The Sustainability Lab – Smart Learning for Sustainable Materials

Purpose and goal

The Sustainability Lab (HLAB) faces two simultaneous challenges: a lack of understanding of sustainable material supply and young people´s declining interest in chemistry. The aim is to establish a scalable tool for future learning that strengthens skills supply and increases people´s participation in the green transition. The goal is to build a national model for how learning about material choice and circularity strengthens climate transition and creates participation in all ages.

Expected effects and result

HLAB delivers an AI-coached learning platform that makes sustainable material choices and circularity understandable through simulations, recycling data and product design. Users can explore how function, climate impact and raw material availability are interconnected in everyday products. The expected effect and impact is increased interest in chemistry and technology, strengthened systems understanding and a broadened recruitment base for green industry.

Planned approach and implementation

The project is being developed in four stages: first a runnable prototype, then the gradual development of eight lab modules that combine AI coaching, simulations and authentic recycling data. The development takes place iteratively together with students, teachers, science centers and industry and is led by Trainstation Sverige. RISE carries out studies and validation in sharp environments. Pilots with a special focus on inclusive learning environments.