General information
Environmental construction
The student house meets the requirements for Environmental Building Gold. Miljöbyggnad is a certification system for creating environmentally sustainable buildings. It is based on Swedish building and authority regulations as well as Swedish construction practice. Environmental building is a certificate of important qualities of a building in terms of energy, indoor environment and materials and is used for newly produced and existing buildings regardless of size. In Environmental Construction, a building can achieve the bronze, silver or gold rating. Behind the certification stands the non-profit association Sweden Green Building Council (SGBC).
Sun shielding
In order to determine that the solar radiation does not add an unwanted amount of heat during the warmer part of the year, sun screens are installed. The sun shading may need to be supplemented with internal sun protection so that the sun does not disturb the workplace as the building's sun shading is part of the climate shell and is there to reduce the need for cooling and heating in the building.