Contact
Loic Gonzalez-Rocher
Building manager at the MVM center
loic.gonzalez.rocher@slu.se, 018-673141
The MVM-building
Last changed: 27 March 2026
There are offices and classrooms as well as laboratories for students in the MVM building.
Akademiska Hus owns the building, SLU is the tenant.
The entrances are adapted for wheelchair users. The elevators are 'speaking'.
The facilities have fire- and emergency alarm. The alarm is connected to the Fire Station.
The indoor climate is automatically controlled and the lighting goes on and off according to presence.
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The MVM building is open:
Weekdays from 7.30 am to 5 pm during the semesters. Parts of the house, primarily our laboratories, are always locked for safety reasons. Exeptions are mailed out from the intendentur.
Locking of front doors at Ultuna campus
Security at SLU
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Error reporting:
Report errors to the Intendentur intendenturen.mvm@slu.se or directly to Akademiska Hus on their website Akademiska Hus or call for urgent request on 010-557 24 00.
You need the following when you report:
- Name of Department and the house (Mark Vatten Miljöcentrum, C0004241)
- Visiting address to the building (Lennart Hjelms väg 9, 75651 Uppsala)
- Room number (usually on the doorframe)
- Name and phone number of contact person for reporting
Meeting rooms and facilities
The MVM building has many rooms of various sizes and with various equipment for meetings.
The meeting rooms can only be booked by someone who is employed / working at one of the departments of Energy and Technology, Soil and Environment or Aquatic Sciences and Assessment. Booking through Outlook.
2nd floor
Biosfären – B2069 North part of the lighthall, 30 persons.
Bottenhavet (Lunchroom and Lighthall)
You may only reserve these facilities during other times than breaks and lunchtime (9.30 am –10 am 11.30 am – 1 pm, 2.30 pm – 3 pm), or evenings for dissertation parties for example. Book via the MVM-Building manager at intendenturen.mvm@slu.se
3rd floor
Podsolen – B3045 Central in the office area, approx. 6 persons.
Torven – B3047 Central in the office area, approx. 6 persons.
Marken – B3051 Central in the office area, approx.14 persons.
Alven – B3059 Central in the office area, approx. 6 persons.
Silence room - at the southern part.
4th floor
Vemmenhög – B4047 Central in the office area, approx. 6 persons.
Fyrisån – B4049 Central in the office area, approx. six persons.
Ekoln – B4051 Central in the office area, approx. 14 persons.
Abiskojaure – B4059 Central in the office area, approx. 6 persons.
5th floor
Insikten – A5035b In the midst of the south part, approx. 16 persons.
Avsikten – A5035b In the midst of the south part, approx. 5 persons.
Slutsatsen – A 5067 Central in the building, approx. ten persons.
Bisatsen – A5035b In the north part, approx. 5 persons.
Uppsatsen – A5035b In the north part, approx. 5 persons.
In the open office there are 2 single "silence boxes"
Practice labs and rooms (MEKÖL’s rooms)
Booking by sending an email to Gunilla.Marsater@slu.se, 018 - 67 27 64
Instructions how to book meetingrooms in Outlook
Lunch room and fika places
Lunch room (Bottenhavet) entrance floor at the MVM-buildning.
- Coffee machines
- Water machine
- Micro ovens
- Refridgerators for your luch box.
The friges are cleaned each monday and all residual food/boxes will be thrown. - Waste sorting - In the lunch room there are bins for all sorting fractions
Fika places you'll find on each floor
with fridge, coffee mashines and dish washer (dishwasher only for coffee mugs, use the lunchroom dishwashers for everything else)
Fruit for the employees is delivered to the lunch room and fika places twice a week
Safety
The fire alarms that are both audiblle and visible (flashing lights).The alarm is connected to the Fire brigade.
Flammables are stored in a special and secure way.
There are water sprinklers throughout the building.
Rescue stations are to be found in strategic places in the building.
There are two defibrillators in MVM Centre, one near the entrance and one on fourth floor, opposite the northern elevator.
The elevators as well as the RWC:s (toilets for disabled persons) have emergency buttons. The alarm is connected to an emergency center.
The burglar alarm in the building is always switched on.
In case of fire
The MVM building has fire and evacuation alarms. The alarm is audible as well as visible (flashing lights). The alarm is connected directly to the Fire Station.
Every Department has it's own fire managers, people who help in case of fire. They are appointed by the head of Department, and get special training on evacuation in case of fire.
There are water sprinklers throughout the building.
Rescue stations are to be found in strategic places in the building. Every rescue station has a fire blanket, first aid kit, fire extinguishers and and evacuation plan
Rescue station with evacuation plan. (Photo: Ulrika Hurtig)
Please study the evacuation plan so that you know where to find the emergency exits and the fire equipment etc, but also to find out where the assembly point is.
The assembly point (Photo: Ulrika Hurtig)
The assembly point for us working in the MVM building is at Gerda Nilssons väg 3 at the parking lot by the delivery entrance/caretaker's).
If the fire alarm goes off...
If there is a fire and the fire alarm goes off you must leave the building. Follow the evacuation signs to get out. All stairways are escape routes. Fire doors close automatically, so that the smoke does not spread. You must not use the elevators!
Illnes and Accidents
The MVM building is well prepared if you become injured.
If you get injured and need first-aid materials, you will find this at the rescue stations in the building. Rescue stations are found in many places in the building.
There are two defibrillators in the MVM building, one near the entrance and one on fourth floor, opposite the northern elevator.
Now and then we organize training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and how to use the defibrillators. Below, you can find a link to a short and informative instructional video (in Swedish).
Emergency showers you´ll find in the laboratory corridors, and also in the goods reception
Rrest rooms
There are two rest rooms in MVM
On the ground floor, close to the north elevator, you will find one of the rest room and one at the 4th floor in attic corridor. You can find a bed, chair, sink and an emergency alarm in the rooms.
Changing rooms
On the groundfloor, floor 2, you will find changing rooms in the laboratory corridor. There is one changing room for gentlemen and one for ladies.
Inside the changing rooms there are cupboards, seats and showers.