Blar i Institutt for økonomi, historie og samfunnsvitenskap på forfatter "Berntzen, Lasse"

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    • A review of the Norwegian plain language policy 

      Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Berntzen, Lasse; Ødegård, Ansgar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      In this paper, we examine the policy documents that define the Nor-wegian policies on language use in the public sector, with an emphasis on how ICT is mentioned as a tool for creating a public sector language citizens ...

    • The Aggregator as a Storage Provider 

      Berntzen, Lasse; Meng, Qian; Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Vesin, Boban; Brekke, Thomas; Laur, Inessa (Chapter, 2021)
      The energy transition from fossil resources to integration of more renewables such as solar and wind has become the focus in the energy strategies of many countries. The time difference between solar energy production and ...

    • Analysis of development of Norwegian household solar energy ecosystem 

      Meng, Qian; Yin, Huilin; Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Berntzen, Lasse (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Solar energy for self-production is one of the tools for improving energy efficiency in buildings to achieve EU's climate and energy goals, while solar energy has a very small share and is increasing slowly in Norway. This ...

    • Blockchain for Smart Grid Flexibility - Handling Settlements Between the Aggregator and Prosumers 

      Berntzen, Lasse; Meng, Qian; Vesin, Boban; Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Brekke, Thomas; Laur, Inessa (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      This paper shows how the Ethereum blockchain can register settlements between an aggregator and prosumers in a smart grid. By providing flexible use of electricity to the aggregator, customers get rewarded. The flexibility ...

    • A Citizen-centric Public Sector: Why citizen centricity matters and how to obtain it 

      Berntzen, Lasse; Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Ødegård, Ansgar (Chapter, 2016)
      The paper discusses the concept of a citizen-centric public sector. Citizen centricity is often promoted in policy papers and political speeches, but is often overlooked in practice. Reasons are discussed, and practical ...

    • Citizens as Sensors: Human Sensors as a Smart City Data Source 

      Berntzen, Lasse; Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Böhm, Stephan; Weber, Christian; Morales, Roberto (Chapter, 2018)
      This paper discusses how citizens can play the role of sensors, using their perceptions to discover and report problems using some kind of digital platform. The use of human sensors is connected to the concept of “smart ...

    • A Decade of eParticipation Research - An Overview of the ePart Conference 2009–2018 

      Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Berntzen, Lasse (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The first ePart conference was organized in Linz in 2009, co-located with the longer-running eGov conference, which at the time was in its 7th year. Since then, we have seen ten conferences focusing on eParticipation ...

    • Design Thinking Applied to the Internet of Things - A Project on Technological Innovation in Agriculture and Food Processing 

      Berntzen, Lasse; Florea, Adrian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Agriculture experiences rapid changes due to advances in technology. The introduction of mechanical equipment caused the first agricultural revolution. Agriculture is moving into the information age, where data are collected ...

    • Digital farming based on a smart and user-friendly IoT irrigation system: A conifer nursery case study 

      Florea, Adrian; Popa, Daniel-Ioan; Morariu, Daniel; Maniu, Ionela; Berntzen, Lasse; Fiore, Ugo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Although digital technologies on farms bridge the productivity-sustainability gap, they are not yet widely adopted. Familiarising farmers with digital systems is as important as developing advanced technological platforms: ...

    • Driving the Future - A Comparative Analysis of Electric Vehicle Trends in Norway and Spain 

      Munoz, Elene Maria De Miguel; Berntzen, Lasse; Johannessen, Marius Rohde (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      This paper compares the Electric Vehicle (EV) situations in Spain and Norway by looking at policy frameworks, infrastructural growth, adoption rates, financial incentives, and environmental effects. In contrast to Spain, ...

    • eParticipation for Lurkers and Stand-by Citizens? Evaluating a Norwegian Rapid Feedback eParticipation System 

      Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Berntzen, Lasse (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      This paper presents an evaluation of an eParticipation system for rapid feedback and dialogue between citizens and politicians. The system consists of a mobile application with survey-like functionality and a methodology ...

    • Forward Value Creation and Digital Government: Solving the Cost-Benefit Paradox? 

      Berntzen, Lasse; Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Andersen, Kim Normann (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      While adoption of new technologies and supply of online services are in focus of measuring uptake of online services in maturity models, measurement of direct and indirect outcome and value creation for the internal and ...

    • Gab-SSDS: An AI-Based Similar Days Selection Method for Load Forecast 

      Janković, Zoran; Vesin, Boban; Selakov, Aleksander; Berntzen, Lasse (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The important, while mostly underestimated, step in the process of short-term load forecasting–STLF is the selection of similar days. Similar days are identified based on numerous factors, such as weather, time, electricity ...

    • Low Cost Mobile Embedded System for Air Quality Monitoring 

      Florea, Adrian; Berntzen, Lasse; Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Stoica, Daniela; Naciu, Ionel Stelian; Cazan, Vlad (Chapter, 2017)
      This paper reports on a case study using a mobile platform for air-quality monitoring. This case study was done in Sibiu, Romania, and includes a description of related work, a survey, a summary of existing results regarding ...

    • Parliamentary Open Big Data: A case study of the Norwegian Parliament´s open data platform 

      Berntzen, Lasse; El-Gazzar, Rania; Johannessen, Marius Rohde (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The paper presents a case study on the use of open big data in the Norwegian Parliament. A set of policy documents was examined to find motivation for publishing open data. The case study was based on an examination of the ...

    • Parliamentary Open Data in Scandinavia 

      Berntzen, Lasse; Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Andersen, Kim Normann; Crusoe, Jonathan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      This article presents a case study on the use of open data in the Scandinavian parliaments (Norway, Sweden, and Denmark). While the three countries have all opened the gates and provided access to data—for example, on the ...

    • Sensors and the Smart City: Creating a Research Design for Sensor-based Smart City Projects 

      Berntzen, Lasse; Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Florea, Adrian (Chapter, 2016)
      In this paper, we present a proposal for a research design, based on the argument that there is a connection between smart cities and the concepts of “smart buildings” and “smart users”. Smart cities refer to “places where ...

    • Smart Cities Through Implicit Participation: Using Gamification to Generate Citizen Input for Public Transport Planning 

      Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Berntzen, Lasse (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      In this paper, we present a case study of the mobile app and ecosystem Trafpoint. Trafpoint is a system for registering when and where people travel by public transport, using gamification in an attempt to convince more ...

    • Smart Cities, Big Data and Smart Decision-making - Understanding "Big Data" in Smart City Applications 

      Berntzen, Lasse; Johannessen, Marius Rohde; El-Gazzar, Rania (Chapter, 2018)
      Smart decision making is based on data combined with analytics to improve decision-making. This paper examines several application areas of smart cities, and related data sources used for decision-making. In many cases, ...

    • Smart Cities: Challenges and a Sensor-based Solution A research design for sensor-based smart city projects 

      Berntzen, Lasse; Johannessen, Marius Rohde; Florea, Adrian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      In this article, we present a research design for smart city initiatives, based on the argument that there is a connection between smart cities and the concepts of “smart buildings” and “smart users”. Smart cities refer ...