News
Blogi - 18.12.2018
IoT: Take Guessing Out of the Concrete Drying Process
An experimental project recently used IoT sensors and AI to determine when it is safe to start finishing concrete surfaces.
Blogi - 13.12.2018
A Portable Robot That Will Shake the Window Cleaning Industry
A Finnish startup wants to automate the way we clean and care for our building facades. Its compact robot is taking the world by the storm.
Blogi - 28.06.2018
Human Eye Resolution Virtual Reality for AEC
Virtual reality opens new perspectives for communication and customer involvement in construction.
Blogi - 28.06.2018
Sweco Boosts Construction Productivity and Quality with AI
Sweco is one of the first in the world to showcase the use of machine learning in structural design.
Blogi - 28.06.2018
How BIM is Revolutionizing Building Control in Finland
A Finnish KIRA-digi experimentation project has demonstrated how BIM can speed up and improve the building permit process considerably.
Blogi - 28.06.2018
Better Design of HVAC Systems with VR
CTRL Reality, a Finnish AR/VR application development company, is completing an experimentation project demonstrating how HVAC design and installation are easier and cost-efficient with the help of vi...
Blogi - 28.06.2018
BLOXHUB – A Co-Working Space for an Ecosystem
BLOXHUB is an urban innovation lab; it’s a coworking space and community providing a platform for companies within the open built environment.
Blogi - 31.05.2018
Echargie: How to Make Use of Existing Infrastructure for E-Mobility
All major car manufacturers are committed to making hybrids and 100 % electric vehicles (EVs). Consequently, a growing number of drivers will need sockets to charge their vehicles. Echargie solves thi...
Experimental projects
Current experimental projects can be browsed here
Internet of Locks
Lukoton Experience Oy experiments with building an IoT for locks that enables the use of virtual keys even in objects without electricity.
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Data on the energy performance of buildings made public
If the measurement data on the energy and water consumption of buildings could be publicly compared, energy efficiency would improve more rapidly than it does now.
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IoT data operator model to improve the efficiency of data flow
A platform for IoT data of built environments is created in the project carried out by Reliable Partner Finland.
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Keyless access to student residences
The objective of the KOAS project is to develop a keyless electronic access control system to facilitate the use of common premises in student residences.
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Boosting energy savings through digitalisation
In Optiwise's experiment, the energy consumption of refrigeration equipment in supermarkets declined when better digital tools were obtained for energy management.
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Testing the intelligent building engineering of the future
How will the intelligent properties of the future function? What kinds of technical challenges will they have? Answers to these questions are sought in the pilot environment of intelligent building engineering in Otaniemi.
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Platform economy boosts the digitalisation in real estate and construction sector
The APInf experiment collects the open interfaces in the real estate and construction sector in one catalogue Both the API owners and API customers benefit from the API catalogue.
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Introducing the social media concept of tagging to building information models
The usability of digital building information models would improve if metadata could be added to them with tags – just like on social media. Arkkitehdit Sankari Oy is using prototypes to test tagging in building information models.
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Building permit process based on data models
The experiment coordinated by the City of Vantaa is about promoting a building permit process based on data models.
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MAKU-digi: Making the costs of land use visible
Sito’s pilot project “MAKU-digi: The digitalisation of soil-related costs”. The pilot project began on 1 March 2017 and will end on 3 October 2017.
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