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SmartBuilt – Smart and Sustainable Built Environment

Solutions for sustainable construction and the built environment

We create new solutions to promote sustainable construction and citizen-friendly and carbon-neutral built environments.

Our goal is an accessible and multi-sensory built environment, including not only buildings but also green areas that support biodiversity and mobility solutions. These will have a major impact on the well-being of users and the achievement of carbon neutrality goals. We will develop accessible transport systems and energy efficiency in buildings, and promote the replacement of fossil raw materials with renewable ones, for example in different construction solutions.

Our applied research supports successful business operations. We develop, pilot and test innovative solutions and know-how. At the core of our activities are the expertise of HAMK’s specialists in different fields, such as digital solutions and robotics, and the needs of industry and society.

Our strength lies in looking at the whole construction process, resulting in a truly sustainable life cycle that supports multi-sectoral business.

Come and do research with us. You’re here to make a change.

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HAMK’s research in a glance

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Focus areas

The SmartBuilt key ecosystem brings together our multidisciplinary research that develops solutions for sustainable construction and the built environment SmartBuilt is divided into research focus areas. Read more on the focus areas below!

Humans, Technology and the Evolving Living Environment

Sustainable Built Environment

Our ongoing projects

Accessible Movement Travel Chains (Elma)

Adapting the built environment of Kanta-Häme to climate change (ILMARA)

Adaptive, smart and energy-wise building (ADRA)

Traditional building automation systems contain little intelligent control. In the ADRA project, our aim is to develop solutions that increase the intelligence of buildings and to promote their use and popularization.

BioColour – Colour palette for bio-based dyes and pigments

puu- ja elektroniikka-alojen kestävä kehitys

CIRC-2-ZERO

Circular Economy Pilots Promoting the Green Transition in the Real Estate and Construction Sector (CIRCULARPILOTS)

Climate-resilient Suburban Areas (ILPI)

The reduction in plot sizes, maximization of floor area, and the increase in driveways and parking spaces have significantly decreased vegetation. The Climate-Resilient Suburban Areas (ILPI) project aims to identify threshold values for densification that allow suburban vegetation cover to be preserved.