Environment and sustainable development

KTH contributes to sustainable development by providing educational programmes, conducting research and by interacting with the surrounding community. Through its activities, KTH also impacts the environment in practical terms through the consumption of materials and water, energy and chemicals, travel and transport and construction, and indirectly through purchasing and procurement.

Innovation reduces waste of water

KTH alumni have launched a technology that enables multi unit dwellers to track how much water they are using - a key step toward reducing waste and consumption.

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Open position

Associate Professor: Learning in Engineering Science - Integrating Sustainable Development

KTH wants to strenghten the integration of sustainable development in our educational programmes and courses. Welcome to apply to this open position as associate professor with focus on the the implementation, management and development of elements that integrate sustainable development into technical education.

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Events inom miljö- och hållbar utveckling

Bike day and Sustainability Square

Spring cleaning? Is your bike skipping a gear or you need to patch your tire. Take the opportunity to recycle what no longer gives you joy at Stockholm Vatten and Avfall's Pop-up Recycling Container and get help to service your bike.

Date: 21 August, 10.00-14.00
Place: KTH Entré and Vallhallavägen 79
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Calendar

Academic Pride Parade

3
Aug

Miscellaneous

Saturday 2019-08-03, 11:30 - 16:00

Location: Karolinska Institutet and Rålambshovsparken

2019-08-03T11:30:00.000+02:00 2019-08-03T16:00:00.000+02:00 Academic Pride Parade (Miscellaneous) Academic Pride Parade (Miscellaneous)
Sonic Sensibilities: /Mis/communication/s/ – A Posthumanities Hub Session in collaboration with Fragmentarium Club

16
Aug

Lectures and seminars

Friday 2019-08-16, 13:00 - 16:00

Location: R1 Reaktorhallen, KTH (Drottning Kristinas väg 51)

2019-08-16T13:00:00.000+02:00 2019-08-16T16:00:00.000+02:00 Sonic Sensibilities: /Mis/communication/s/ – A Posthumanities Hub Session in collaboration with Fragmentarium Club (Lectures and seminars) Sonic Sensibilities: /Mis/communication/s/ – A Posthumanities Hub Session in collaboration with Fragmentarium Club (Lectures and seminars)
Distributed Optimization in Time-Varying environments: A thesis of two parts

19
Aug

Public defences of doctoral theses

Monday 2019-08-19, 10:00

Location: F3, KTH, Lindstedtsvägen 26, Stockholm

Doctoral student: Marie Maros , Information Science and Engineering

2019-08-19T10:00:00.000+02:00 2019-08-19T10:00:00.000+02:00 Distributed Optimization in Time-Varying environments: A thesis of two parts (Public defences of doctoral theses) Distributed Optimization in Time-Varying environments: A thesis of two parts (Public defences of doctoral theses)

More events on KTH

Accelerating the implementation of sustainable development in the curriculum, 10-11 Sep

KTH is co-hosting a conference for teaching professionals focusing on how to integrate, promote or otherwise catalyse the implementation of teaching on sustainable development at higher education institutions.

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