Background Due to climate change, the structure/infrastructure sector has recently paid more attention to more sustainable construction works/solutions, among others by using ...

Researcher Contact information firstname.lastname@syke.fi +358 50 346 5301 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Built environment solutions Housing and mobility Linke......

Senior researcher Contact information Monitoring of land cover and use using remote sensing. Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Quality of information / Method development Visit......

Project background  In order to mitigate climate change, Finland aims to be carbon neutral in 2035. The land use sector is both a significant carbon sink and a source of CO2 emissions....

Group Manager Contact information PhD. (Forest Sciences), Docent (Environmental Policy) Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi Tel. +358 295 251 257 Finnish Environment I......

© Adobe Stock Climate change mitigation and related low-carbon goals have become central themes in land use planning, as planning is the foundation of future land use solutions. Over...

Built environment information systems are developed and maintained to support land use planning, monitoring and research, and participatory planning processes. © Picture: ChengXi Zhang ...

Scientific publications Ahti Lepistö, Antti Räike, Tapani Sallantaus, Leena Finér (2021), Increases in organic carbon and nitrogen concentrations in boreal forested catchments — Change...

Working with the built environment information system.   Currently, zoning data is not comprehensively and nationally available in Finland to guide the use and development of ar...

The “demand side” of the market, actions by citizens as consumers and producers of to low carbon energy now plays an increasing role in the decarbonization of energy and built environment that are th...

Areas suitable for offshore wind power have been mapped in a new study. In the best areas, the production of wind energy is profitable, but the disadvantages for both people and marine nature remain s......

Comprehensive approach towards the overall sustainability of natural resource use The fragmentation of information on climate change mitigation and adaptation and the lack of syntheses make it d...

© Photo: Aaro Keipi Senior Researcher, PhD Contact information e-mail: firstname.lastname@syke.fi tel.: +358 29 5251 799 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) ......

Objectives Mixed use development refers to a practice where more than one type of activity, such as housing, jobs or services are assigned to the same building, groups of buildings, or area. ...

Research topics We focus on the accessibility to green and water areas within suburbs and their socio-economic variation between suburbs, as well as their role in supporting wellbeing....

In the future, our world may increasingly rely on renewable biomass resources for the provision of food, fodder, fibre and fuel. How this transition to bioeconomy will affect Nordic water resources, i......

Researcher FM (Geoinformatics) On leave from Syke Contant information firstname.lastname@syke.fi +358 40 6744 703 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Built e......

Researcher (geography)   firstname.lastname@syke.fi +358 295 251 695 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Built environment solutions Urban nature group ORCID ......

What is Liiteri? Liiteri is an information service focusing on the living environment and is governed by Finnish Environment Institute. Geographical information and statistics about the built en...

The Adapt-FIRST project seeks to develop a new risk framework for climate change adaptation at regional level in Finland. In close collaboration with expert and stakeholder partners, it advances meth...