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Tomorrow’s Power Plant Kokonniemi – a sports and recreation center for the sustainable era

The mission of the Tomorrow’s Power Plant project is to renew the future of sports and recreation centers and services in Porvoo’s Kokonniemi area and in municipalities across Uusimaa by developing energy‑efficient, carbon‑neutral and commercially scalable service and business solutions in cooperation with companies and other stakeholders. Kokonniemi serves as a reference environment for the development of sports and recreation centers and services suited to the sustainable era.

Within the project, a digital Living Lab ecosystem and a simulation environment for energy‑efficient solutions will be established, enabling companies, research organizations, municipalities and users to co-create solutions that improve energy efficiency. In addition, energy efficiency assessments will be carried out for companies, and cost‑saving solutions will be developed based on these assessments.

Solution providers are offered the opportunity to participate in future-oriented development and to gain visibility for their products, strengthening company growth and competitiveness in Finland and internationally.

The project results include:

  • a replicable operating model for a Living Lab ecosystem,
  • a solution bank for energy efficiency, and
  • a simulation environment for assessing the impacts of solutions.

In addition, a platform providing tools and services for companies will be implemented. A key tool will be an AI agent that facilitates the development of solutions.

The results support the development of Kokonniemi and can be utilized by other municipalities in Uusimaa in their transition towards a carbon‑neutral society.

Tomorrow’s power plant Kokonniemi – a sports and recreation center for the sustainable era

Duration: 1.2.2026–31.12.2028

Project manager at Haaga-Helia: Jarmo Sarkkinen

Implementers: Posintra (main implementer), Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences

Funding: ERDF