Cases
16.10.2024
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.
Cases
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.
Cases
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.
Cases
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.
News
30.5.2023
With the Helsinki-Uusimaa Award, the Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council wants to offer a reward with the themes Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development. This time the reward is given for activities furthering cooperation, culture and an ecologically more sustainable way of life in the region.
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24.10.2022
Helsieni brings mushrooms to apartment buildings. The company takes part in the project Circular Green Blocks, aiming to accelerate circular and sharing economy.
Cases
14.9.2022
The City of Porvoo aims to be a forerunner in climate change mitigation. An ongoing project brings digital solutions for the improvement of energy efficiency and promotes the use of renewable energy in the buildings of the city.
Cases
4.8.2022
The City of Helsinki has an exciting pilot going on. In Lauttasaari, the western part of the city, the plan is to demolish 16 dilapidated properties and to use as much of the demolition material in construction as possible – preferably as it is.
Cases
2.6.2022
In recent years, the population growth has pushed Finnish cities, as many other cities globally, to set ambitious housing targets. With the new opportunities available to improve the built environment, will buildings of the future still be remnants of the past?
Cases
3.11.2021
Solutions for green and climate resilient cities are tested with agile pilots in Helsinki’s smart district Kalasatama. Green infrastructure solutions are essential factors in climate change adaptation and reaching carbon neutrality goals in cities. When planned well, urban green spaces promote residents’ wellbeing and ensure the biodiversity of urban ecosystems.
Cases
18.11.2020
Drones can be used to transport objects, monitor environmental changes and survey the safety of different areas – while keeping the amount of produced emissions at bay. A project run by three Finnish organisations pilots carbon-neutral drone services in the Helsinki-Uusimaa Region.
Cases
12.10.2020
Founded in the aftermath of the 2015 refugee crisis, Integrify offers intensive software development and data science courses to educated immigrants. The aim is to match tech companies with talented coders and speed up their social integration.
Cases
18.10.2018
Picture a winter morning when, instead of scraping the ice off your car windows, you could have 10 more minutes of shut-eye on a driverless bus taking you from your home street to the metro. This is not sci-fi, but a glimpse at the present and near future of traffic in the Helsinki-Uusimaa Region.