH represents the largest ever investment in cultural edifices for the City of Oslo.

The Oslo Port Authority has renovated the yellow-listed Skur 38 (“Shed 38”) in accordance with circular principles. The renovation plays up the building’s history, even as it employs cutting-edge technology and energy-efficient solutions.

The building was completed in 1950, and the façade is protected pursuant to the Planning and Building Act. Höegh Eiendom has renovated the building in line with FutureBuilt’s criteria for circular buildings, and 50 per cent of the materials and building components is re used or re usable.

Kristian August Gate 13 in Oslo is a ground-breaking re-use project where a building from the 1950s has been upgraded in accordance with FutureBuilt’s criteria for circular buildings.

Reuse of building materials and design for future reuse. Integrated photovoltaics in the building façade and on the green roof. The new Ruseløkka school is a near net zero energy school.

Oslo Public library is built according to ambitious environmental standards. With its central location in Bjørvika, the new library becomes a vibrant hub - a modern meeting place for learning and exchange of knowledge.

The Climate House (Klimahuset) is a new exhibition building situated in the Botanical Gardens in Oslo. By combining high and low technology and using innovative, local materials, including a good deal of timber, the Climate House shows the way to the building solutions of the future.

Near zero-energy homes whose structures and surfaces use innovative timber and biomass solutions.

Three single-storey buildings with flats for students with families. Cross-laminated timber construction, solar panels, grey water recycling, and local geothermal heating are all features that fit the student village’s green identity.

Housing project that will facilitate a forward-looking and climate-smart lifestyle for residents and neighbours.

The apartment building at Sofienberggate 7 in Oslo is currently being refurbished. New highly-insulated facades, a new ventilation system, thermal energy wells and solar energy collection on the roof and the facades will reduce energy consumption by more than 70 percent.

In the Fornebu peninsula outside of Oslo, the municipality of Bærum is currently developing a new complex that includes a primary school, nursery  and nursing home. Innovative energy solutions, low-carbon building materials, and a smart use of the available area are key elements, and the project will provide unique knowledge and insight that can be transferred to other projects.

A new city is being built at the former airport area at Fornebu in Bærum. The area shall become a showcase for forward-thinking urban development that focuses on transport, energy and material use.

Furuset Hageby, a sustainable health care village developed for persons with dementia, integrated in the local community.

A sustainable and futureproofed new building is the first to be built on the Palace grounds since King Haakon and Queen Maud extended the Royal Stables more than 100 years ago.

A new sustainable district in Oslo with houses, workplaces, a kilometre-long harbour promenade, bathing spots, and free areas.

Located in the center of the new Nydalen development, this mixed-use office and residential 16 story tower will anchor the development’s main plaza, as well as become a landmark in the area.

The circular resource centre Sirkulær Ressurssentral has signed a letter of intent to become a pilot innovation project in FutureBuilt. The project aims to make it easier both to buy and sell used construction materials for the increasing number of circular building projects.

Fredrik Selmers vei 5 is being planned according to the Powerhouse Paris Proof standards, which are based on the 1.5-degree target specified in the Paris Climate Accords. Energy efficiency, material resources, and circular economics are entirely essential in order to achieve the project’s CO2 targets. Fredrik Selmers Vei 5 is a candidate project in FutureBuilt.

Landås Area L3 is a local development project in central Asker with houses and outdoor areas in a lush, green landscape that encourages a sustainable lifestyle. Four buildings will be constructed there, each with around 80 flats.

Tåsen Home is planned as a plus house in cross-laminated timber. It will deliver good indoor air quality and be a new meeting place for the local community at Tåsen.

Car-free city life and urban farming. Zero energy and smart city. Innovative care of urban wooden buildings. Landbrukskvartalet will be a showcase for how agriculture is contributing to the green shift at both the urban and the construction industry levels.

Eikeli School in Bærum is renovated and extended. The new building contains a climate friendly sports arena with classrooms on top.

The centre of Furuset represents an important focus area for climate-friendly urban development. The aim is to halve current greenhouse gas emissions while implementing innovative urban development. Furuset is an important part of both the Groruddalen Action Plan and the model area in the City of Oslo’s Future-Built project.

Attractive and safe consept for bicycle parking in connection with the metro that can adapt to different locations.

Plushouse kindergarten where solar panels are an integrated part of the architecture.

The architecture of the energy-plus kindergarten has passive and technical solutions that make the building produce more energy than it uses. Child-scale spaces stimulate curiosity and the desire to explore.

The Kringsjå student village in Oslo is expanding. The first building phase was completed in the spring of 2018 and consists of two buildings that are close to zero energy with up to 11 storeys in cross laminated timber.

Affordble, environmental friendly first-home residences with architectural quality. Ulsholteien 31 is situated at Furuset, which also is an area project in FutureBuilt.

Brynseng School has a 1000m2 building-integrated solar façade and is Oslo’s first near zero energy building (nNEB definition).

By combining technical solutions Asker has built the swimming pool facilities of the future. Holmen swimming pool is not only saving electricity – photovoltaics also ensures production of electricity.

Improved energy efficiency and indoor climate while preserving and restoring the lost original architectural expression.

The passive house school Rykkinn has good daylight conditions in all rooms, and a variety of outdoor spaces facilitate outdoor teaching.

Area-efficient school that also provides a good framework for teaching and social life at school.

Veitvet School has a clear environmentally friendly profile with a tilted entrance facade covered in solar panels. Other low carbon features are proximity to public transport, limited parking places and reserved parking for electric cars with charging points, good facilities for the use of bicycles, as well as a careful selection of robust materials based on their greenhouse gas emissions.

Two office buildings in Drammen with passive house standard, energy class A and good facilities for cyclists.

Powerhouse Kjørbo has become Norway’s first energy-positive office building and is probably the world’s first energy-positive refurbished building.

A solar thermal system and drilled wells with seasonal re-stocking reduces the need for delivered energy. Frydenhaug School has a strong focus on universal design.

This primary and secondary school has achieved passive house standard and scores highly on environmentally-friendly material use and transport. Optimising of the technical systems and detailed material analyses have been an important part of the project.

Stasjonsfjellet School in Groruddalen in Oslo is one of the country´s first schools rehabilitated to passive house standard.

The rehabilitation of this office building from the 1980´s has halved greenhouse gas emissions through the retention of the existing structure and most of the façade, the use of climate-friendly materials and energy efficient solutions.

The sustainable office building has been designed based on a holistic idea, containing everything from daylight ratio spatiality and sustainable materials to the positioning in the vicinity of public transport. The building has also been designed with enough flexibility to turn it into housing facilities.

Økern nursing home is a pilot project of energy efficiency and environmentally-friendly rehabilitation of existing buildings. 10% of the energy needs are covered by solar cells on the roof.

Fredrik Selmers vei 4 is an example of refurbishment being worthwhile when viewed from a climate perspective. The substructure, foundations, and load-bearing systems have been reused as part of the total refurbishment of the high-rise buildings from 1982.

Tallhall is the Meterological Institute´s newest building in Oslo. It is a climate friendly building with good detailing and innovative material use.

The Marienlyst passive house school in Drammen is compact, well insulated and has an efficient heat recovery system.

This passive house kindergarten has a ground-source heat pump with an energy well. It is built in massive wood construction, using a robust and precise sandwich-building system with a high degree of prefabrication.

The Kompetansesenter is the first building stage of a new campus area located in the centre of Drammen. The facade with moveable glass louvres and perforated steel sheeting showcase the buildings low energy strategies.

The main office of the Bellona Foundation in the Vulkan area in Oslo has a characteristic south facade with integrated solar panels that reduce solar exposure. On sunny days the building delivers energy to the local grid.

Mobile cycling track you can borrow all over Oslo. To establish bicycle parks will give children exiting park play areas and contribute to building a new cycling culture amongst young people.

Trans´matorn bicycle park is located in the centre of Heggedal and is an active and visible example of Asker as a bicycle town.

A mixed-use building with 16 storeys where the office part of the building is planned with purely natural ventilation. Despite this the building will almost meet zero-energy level and not require externally supplied energy for ventilation, heating or cooling.

Drammen hospital will move to Brakerøya in 2025, and an area of 10 hectares close to the city centre of Drammen will be transformed with the goal of establishing a zero emission neighbourhood.

Strømsø centre is to be developed to a regional centre and an example of low carbon city development. This area of the city will be diverse and lively and a great place to work, live and play.