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10.3.2025
In Lohja, a former landfill site has been developed into an ecosystem where, among other things, the utilization of biochar and the production of local food are being piloted.
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24.2.2025
Helsinki-based startup Make a BIM uses artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically create Building Information Models (BIMs) from architectural drawings. Data is needed to improve the energy consumption and circular economy of buildings as well as reduce carbon emissions.
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28.11.2024
Award-winning design agency Nomaji urges sustainable design and construction. The ecological situation demands a rapid change of behaviour, and pioneering companies understand this. Good solutions have also been found in urban planning.
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13.11.2024
AIATELLA aims to save lives by automating manual tasks in the analysis of medical imaging. The founders’ target is to scale the whole cardiovascular system and shift the current situation from reactive medicine into preventative medicine.
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14.10.2024
For some time now, urban planning has been talking about a sustainable human scale city, one where daily services are within a 15-minute walk or bike ride. In urban planning, minimum standards are no longer enough – the goals are more ambitious, taking into account both sustainability and quality.
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5.9.2024
When you start restoring an entire water body, you need a large number of actors. In the case of the Mustijoki river, this includes a number of municipalities, landowners, businesses and local residents in the Helsinki-Uusimaa Region.
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5.8.2024
The importance of green infrastructure will increase as the climate warms. Strategically designed green spaces help adapt to climate change, support natural diversity and enhance amenity. InnoGreen is testing how to transform tram stops into urban outdoor green spaces.
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6.6.2024
The Finnish biotechnology company Enifer's mycoprotein PEKILO® is attracting worldwide interest from as far away as South America. The Espoo-based company is growing fast and has recently secured 36 million euros funding to build a pioneering food-grade mycoprotein factory in Kirkkonummi.
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7.5.2024
The environmental service company Kuljetusrinki uses artificial intelligence and robots to process mixed waste into clean raw materials for industrial use. The amount of waste going to incineration is reduced as robots Uuno, Spede and Lyyli work hard.
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15.4.2024
The City of Helsinki has set itself the goal of becoming the most functional city in the world. This means traffic that works, which requires constant improvement, data and intelligent tools. Now, Helsinki is on its way to become a pioneer in functional smart traffic systems.
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27.3.2024
Espoo based company Desentum is developing an immunotherapy that can change the treatment of allergies. Their development programs include treatments for birch pollen, grass pollen and peanut allergies.
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15.3.2024
Biila Solutions will enter the international market with its platform-based vehicle logistics. It has received support to develop its business from the Finnish AI Region (FAIR) Innovation Hub.
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5.3.2024
Health Proof Helsinki offers testing environments and expert services for companies in the fields of health and medical technology as well as specialised and primary healthcare. Metropolia University of Applied Sciences provides the ecosystem with learning environments.
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12.2.2024
VTT was commissioned by the Helsinki-Uusimaa Circular Valley to investigate the material flows and business opportunities of construction and demolition in Helsinki-Uusimaa. The results show that the generation of construction waste is strongly concentrated in the metropolitan area.
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30.1.2024
The river barriers of RiverRecycle are cleaning plastic waste in the globally most polluted rivers and removing it to waste treatment plants. Construction material can be produced from trash that is considered worthless.
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10.1.2024
How to get consumers excited about the circular economy and more sustainable consumption? That is one question CoReorient aims to answer by promoting a circular and sharing economy. In addition to consumers, the company plans and develops services for different organisations.
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12.12.2023
A production plant that will start producing food from air on an industrial scale. Producing egg white protein from water, sugar and minerals. These are two examples of new innovations that aim to overcome the problems caused by food production.
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30.10.2023
In a drive towards sustainable development and circular economy solutions, CLIC Innovation has emerged as a key catalyst. By forging partnerships between businesses and research institutions, this visionary organization is propelling the realms of bioeconomy, circular economy, and energy systems towards a brighter, greener future.
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4.4.2023
Robots on mobile platforms can certainly aid in the circular economy. Enter the AutoMod project, which is not only creating an ecosystem but also conducting pilots and openly sharing its results.
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20.2.2023
Aalto University has created a water-resistant cellulose film. This film can also replace packaging containing plastic compounds in the food and cosmetic industries.