Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Berker, Thomas"

A traveler’s guide to smart grids and the social sciences

Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Ryghaug, Marianne; Berker, Thomas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)

This paper serves as an introduction to a special issue on smart grids and the social sciences. There is currently a discourse of very high ambitions and anticipation regarding how the implementation of a broad collection ...

Alternative consumption: a circular economy beyond the circular business model

Ortega Alvarado, Isaac Arturo; Pettersen, Ida Nilstad; Berker, Thomas (Chapter, 2021)

Studies for the circular economy have focused consumption from the perspective of acceptance of business models. However, consumers can engage in waste prevention, reuse and reparation in modes of consumption outside ...

Ambitions at work: Professional practices and the energy performance of non-residential buildings in Norway

Pettersen, Ida Nilstad; Verhulst, Elli; Valle Kinloch, Roberto; Junghans, Antje; Berker, Thomas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)

Globally, buildings are considerable energy users. Stricter regulations and instruments such as energy performance standards aim at raising energy performance ambitions and reducing energy use. They rely on the implementation ...

Berre estetisk? - Arkitektkompetanse i møte med berekraftig arkitektur

Haugland, Bård Torvetjønn (Master thesis, 2018)

Tal frå FNs klimapanels femte hovudrapport viser at bygningar i 2010 stod for 32% av verdas energiforbruk, 19% av verdas energirelaterte klimagassutslepp, og om lag ein tredjedel av verdas utslepp av svart karbon, og at ...

Building Power. Innovations in the intersection between the building and the power sectors and the transition to sustainability

Kvellheim, Ann Kristin (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2018:95, Doctoral thesis, 2018)

Citizen participation in Steinkjer: Stories about the "old NRK building at Lø"

Woods, Ruth; Berker, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

This paper follows the process of developing a pilot project at Lø in Steinkjer, where a zero emission neighbourhood was planned and which included the upgrading of the old offices of the Norwegian Broadcasting Company ...

Constructing Online Disinformation and Misinformation in Norway: The discourse of causes, imaginaries of futures and interpretations of solutions

Kroglund, Preben Svarva (Master thesis, 2021)

Problemet med desinformasjon og feilinformasjon på nett har fått oppmerksomhet i norske medier og samfunnsdebatten som følge av hendelser i utlandet. In denne oppgaven analyserer jeg norske aktørers konstruksjon av ...

Dealing with uncertainty in sustainable innovation: mainstreaming and substitution

Berker, Thomas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)

In this paper, innovation is studied as a set of activities that seeks to deal with uncertainty. It is argued that the very idea of innovation contains the assumption that the future is, in principle, open to change. ...

«Det var litt sånn løvetannsuppe med jord» - En studie av møtet mellom matlagingspraksiser og sirkulærøkonomiske hverdagseksperimenter

Karijord, Markus Halvorsen. (Master thesis, 2020)

Sirkulærøkonomi er en stadig mer utbredt strategi for bærekraft, som også har en fremvekst i norske kontekster. I denne oppgaven har jeg prøvd å vise hvordan denne påvirkningen kan utspille seg i hverdagsliv, ved å utføre ...

Domesticating Spaces: Sociotechnical Studies and the Built Environment

Berker, Thomas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)

The main aim of this article is to rephrase good and bad performance of built environments as good or bad interplay of spaces, building technologies, and users. To support this perspective, two conceptual tools broadly ...

Domestication, acceptance and zero emission ambitions: Insights from a mixed method, experimental research design in a Norwegian Living Lab

Korsnes, Marius; Berker, Thomas; Woods, Ruth (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)

The Trondheim Living Lab is a detached single-family zero emission building (ZEB) that is planned to reach a zero-emission balance over the course of its estimated 60-year lifetime. This is achieved by a broad variety of ...

Eksplisere, innrullere, iterere, representere – innovatørene kommer: En studie av translasjoner og kunnskapsoverføringer i en digital utviklingsprosess

Wardemann, Rasmus Kvaal (Master thesis, 2020)

Målet med denne masteroppgaven er å utforske utfordringer med digital transformasjon og strategier brukt for å overkomme disse. Til tross for at kunnskap om digitale transformasjoner er høyt etterspurt, er det ennå gjort ...

Emerging circular economies: Discourse coalitions in a Norwegian case

Ortega Alvarado, Isaac Arturo; Sutcliffe, Thomas Edward; Berker, Thomas; Pettersen, Ida Nilstad (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

The transition to a circular economy (CE) remains an anticipated future with alternative pathways for its fulfillment. Most research on CE is normative about technological approaches and interpretations for production and ...

En blågrønn fremtid? En kvalitativ analyse av hvordan sirkulærøkonomi oppfattes innen havbruksnæringen i norske distrikter.

Arntsen, Kim-André Myhre Arntsen (Master thesis, 2021)

Oppgaven er en kvalitativ undersøkelse som studerer sirkulærøkonomi innad i havbruksnæringen og svarer på hvordan sirkulærøkonomi blir oppfattet innen havbruksnæringen i norske distrikter. Oppgaven tar i bruk STS-teoriene ...