Vulkan / Klimakvartalet Pilot Block, Oslo

Oslo, Norway, Europe

Under Construction · Residential · Climate-Positive Residential Quarter · Temperate

Oslo's pilot 'climate quarter' programme retrofitting and extending an existing urban block to achieve neighbourhood-scale energy positivity, using shared geothermal, PV and smart grid systems across multiple buildings rather than optimising single structures in isolation.

Innovation highlights

• Neighbourhood-scale geothermal borehole array shared across multiple buildings
• Shared PV generation and peer-to-peer energy trading between residents
• Smart grid micro-balancing between residential, commercial and EV charging loads
• Retrofit-led strategy preserving existing embodied carbon rather than full demolition

Client / Developer

Obos / Oslo Municipality

Architect

Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter / various

Engineer

Multiconsult

Type

Climate-Positive Residential Quarter

#climate-positive #district energy #geothermal #smart grid #retrofit #neighbourhood scale

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