Untangling People Flow for Smart & Sustainable Urban Environments
Haltian joins the research and innovation program that aims to revolutionize how people move through urban spaces. This joint initiative of 18 partners combines our IoT expertise with cutting-edge digital solutions to find new ways to optimize movement in cities, venues, transportation hubs, education facilities, and real estate.
Addressing the Challenge
Understanding Movement for Better Spaces
In an era where urban spaces are becoming increasingly complex, the need for intelligent people flow management has never been more critical. The Untangling People Flow project brings together leading Finnish organizations to revolutionize how people move through various urban environments.
Project Objective
Building digital solutions to optimize modern mobility
The project combines digital twins, IoT sensors, indoor-outdoor navigation systems, and cloud-based services to create a holistic framework for analyzing and improving how people navigate through cities, venues, transportation hubs, and buildings. This integrated approach aims to build system prototype that will enhance user experience, optimizing overall space utilization and increasing operational efficiency.
Consortium
Collaboration of 18 industry and academia partners
At the heart of this project is the mission to create user-based recommendation systems that enhance people flow management while promoting sustainability and well-being. By leveraging digital twins, multisensory monitoring, and advanced AI algorithms, we’re developing solutions that will transform how spaces adapt to human movement patterns.
Haltian on the project
Exploring the power of IoT for people flow optimization
As a key technology partner, Haltian leverages its expertise in IoT and smart building technology to contribute to the project’s tangible outcomes. This includes the creation of new knowledge and technological know-how for improving the people-flow management, increasing space efficiency and occupants productivity.
- Creating a framework to guide the development of technology-based solutions for relations between people-flow and optimal use of the built environment
- Developing novel methods and algorithms for detecting Untangling People Flow, as well as ethical guidelines for such system’s development
Methodology
Technology & Data Collection
Digital Twins & IoT Integration
The project employs digital twins and IoT devices to create a real-time view of urban environments. These platforms will help in analyzing and managing people flow by providing insights into spatial dynamics and user interactions.
Data Models & Analytics
AI & Machine Learning
Advanced algorithms will be used to process live data and develop predictive models. These models will assist in real-time navigation and people flow management, enhancing the efficiency of high-performance buildings like airports and campuses.
Test Beds
Kumpula Campus & Helsinki Airport
The project will be implemented and tested at the University of Helsinki’s Kumpula Campus and Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. These sites will serve as test beds for deploying and refining the project’s methodologies and technologies.
International Pilots
PoC Validation through Pilots
International pilots will be conducted at Fontys University in the Netherlands and Istanbul Airport in Turkey. These pilots aim to validate the project’s solutions in diverse environments and gather data for further refinement and exploitation plans.
KEY Innovation AReas
Project’s impact areas in the smart building ecosystem
- Integration of Digital Twins with IoT and Lidar technology
- Real-time operation control frameworks of people flow
- Smart recommender systems for navigation
- Advanced monitoring and evaluation tools for space utilization
- Demand forecasting capabilities to manage rush hours and optimize people flow
Supporting sustainability
Leveraging people flow for sustainable development
Haltian’s Sustainable development goals that will support Untangling People Flow project are:
- Ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns
- Ensuring healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
- Facilitating inclusive and sustainable economic growth, productive employment, and decent work for all
- Building resilient infrastructure, fostering sustainable industrialization and innovation
- Reducing inequality within and among countries
Project Details
Untangling People Flow: Pioneering Smart & Sustainable Urban Environments
The project’s vision is to productize the relations between people-flow and optimal use of the built environment. The consortium’s strategic goal is to improve the people-flow management for cities, venues, transportation hubs, education facilities, and real estate using user-based recommendation systems. Learn more by visiting the project website.