Oceanhamnen Helsingborg
Oceanhamnen is an innovative, water-friendly district in Helsingborg, Sweden. The neighborhood has been built on a former harbor area and is part of the “H+” project, which aims to improve and strengthen the connections between existing districts and the city center.
This innovative district will consist of 343 households, including 3 office buildings and a community building, the “RECO-lab”: an open and accessible meeting place for companies, researchers, and public stakeholders, focused on research, development, education, and communication in the field of sustainability, including urban planning and utilities.
Greywater is treated locally to drinking water quality, with the excess water discharged into the sea. Blackwater (toilet water) is collected separately through vacuum toilets and digested for the recovery of nutrients in the form of struvite and ammonium sulfate.
Food waste, after being ground in a household food disposer, is collected separately through an LPS system and processed in a separate UASB reactor. After this, it undergoes the same steps for nutrient extraction. The biogas from both digesters is supplied to the central gas grid.