Prestudy, Indoor climate area

Important results from the project

The feasibility study is designed to prepare for the financing of a winter test hall in the northern inland of Sweden where vehicle testing in cold climate is well established. Aims to investigate how winter test hall should be designed and located for current and future needs are met with examples and requirements for building types, locations, and solutions for vehicle testing. Aims to investigate the construction and operating costs broken down into hourly level is reached with calculations based on these examples.

Expected long term effects

The results of the feasibility study are examples of building types, locations, and solutions for vehicle testing that shows how a winter test hall can be constructed. They include architecture, energy analysis, engineering and geological conditions (suitable location). Aspects of the location include distance to electric power lines, other infrastructure, and existing test activities. Construction and operating costs for these examples have been estimated. The expected effect of that these results will be the basis for decisions on funding of a winter test hall.

Approach and implementation

The feasibility study was conducted in two phases. Relatively little resources were used in the first phase. Most of the work has been carried out in spring 2013. During the first phase of the feasibility study´s objective was broken down into desirable activities initiated and carried out in parallel in the latter part of the feasibility study. The results of these separate but coordinated activities have been compiled to the study´s final report. Internal and expertise has been used for things in a manner that provided a good cohesive performance.