City Environments as Testbedsfor Solutions to UN Sustainable Development Goals

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1 City Environments as Testbedsfor Solutions to UN Sustainable Development Goals Science, Technology and Innovation Forum Aalto University The Role of Science, Technology and Innovation in Implementing the Agenda 2030 St1 Ltd Aalto University Innovation Ecosystem as a Living Lab for Sustainability Espoo City Gasum Ltd Helsinki City Antti Ahlava, VP, June 5 th, 2018 VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Fortum Ltd Otaniemi, Finland

2 Aalto University: Cross-Disciplinary Science, Art, Technology and Business 3 fashion design BA 9 art and design Computer science; electrical and electronic engineering young achitecture & buit universities environment 37 executive education universityindustry collaboration

3 Science, Technology and Innovation Focus on: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION NOT discussed in this presentation: - concepts and models in architectural / design innovation - economic / social / cultural devices for SD - declining infrastructures, access to adequate housing Finland - testing and applications of new technologies and services especially related to digitalization, cleantech and circular economy Digitality The customers get a central role in the production of products and services through digitalization.

4 Sustainable cities and communities Testbeds for emerging technologies and system-level solutions Large material and people flows and congestion a possibility for innovation Wicked Problems complex interrelationships and misalignments between supply and demand of commodities, technologies, policies and mindsets cannot be solved in isolation by only a few stakeholders Clean tech is dependent on circular economy Cross-disciplinary university business public authorities civil society collaboration with societal impact required User-based digitality embedded image: SLA / Otaniemi Landscape Plan

5 Sustainable Development Living Lab Aalto University and surroundings is one of the key innovation districts in Europe (home of Nokia, Kone, and many innovations: graphic interface of computers, text messages etc.; and a home of design: Alvar Aalto, Tapio Wirkkala etc.)...and a living lab for Sustainable Design - as a hotspot for innovation, the innovation ecosystem of Aalto University provides quick access to large number of users of new technologies for innovations that can be co-created, tested and demonstrated in real-life contexts for further up-scaling for global markets. MIT City Aalto ISCN International Sustainable Campus Network A Grid image: MIT Ciuty Science@ Aalto Cityscope

6 All ground floor spaces have been opened for access, transparency and open innovation ALA Architects Aalto University Campus 2015 Hipsterkashbah Aalto University Areal Partnering Environment Your logo here! Your logo here! Your logo here! Your logo here!

7 Sustainable Aalto Innovation and Startup Ecosystem Innovation and startup ecosystem Sustainability at Aaltoes, Startup Sauna, SLUSH apps hardware digitalization images: examples of ecosystem components

8 CO2 and Energy images: 7 km deep geothermal powerplant Deep Heat cultural differences: saving material or energy? Time-balanced heating (Tuas) building and construction CO2 & energy geothermal district heating: Deep Heat regional differences: building technology and material or urban structure emphasis? city heat turned into energy access to energy: local energy production (geothermal, solar, wind)

9 Sustainable Business and PPP collaboration Lack of working space? Urban Academy university, city & corporate PPP collaboration Corporate collaboration sustainable business not product development aim, but satisfying needs behind them business diminishing poverty images: School as a service economy platform innovation and Aalto Space a mobile application for optimizing the use of spaces The Grocery Store of the Future (Aalto, Fortum, VTT, Technopolis): Purchases to public traffic stop: less mobility optimized use with digital tools platform economy city as a service access to basic services

10 Global Outreach image: Aalto Global Impact maize chain project, Kenya food safety production chains of food Global outreach: crossdisciplinasry degree and research programmes Inclusiveness opportunities for all frugal innovations wicked problem: sustainable facilities may not always have needed users optimized & shared use mixprogram ming noise protection combined with solar panels

11 Sustainable Mobility transportation & journey management The conditions for sustainable transport improved by Otaniemi Smart Mobility programme, where mobility is taken as a service. Shared electric vehicles and campus bikes Accessibility through renovations and signage Easy access for pedestrians Kutsuplus on-demand mass transportation service Robot bus Kutsuplus Robot bus Shared bicycles, e- kickboards Smart car parking through optimizing app

12 Circular Economy Finland and NL advanced countries in CE circular economy waste reduction and recycling biowaste energy wicked problem: not enough raw materials; waste unsustainable VTT: from plastic waste to oil Fortum: Energy from waste, valuable metals captured, heat pumps in waste water image: Aalto Maarit karppinen CloseLoop capture of rare earth metals

13 Cleantech pollution safety Cleantech healthy, clean environment water management - climate change causes flood (rain) Wicked problem: water power causes emissions waste water nutrients recycled (prof Riku Vahala) use of water resources water purification: Ahlström Nanomaji diminishing food waste diminshes water usage Olli Varis, Solar Water Solutions image: Olli Varis, Water resources management in the global scale

14 Natural Environment Natural environment Gasum: biogas from organic farming plant waste, side product fertilizers for agriculture reforestration resiliency image: ecosystem services landscape water management - climate change control biodiversity ecosystem services wicked problem: the type and scale of local self-sufficiency not necessarily wise from systemic point of view optimized production in suitable places

15 new materials for consumer goods and construction -> more sustainable physical environment bioeconomy CHEMARTS Ioncell-F fibre for textiles Andritz Ltd food supplies and health: MCC Olli Dahl textiles & fashion image: Allu : Ioncell cellulose textile based fashion Aalto & Marimekko Ltd