Testbed Helsinki

The City of Helsinki is a testbed for new innovations. Companies and RDI actors, do you want to develop and experiment your products or services in an authentic city environment? The key content areas of our testing platform activities are EdTech, Smart Mobility, Built Environment, Circular Economy and Health & Wellbeing.

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Test and develop your solution in Helsinki!

Testbed Helsinki supports your development and growth. We offer companies and RDI actors a variety of opportunities to test and develop new products and services in a real urban environment. Read about our current experiments and companies’ experiences, explore our open calls or propose for your own solution for experimenting, and check out our calendar for upcoming interesting events.

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Promising energy savings with hyperlocal weather forecast

30 percent of the used energy is consumed by buildings, largely for heating and cooling. The initial results of our experiment with a hyperlocal weather station aimed at energy savings in buildings are now available.

Helsinki encourages innovative transformation of healthcare at Radical Health Festival

Radical Health Festival Helsinki brought the European health innovation ecosystem to Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre on 21–23 May. The event invited visitors to invent and realise ways to change the whole health sector's model of thinking for the better – even radically so.

The mobile testbed TEKLA – ongoing call

Is your EdTech company in need of quick and efficient feedback from various learner groups to support your product development? Apply for the mobile testbed TEKLA! The testbed container TEKLA moves from daycare centers to schools, and during a single day, it hosts several learner groups of different ages and backgrounds.

A summer view from Helsinki's Mustikkamaa island towards Kalasatama with residential buildings behind a birch branch in the foreground.

Circular economy solutions for construction as a service – propose your solution in the innovation challenge

With this innovation challenge, Helsinki’s circular economy cluster program and the KIRA growth programme are looking for construction services in accordance with the principles of circular economy, which companies in the construction sector could acquire to facilitate the reuse of construction products. The application period ends on 26 April.

Helsinki’s digital twin for mobility is developed further through pilots

Companies participating in the development of Helsinki’s digital twin for mobility received technical support, information about the network’s needs, confidence in the relevance of their work, and the opportunity to develop and test their solutions in a real urban environment.

The collaboration and technology behind a hyperlocal weather forecast for improved energy efficiency

Accurate hyperlocal weather forecasts could be of significant help in reducing the amount of energy that buildings consume. Since autumn 2023, Vaisala's IoT weather sensor has been training itself and making local forecasts in the Testbed Helsinki platform. But how exactly does this promising technology work, and can it be used widely to save energy?

A city as a test platform?

Companies and RDI actors can recommend their own solution to the City of Helsinki for testing. We review proposals on a regular basis and aim to respond to them as soon as possible. The proposals are treated with confidentiality.

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