Sustainability has been part of ViteMeir since we were in the idea stage. Below you can read more about our work with sustainability .

Built : ViteMeir was ready for occupancy in November 2021. Built as a hussar ViteMeir is owned by Vestland County Council and we share the area with Sogndal Vgs. The building consists of 90% wood, and the concrete used has less CO2 emissions than conventional concrete. Almost all the waste from the construction process was sorted. You can read more in this nice article on the Vestland County Council website, here .

Climate Partners : We are working together with Climate Partners Vestland to cut all emissions by 2030.

Environmental Lighthouse : ViteMeir is Environmental Lighthouse certified.

SmakeMeir : We are constantly trying to reduce food waste and have a goal of zero food waste out of the house. We use a lot of locally sourced ingredients, for example what we harvest from our rooftop garden .

Learning program : In the Fruit and Berry Academy , students learn how to make the best use of our resources. They collect fruit and berries that would otherwise be thrown away, and bring them to us to make juice, jam and other products. In the learning program Future Food: Insects , students learn about alternative protein sources and how we can use them. Here we compare resource use and nutritional content, and our goal is for students to become more aware of what they eat and how access to food resources can change our eating habits.

The SIMAS Days are a collaboration between the recycling company SIMAS and ViteMeir These days, all 4th graders in the area are invited to a school day where they ViteMeir both learn about recycling, how waste can be a resource and redesign of clothing. At the SIMAS recycling facility, they get a tour where they see how our waste is handled and how important it is that we separate waste at source in order to use waste as a resource.

Rooftop Garden : Our rooftop garden only contains useful plants, and several of these are used in SmakeMeir . If you want to read more about the rooftop garden, you can see here .

Sygnir Reodorklubb : Sygnir Reodorklubb is a leisure activity for children aged 5-10. grade. In Sygnir Reodorklubb The fight against external corruption is one of the basic ideas behind the offer. Among other things, participants will become familiar with new ways of using technology, how to carry out a project from idea to finished product, and not least, they will learn how to repair things.

Lost and found on ViteMeir : It's easy to forget things when you're having fun! We understand that those who forget things don't necessarily know where they left them. That's why we regularly go through what's been forgotten with us and contact the owners of items that are marked with a phone number. We do this because we believe that there is a greater chance that it will then be picked up, and in this way we reduce consumption. Items that are not marked or not picked up are delivered for reuse/recycling a couple of times a year.