Postdoctoral Fellow Position in Innovation in building processes

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The Research Centre on Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in Smart Cities (ZEN Centre)

The Department of Architecture and Design  (AD) is looking for a postdoctoral fellow for research projects within the area of more optimal building processes, connected to zero emission neigbourhoods. The position is to be hired for a period of 2 years, starting as soon as possible in the autumn of 2022

About the ZEN Centre

The postdoctoral fellow will primarily work on research carried out as part of the ZEN research centre at NTNU and SINTEF. The Research Centre on Zero Energy Neighbourhoods in Smart Cities (ZEN Centre) is a Centre for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME) funded by the Research Council of Norway and the consortium partners. The main objective of the ZEN Centre is to develop knowledge, competitive products and solutions that will lead to realization of sustainable neighbourhoods that have zero emissions of greenhouse gases related to their production, operation and transformation. The Research Centre is organized as a joint NTNU/SINTEF unit, hosted by the Faculty of Architecture and Design, NTNU. The Centre encompasses the value chain of market and public players needed in order to realize zero emission neighbourhoods, including municipalities, governmental organizations, Norwegian construction industry and energy companies. The post doc will be part of the research team under workpackage 2 “Innovation, Policy Measures and Business Models”. More information about the ZEN Centre is available at http://www.fmezen.no.

Background

Globally, goals and specific targets are set up to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and secure future supply of energy. At the Research Centre on Zero Emission Neighbourhoods (ZEN) in Smart Cities, we create solutions for the zero emission buildings and neighbourhoods of the future. This is our contribution to a low carbon society. A zero emission neighbourhood aims to reduce its direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions towards zero within its life cycle. To achieve zero emission targets, buildings and neighbourhoods must be planned, constructed and operated as optimal, and true to the ambition as possible. This implicate strengthening the focus on optimal building processes.

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