Climate-sustainable neighborhoods: Practical learning

To meet Sweden’s climate goals, we need to ensure that the requirements for construction and urban development promote the desired progress and that neighborhoods are designed, built, and managed in accordance with set criteria.

Sweden aims for climate neutrality by 2045, while the city of Helsingborg strives to achieve this as early as 2030. Oceanhamnen, a new district, is being developed over the next four years with the goal of reaching climate neutrality.

This project aims to promote climate-smart sustainable buildings and neighborhoods by:

1. Supporting the implementation of scientifically grounded requirements for the sustainable development of neighborhoods.
2. Evaluating the recently completed first construction phase within Oceanhamnen and learning from it for upcoming stages, and
3. Proposing design and requirement strategies that are better aligned with the climate goals.

The results will be tested and implemented in Oceanhamnen in collaboration with other project partners. The goal is to translate the insights into practice in future projects.