Reimagining housing with Nordic Smart House As housing markets across Europe search for ways to deliver affordable, sustainable homes without compromising quality, Norwegian company Nordic Smart House believes that the answer lies in thinking differently about how homes are built. By Celina Tran
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As cities and communities across the continent face mounting pressure from housing shortages, rising construction costs and increasingly ambitious climate targets, the traditional way of building homes is being challenged. Developers are expected to deliver faster, more affordable and more sustainable housing, all without compromising the quality of living or the need for lower energy consumption. Norwegian company Nordic Smart House believes that the answer lies in rethinking the construction process itself. “We specialise in zero-emission, steel-framed residential modules designed that combine efficiency, quality and environmental performance,” says Tom Teitrem, exec46
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August 2026
utive chairman at Nordic Smart House. With its patented technology, technical approvals and strong international production structure, the company aims to play an important role in the future of residential construction. Building smarter homes Nordic Smart House delivers complete apartment buildings using prefabricated
steel modules that are transported and assembled on site, all while addressing some of the biggest challenges facing residential development today: cost, speed and sustainability. “Through years of development, we’ve created a modular building system intended to reduce costs and construction time while delivering homes with improved comfort and sustainability,” says Teitrem. “The system provides the market with affordable apartments through steel modules, which have technical approvals from Sintef for the Norwegian market, as well as patented climate shells that surround the modules.” The company’s technology has been developed to improve both environmental performance and everyday living quality, with the system reducing energy costs by up to 40 per cent while also dramatically improving sound insulation between homes. “I find that there is a lack of at-