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KTH Live-In Lab

Testbed KTH 3.0

Testbed KTH is located in a permit free residence area in one of Einar Mattsson's three plus-energy buildings at KTH Campus Valhallavägen. It consists of a flexible number of apartments distributed over 120 square meters, a project office, and a basement for all necessary installations.

2D layout of Testbed KTH from TIP Architects
2D layout of Testbed KTH from TIP Architects

About Testbed KTH

The premises are in total 305 sqm and consists of a living space of approximately 120 sqm, a 150 sqm service space and a project office of around 20sqm. The test apartments will be rented out by KTH to students who apply to take part in the Testbed project. Testbed KTH is extremely flexible in terms of both design and installations. The testbeds also have solar power, boreholes with the possibility of replacing the collector and a ground source heat pump.

Within the 150 sqm, different formations of apartments will be built depending on the projects currently in progress. The innovative environment is designed to accommodate future technology, but it will also provide insight into today's cutting edge technologies. In addition to product tests, the testbed also enables adaptive control and management systems, extended sensor installations and future IoT platforms to develop new services and processes related to user and building data.

The buildings have load-bearing exterior walls. The inner walls and all apartments are constructed of light materials. The innovative environment means it is possible to change and adapt the apartments when neccessary. This is not only useful for conducting research regarding future housing, but also creates the prerequisites for researching issues related to the built environments of today, for example environmental programs or single-family houses. Systems involving different lifetime techniques can be tested and optimized. Important parameters that affect management strategies and planned maintenance can be investigated, adjusted, optimized and packaged in business models and strategies.

Pictures of the Testbed KTH apartments
Pictures of the Testbed KTH apartments

Testbed KTH facts

  • 3 single rooms & 1 double room
  • 2 shared bathrooms
  • 1 common kitchen
  • 1 common living room
  • The Testbed KTH tennants share the same common areas as the 305 Einar Mattsson apartments such as:
    • Shared recycling room
    • Laundry room
    • Mail room
    • 1 shared toilet outside laundry room
  • The tenants have access to KTH Live-In Lab premises, such as:
    • Office and basement for studies and meetings

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Layout: Testbed Infrastructure (kth.se)