The aim of the Eco-Information Society: the Criteria and Operational Possibilities project (eKnowledge) was to study the ecological, cultural, social and economic criteria and potentials of sustainable development in the information society. During the first stage of the project, the researchers analysed the criteria of sustainable development in the Finnish information society.
At the second stage of the eKnowledge the researchers created sustainable development indicators for the information society. Finland Futures Research Centre carried out this research in co-operation with the Finnish Environment Institute, the VTT Building and Transport and the Tampere University of Technology. The final stage of the project is designed to produce environmental friendly innovations which were tested and applied within a pilot project in co-operation with two representative spearhead programmes of the Finnish national strategy for Information Society: the “Personal Navigation (NAVI)” and the “Telework” programme (eWork).
Partners:
- Finland Futures Research Centre, Turku School of Economics (co-ordinator)
- Transportation Engineering, Technological University of Tampere
- Finnish Environment Institute
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Building, Built environment, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Co-operation projects:
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Personal Navigation (NAVI), Ministry of Transport and Communications Finland
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Telework programme (eWork), Finnish Ministry of Labour
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Eco-Telework project, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Pilot projects:
- Turku - City of Sustainable Development (KEKETU), Finland Futures Research Centre, Turku School of Economics
- SIS, The City of Kouvola
- Digital Balance, Sonera Ltd.
- Kultake project, Finland Futures Research Centre, Turku School of Economics
- Mobility Management, Transportation Engineering, Technological University of Tampere
Further information:
Olli Hietanen
Head of Development
Tel. +358 2 481 4616, +358 500 774 378
olli.hietanen@tse.fi