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Fredag 14 juni, 2024
Green Summer Market in Ultuna on June 15th
This weekend, the Green Summer Market will take place in Ultuna.The aim is to encourage and inspire consumers to a more sustainable lifestyle. On site, exhibitors will offer an exciting range of products that you will be able to taste and buy home.In connection with this, there will also be some visitors and exhibitors who move around the area around Ulls väg 28 A between 10.30am and 5.30pm.Academic House also takes the opportunity to wish you a nice weekend!
Tisdag 7 maj, 2024
Try Piffl-box for free!
Until and including midsummer, you can try the Piffl box for free! Download the Piffl app and borrow the equipment available for a moment's activity. Piffl is a box filled with outdoor and sports equipment that you can borrow. When you are finished, just return the equipment in the same box.This text has been automatically translated, and some inaccuracies may be present.
Onsdag 20 september, 2023
Renewable grass cutting on campus in Ultuna
This summer, Akademiska Hus in Uppsala has started an attempt to cut the grass on campus with completely renewable electricity - and completely silently. The experiment in Ultuna takes place on approx. 100,000 square meters of campus lawns, which corresponds to approx. 50% of the total grass area. The grass is cut using 19 robotic lawnmowers powered by renewable electricity. Thanks to the electric drive, mowing is also completely silent, unlike when it is done with a petrol-powered vehicle. If the experiment turns out well, the idea is that mowing will be expanded in 2024, so that all grass areas and other maintenance of the grass areas will be done with electricity and that hand-held lawn mowers that are powered by gasoline will be phased out completely.
Onsdag 7 september, 2022
Start of construction for Akademiska Hus student housing in Uppsala
The start is now underway for the construction of 170 apartments that will provide 350 students and researchers with accommodation close to the campus in connection with the Ångström Laboratory and Biomedical Center (BMC) at Uppsala University. The investment is an important contribution to reducing the student housing shortage that prevails in the city and which means that Uppsala was recently redlisted in Sweden's United Student Unions' annual report on the housing situation for the country's students in 34 study locations. The new student and researcher residences have been named Aquila, which is the Latin name for the constellation Örnen and Uppland's landscape constellation. The location in Rosendal, the emerging new district between Stadsskogen and Dag Hammarskjölds väg, means that Ångström and BMC are connected with commerce, services and other housing that is currently being developed in the area. There is also proximity to recreation areas and communication routes. Aquila will consist of 13,000 square meters of new construction divided into a high part of twelve floors and a low part of six floors. The building will be shaped like a U around a farm and with a beautiful wooden facade it will be woven together with the pine trees in the area. The project also includes a rebuilding of three older heritage-listed buildings of a total of 350 square meters, which will be used, among other things, for bicycle storage. - The demand for student and researcher housing is high all over the country, including in Uppsala. At Akademiska Hus, we are therefore committed to creating more housing on campus that is both sustainable and affordable. With more student housing, the universities' attractiveness increases and the campus areas become more lively and open, says Annika Stridh, property area manager at Akademiska Hus. Both shared accommodation and classic studios The new student and researcher apartments are built according to Akademiska Hus' housing concept Academic Living, which means that the block will contain a variety of different types of apartments - everything from classic studios with their own kitchens to apartments where up to six people share common areas such as bathrooms and kitchens . Sharing accommodation offers many advantages. It promotes social community and thus counteracts the feeling of loneliness that many students experience when moving to a new city. Shared accommodation is also positive from a sustainability perspective, as functions and surfaces are shared. - The student housing situation is strained in the country and it is positive to see Akademiska Hus being built for students and researchers in Uppsala. In SFS's latest housing report, it was found that the pace of construction needs to increase in order to meet the students' need for safe housing for the entire period of study, says Linn Svärd, chairman of Sweden's United Student Unions. Solar cells on the roof The building has also been equipped with solar cells which are estimated to produce 60,000 kWh of sustainable energy per year. The investment is part of Akademiska Hus' work to create locally produced renewable energy and to reach a zero vision for the company's climate footprint. The new student and researcher residences are expected to be ready for occupancy in 2024. Akademiska Hus is investing approximately SEK 360 million in the project.
Måndag 25 april, 2022
Activity cabinets inspire joy of movement and outdoor stay on campus
There is now a brand new activity locker on campus. Here you can borrow tools for play and games. The pink cabinet is located adjacent to the year space on the green area behind Arrheniusplan 4. The cabinets are financed by Akademiska Hus and are available to everyone who stays on campus. How-to? Via the app "Piffl" you can see where there is an activity locker and what tools are available. For example, you can borrow tools and balls for 13 different sports such as volleyball, speedminton, spikeball and cub. The cost of opening the cabinet is SEK 10 and then SEK 10 / hour. Download the app and test! Search for "Piffl" on the AppStore or Google Play.
Tisdag 15 februari, 2022
Akademiska Hus and SLU well on their way to saving energy 15%
At the beginning of 2021, SLU and the property owner Akademiska Hus set a common goal: to work together to make an energy saving of 15% of energy used on all SLU's campuses by 2027. After one year, the goal is already within reach. The starting point for energy savings is set at the 2019 level and includes electricity, heating and cooling. The measurement is made in kWh per rented square meter. The savings must be made without adversely affecting businesses and tenants. Since the collaboration began, energy consumption has decreased by 6.6%. In order to save such large amounts of energy, quite a few changes need to be made to the properties. To date, for example, inefficient fans and luminaires have been replaced with more energy-efficient variants in SLU's premises. Windows have also been replaced, cooling machines have been optimized and heating in the properties has been utilized and reused in a better way. By working together, Akademiska Hus and SLU have been able to take a holistic approach to energy work, in a way that would not otherwise have been possible. A success factor in the work has been the joint energy rounds that have been done together with the activities that are located in the houses. - It is important to point out that the reduction is not a pandemic effect due to the fact that there were few people on campus in 2020 and 2021, says John Johnsson, energy engineer at Akademiska Hus. The savings are made in close collaboration between SLU and the property owner The success factor in this project has been that SLU and Akademiska Hus have a good and close collaboration, where we have together identified what we can do to improve the properties' energy consumption. The energy work takes place in local working groups in Alnarp, Uppsala and Umeå together with a joint steering group. In addition to this, we review and negotiate our energy agreements to create incentives and profitability to be able to make long-term and sustainable investments together. The idea is not only that together we will reduce used energy, but also that the changes will create added value for the businesses through, for example, a better indoor environment through a more pleasant temperature or better lighting. - This work has had a greater effect than we could have hoped for. It will of course be more and more difficult to find energy-saving measures, but we are glad that we have found this form of work, says SLU's environmental manager Johanna Sennmark.
Torsdag 15 april, 2021
Här växer en äppellund fram
Ultuna permakultur Arbetet med att ställa iordning mat-trädgården vid Arrheniusplan efter vinterdvalan pågår för fullt. Staketet som kommit upp runt området ska bli ett stöd till den äppellund som växer fram. Se bifogat dokument för mer information. Vill du vete mer om Ultuna permakultur besök dom på Instagram och Facebook. eller ta en sväng ner till Arrheniusplan.
Onsdag 24 mars, 2021
Uppsala Climate Week: Shared housing, energy work and cultivation in Ultuna
On March 26, 2021 (09: 00-09: 45), you can listen to a seminar on how Akademiska Hus works with sustainability in the scenic Ultuna. The seminar is open to everyone and free. It will be held in the digital tool Zoom. Program: Susanne Malmgren, Head of Student Housing, about the student apartments Hydra. John Johnsson, energy engineer, about Akademiska Hus' energy work at Ultuna. Max Whitman on the Permaculture Garden on Arrhenius Plan. You can take part in the program via the digital tool Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84557330367?pwd=OHVZR0tnNXRiZUtqbG1vdDlmZjhodz09
Fredag 12 mars, 2021
New air station on Campus!
Now you can pump the bike at the Ecology Center too!
Fredag 29 januari, 2021
Dismantling of Alm Ahreniusplan
Elm that stands in the northeast corner of Ahreniusplan has Almsjukan. The tree will be felled and the stump will be removed. When the work is carried out, the work area will be fenced in and accessibility will be limited. Mats Wieselblad 0705-187439
