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Our ambition

We develop cities for people through actionable research and development in Finland and Estonia. We are driven by a passion to enhance the quality of life in urban areas.

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Explore our novel smart city solutions, pilot projects, academic papers, and team of researchers.

Read our papers
and share your ideas

Take your smart city research to the next level by tapping into our dynamic network of over 100 researchers internationally. Find project partners to apply for project grants and use city streets as a living lab to make your research impactful.

Discover and
implement smart solutions

Improve your city and enhance the quality of life for your citizens by implementing smart solutions. Wish to discuss your challenges with us and find solutions together?

International
collaboration projects

FinEst Centre for Smart Cities is already collaborating with experts from Germany, Poland, Latvia, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Ukraine, and several other countries. Explore our international scope!

FinEst Twins project
CityScape
IRIS project
NetZeroCities
Urban Learning Center
Indoor Air Quality
Urban Air Mobility
Urban Learning Center
data sharing

Smart city solutions piloted

FinEst Centre for Smart Cities has launched and finalized six pilot projects. They all complement each other and aim to ignite a culture of urban experimentation. Get to know them.

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DigiAudit

We optimize building's energy performance and indoor climate with real-time monitoring and analysis platform.

self driving bus as public transport
Future Mobility Ecosystem

We have developed a solution for public and demand-based transport system management.

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Microgrids and Energy Storage

We enable the utilization of energy storage and control systems instead of relying solely on the power grid.

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Urban Planning Well-Being Score

We have developed a well-being score to objectively assess urban environments. The score is used as a tool for city planning.

urban vegetation
GreenTwins

We empower citizens to design urban green areas. For that, we have developed a variety of digital tools – including a plant library.

renovation platform
Renovation Strategy Tool

We help municipalities to generate, simulate and analyze renovation scenarios in order to make sensible investments.

Media

News
Smart City Challenge
March 07, 2024
Recommendations for cities to participate at Smart City Challenge 2024
data spaces
News
Urban analytics & data
February 19, 2024
European Data Space for Smart Communities
Photo by Robert Bye on Unsplash
News
February 14, 2024
Meet Farah: PhD student focusing on building capacities for smart, inclusive cities
Mobility
News
February 14, 2024
Project CITYAM: Shaping the future of Urban Air Mobility
Smart City Exchange Forum 2024
News
January 31, 2024
Strengthening cross-border smart city research collaboration
EU Regions Week workshop_urban regeneration
Events
News
September 05, 2023
EU Regions Week: Engaging communities for urban regeneration
Smart City challenge
Events
News
August 28, 2023
Call for cities: Join the Smart City Challenge!
Events
June 09, 2023
Bridging the gap between research and implementation: Smart Cities Demo Day unveils novel solutions
Events
February 03, 2023
City-to-city collaboration leads to smarter and healthier cities