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When the climate grows warmer, the need to cool down homes grows stronger – energy efficiency to guide planning

06/08/2020News

As the climate grows warmer, long heatwaves will also become more common in Finland. As is typical to Nordic countries, our homes have usually been built to withstand cold and winter weather, in particular. How should cities prepare and adapt to the stronger heatwaves of the future? Read the ideas of Sweco’s energy expert about what kinds of solutions could help cool down homes efficiently. Read more

Urban Insight: Cities need to build resilience towards increasingly common heatwaves

01/07/2020News

Urban Insight: Cities need to build resilience towards increasingly common heatwaves Read more

Sweco involved in the design of the world’s first encapsulation and final disposal plant for spent nuclear fuel

17/06/2020News

Posiva Oy is the world’s leading final disposal company, which will start the final disposal of the spent nuclear fuel of its owners, TVO and Fortum, to ONKALO® deep in the bedrock. Posiva is currently building an encapsulation and final disposal plant, which was granted a construction permit by the Government in 2015. The final disposal of spent nuclear fuel in Olkiluoto will utilise a process never before seen anywhere in the world. Read more

Pohjois-Suomessa tulvii parhaillaan ja vesi saartaa katuja ja koteja. Sään ääri-ilmiöiden aiheuttamia haasteita on myös muualla Euroopassa. Swecon Urban Insight -raportissa tutkitaan, miten kaupunkien asukasluku, työpaikkojen määrä ja viheralueet voidaan kaksinkertaistaa ja samalla parantaa asuinympäristöjen ilmastokestävyyttä. Suomessa kehitetään aluetason mallinnusta sään ääri-ilmiöiden tarkasteluun.

Urban Insight: Planning for increasing density and climate hazards – how do we create resilient societies?

10/06/2020News

A new report from Sweco reveals how cities can increase the number of inhabitants by 100%, the number of workplaces by 100% and green space by 100% – all while improving liveability and climate resilience. Read more

Inventory twin provides up-to-date initial data of demolition and modernisation sites

03/06/2020News

The inventory twin developed by Sweco’s specialists offers up-to-date initial data for the demolition and modernisation projects of existing sites. Accurate initial data supports project cost control, material recycling opportunities and disturbance-free execution. Read more

Tent hospital designed quickly for HUS in preparation for the epidemic

02/06/2020News

New operating model can be copied across Finland as necessary. Facilities for around 160 coronavirus patients were created in the underground parking facility of Meilahti Hospital. Sweco’s architects drew up detailed designs for a tent hospital that can be extended according to need and be up and running within three weeks. Read more

Mobile robots enhance logistics also in old hospital buildings

18/05/2020News

Over the next few years, several Finnish hospitals are planning to deploy mobile robots: machines that transport goods independently. Mobile robots are able to go around people and obstacles and they can carry goods efficiently even in hospitals built in the 1970s. Read more

Sweco carried out an extensive survey on geothermal heat potential in Helsinki – first of its kind in Finland

12/05/2020News

The City of Helsinki is currently in the process of preparing a new underground master plan. By 2050, Helsinki will have 200,000 more residents than it does now, which must be taken into account in all energy and land use planning. This is why the City commissioned Sweco to carry out Finland’s first extensive survey on the potential of geothermal heat. Read more

Sweco’s VirtualSite service illustrates Lumon’s balcony glazing solutions with remote connections – visualisation of rain of great interest in Central Europe

11/05/2020News

International glazing solution provider Lumon was looking for new ways of presenting their product ideas to customers, finding Sweco’s virtual reality service VirtualSite™ for solution. The solution gives Lumon the competitive edge since virtual models can be used to concretely illustrate for example extreme weather phenomena caused by climate change to residents, architects and property developers. Read more

Tripla has received the Glass Structure of the year 2020 award

07/05/2020News

The Finnish association of Flat Glass presented Tripla with the Glass Structure of the Year award on 6 May 2020. Sweco’s architects and structural engineering experts were involved in the design of Tripla’s glass structures. Read more