{"id":2638,"date":"2016-03-25T15:17:08","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T13:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fiksukalasatama.fi\/en\/?p=2638"},"modified":"2016-04-21T14:40:59","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T12:40:59","slug":"smart-city-sustainability-targets-for-kalasatama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiksukalasatama.fi\/en\/smart-city-sustainability-targets-for-kalasatama\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart city sustainability targets for Kalasatama"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of the Climate-KIC\u2019s Pioneers into Practice programme<\/a>, R\u00e9ka T\u00f3th worked one month at Forum Virium Helsinki as part of the Smart Kalasatama team. Her assignment was to analyse existing smart city indexes and create smart city sustainability targets for Sompasaari area in Kalasatama.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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“Smartness and sustainability go hand in hand. No city can be smart without being sustainable.”<\/p><\/div>\n

Pioneers into Practice is Climate-KIC\u2019s<\/a> mobility programme for professionals. Funded by the European Union, it offers talents a chance to get new experiences and fresh ideas by working in new environments home and abroad.<\/p>\n

In Hungary, R\u00e9ka works as a consultant for ABUD<\/a> (Advanced Building & Urban Design), a consultancy company for innovative and sustainable design.<\/p>\n

As part of the Smart Kalasatama project, Kalasatama area is being built into Smart City District of Helsinki. The vision is to offer residents one hour more a day with the wittiest services you can think of. By offering smart services that improve traffic flow, logistics, local services and flexible working facilities, those who live in the area can save time each and every day.<\/p>\n

To improve our sustainability targets and indicators, R\u00e9ka examined the Sompasaari case from holistic point of view: not just taken into account ICT and technology, but also social and economical aspects.<\/p>\n

\u201cR\u00e9ka had heard about Smart Kalasatama and approached us and proposed to work for us. I thought that her background as both an architect and economist with experience in smart city assessments was an ideal match to work on Smart Kalasatama sustainability targets and indicators. So far, we are lacking an agreed method and process to do that. Still, as one of the drivers of Kalasatama district is improved energy behaviour (and sustainability in general) we need a way to assess the impact of the new smart solutions,\u201d says Veera Mustonen<\/strong>, head of Smart Kalasatama project.<\/p>\n

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As part of her assignment, R\u00e9ka interviewed more than ten people closely involved in the development of Kalasatama. The group was diverse, including City of Helsinki urban planners, energy experts from Helen, sustainability specialists in the environmental centre and other relevant stakeholders from various companies. In addition to interviews, R\u00e9ka checked through existing certificates and examined all design documents she could get her hands into.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter talking to people, my experience is that people and organisations work quite separately in the area at the moment. Kalasatama is missing a team to manage sustainability aspects as a whole, including social, economic and environmental issues as a large,\u201d R\u00e9ka<\/strong>\u00a0T\u00f3th<\/strong>\u00a0says.<\/p>\n

R\u00e9ka also did extensive research on existing frameworks to assess the sustainability of neighbourhoods. Her analysis divides these schemes into three categories:<\/p>\n