Construction
Range
The constructions of Oslo covers environmentally friendly buildings, public spaces and green spaces to operate high quality transportations and wast and recycling systems. With large construction companies focusing on building, civil and residential construction, services related to road construction and civil engineering. One of them includes Skanska Norway.
Architecture: Klosterenga
Klosterenga is a sustainable apartment plan under the Urban Revitalisation Project in Central Oslo and is developed further by SHINE Project for solar housing through innovation for the natural environment and the European Commission Thermie Project to reduce energy and improve comfort and environment.
35 apartments were built with a focus on energy saving, integrated ecological design process with energy-saving measured with building and architecture integrated elements. The focus had also led to the monitoring for heat, electricity and hot water consumption. The ecological approach includes water-saving and local purification devices, the recycling action carried out, reducing the amount of garbage and waste, the energy saving design and installations and use of both passive and active solar energy is involved in the architect.
Construction: Pilestrededt Park Project
The project occupies the old National Hospital grounds which was abandoned. The action plan had made to rebuilt as a high standard residential area called Pilestredet Park as a demonstration sustainable neighbourhood. Houses constructed: over 1,000 apartments, other constructions include: The old Womens' Clinic, which consist a large number of private medical facilities and pharmacy. Also there are daycare centre, schools, shopping places and offices.
The aim of sustainability of the project is to focus and consider and make action applying to the construction of large former hospital complex abundance and convert into mixes use, proposing friendly demolition and re-use. Also the structure of clean building design, energy and resource conservation, ecological green area, environmentally friendly construction plans, trails and parks and limited parkings.