CENTre OF EXPERTISE

Our aim is to unite knowledge, skills, and resources to drive research, innovation, and solutions into building practices. By fostering collaboration between academia, industry, and the public sector, the Centre advances best practices and shares expertise nationally and internationally. Its mission is to promote healthy, sustainable construction and ensure the safe use of existing buildings.  

Why join?

Breathing clean air is a human right, yet it remains a global challenge, posing significant health risks and economic costs. Our goal is not just to study these challenges, but to create innovative, evidence-based solutions that improve indoor environmental quality and make buildings safer and healthier for everyone. By joining the network, you’ll have access to:

  • Cutting-edge research on building health, indoor air quality, and sustainable construction. 
  • Unique laboratories and testing environments 
  • International collaboration opportunities with leading companies and research institutes. 
  • Expert services to support product development, testing, and market entry. 

Strong Research Foundation 

The Centre builds on internationally recognized, interdisciplinary research in building health, indoor environmental quality, and building physics, while also embracing novel technologies. Advanced laboratories and analytical services enable the testing, development, and piloting of innovative solutions together with companies and stakeholders. 

Key Strengths

  • Indoor air and building health research & education, which is internationally respected and nationally unique. 

  • Multidisciplinary collaboration spanning construction technology, medicine, human, and environmental sciences. 
  • Laboratories & research infrastructure, complemented by a new indoor environment laboratory. 

  • Extensive networks with both Finnish and international companies and research institutes. 

These strengths make the Centre a unique environment for research, piloting, and co-creation of innovative solutions with companies and other stakeholders. 

Objectives

  • Healthy buildings and indoor environments: Solutions to prevent health risks such as poor indoor air quality. 

  • Sustainable development & circular economy: Research on materials, energy efficiency, and building physics. 

  • Climate change adaptation: Assessing how heatwaves, floods, and wildfires affect indoor environments. 

  • Digital solutions & data analytics: Leveraging robotics, IoT, AI, and big data for monitoring and managing indoor air. 

  • Multidisciplinary collaboration: Integrating civil engineering, medicine, human sciences, and welfare technologies. 

Who we serve?

Property owners and users 

Construction companies and material manufacturers  

Building technology developers  

ICT companies (sensors, data platforms, AI) 

Well-being sector actors (e.g., wearable technology)

Building technology developers  

Activities

  • Research and piloting in laboratories and real-world environments. 

  • Expert services for companies and the public sector. 

  • International networking and export-driven solutions. 

  • Seminars and workshops to share knowledge and support innovation. 

Why It Matters?

  • Increasing awareness of health risks drives demand for reliable solutions. 

  • Tightening regulations and standards call for high-quality research and testing. 

  • Growing welfare markets and consumer demand support healthier buildings. 

Vision 2030

By 2030, the Centre of Expertise will be: 

  • An internationally renowned and well-funded network. 
  • A global leader in healthy, sustainable construction, developing exportable solutions. 
  • A network of 100+ organizations, primarily companies. 
  • Offering widely used testing and measurement services (utilization rate >80%).