Helsinki''s Hot Heart

Hot Heart is an award-winning heating system, known as ''the Helsinki Model''. Renewable energy – biomass, water, solar and wind power – is stored in thermal basins on a series of ''islands''.

Helsinki Hot Heart – decarbonizing the heating system

The project will significantly reduce Helsinki''s carbon footprint by leveraging renewable energy sources and cutting dependence on fossil fuels. This transition is crucial for the city to meet

Hot Heart in Helsinki, a combination of thermal energy center

Capable of storing thermal energy but also serving as a center for recreational activities. A transdisciplinary team was responsible for the development. Together they studied an alternative

Hot Heart of Helsinki: A Groundbreaking Case Study in Renewable

Unlike traditional district heating systems, Hot Heart leverages a combination of renewable energy and innovative thermal storage to overcome the intermittency challenges of wind and solar

HELSINKI ENERGY CHALLENGE HELSINKI''S HOT HEA

Let''s look towards 2029: we don''t know what the best energy mix will be to heat the city of Helsinki—it will depend on future technological development and market conditions.

Hybrid thermal power brings valuable export potential for Finland

A hybrid thermal power plant using solar energy with an efficiency of almost 90% has been commissioned in Helsinki. “We wanted the best combination of climate friendliness and cost

Carlo Ratti Associati''s ''Hot Heart'' is an archipelago

Organised by the municipality of Helsinki with the aim of accelerating the city''s transition to carbon neutrality in heating by 2030, Hot Heart is hailed as a modular, adaptable intervention that

Helsinki Energy Challenge

As a result of the Helsinki Energy Challenge, the City started to build a city-wide roadmap to carbon neutral heating ecosystem. The roadmap will help to proceed so that the upcoming decisions will

Solar potential in Helsinki

The aim of this study is to assess the potential of large-scale utilization of solar panels on the roofs of Helsinki, Finland. First, a literature review is conducted on the topics of solar power and spatial

Hot Heart

Hot Heart was developed as part of the Helsinki Energy Challenge organized by the municipality of Helsinki to accelerate the city''s transition towards carbon-neutrality in heating by 2030.