Gloria Zuniga – “When you solve the challenge, you feel the force of moving mountains with your know-how”

Gloria Zuniga’s passion is the desire of working as a bridge between the two places she calls home, Finland and Colombia. She wants to help creating jobs in both countries. Her motto is ‘doing good business, saving the planet’. “When you solve the challenge and you see the results of your work, you feel the force … Continued

Riina Mikkonen – “True value is created together with the users, not by guessing”

Riina Mikkonen is passionate about sustainable spaces and experience design. “Sustainable future and challenging the conventional is my passion and the only way to live and work. People don’t need any new materia for fun, but what we need are better solutions for fluent everyday life.” Riina helps companies and public sector. She solves challenges through … Continued

Zuzana Vranayova – reducing water consumption and introducing the water-saving culture

Zuzana Vranayova is a water engineer for buildings and university professor. “I want to contribute to the environment of our cities. The main challenge of the third millennium is to reduce water consumption and to introduce the water-saving culture in the context of climate change.” She says that there are no many studies taken about the … Continued

Nikolas Salomaa – “You can never know too much of physics”

Nikolas Salomaa has worked years with energy efficiency of buildings. He started out by building the first Passivhaus Institut-certified Passive House in Finland. It is still today the most energy efficient one family house in Finland. His passion is to find the most profitable combinations for saving energy in buildings. “I get great satisfaction from solving … Continued

Anna Velander Gisslén – “If you once have opened someone’s eyes, they cannot close them again”

Anna Velander Gisslén is an engagement driven communicator and project executive that cares for inclusion and sustainability. She believes that ecodesign and digital innovation will answer many problems of today, as well as inclusion for all and that programming knowledge is a matter of democracy. Anna wants to make people aware of the benefits with sustainability. … Continued

Shakil Regmi – creating mathematical links between the various dimensions of environment

Shakil Regmi’s passion is renewable energy, water and environment friendly infrastructure development through research. He wants to understand and create mathematical links between the various dimensions of environment to analyze the situation with respect to environment. “At Engineering and Environmental Research Centre I manage and design energy and pollution related research activities. With specialized focus on … Continued

Miika Kilgast – searching for solutions to utilize solar energy in the most economical ways

Miika Kilgast’s passion is to solve energy related problems in ecological and cost-effective way. Miika is searching for solutions to utilize solar energy in the most economical ways. This includes optimization of solar thermal systems, yield simulations and designing combinations with other energy sources. “Our goal is to ensure our customer a long-term and steady energy … Continued

Hannu Hjerppe – “You have to go far enough to be able to look close”

Hannu Hjerppe is an industrial designer and CEO of his one-man-company Diff Design Oy, a design and 3D consultancy in Fiskars, Finland. Hannu’s work is about inventing solutions, for example, how to combine visual quality, ergonomics or maintenance with cost-effective manufacturing methods. He has over 20 years of experience in R&D of industrial products. Hannu wants … Continued

Anna Pakkala – “Find partners, don’t be afraid of the new, and start experimenting”

Anna Pakkala says that she gets excited when working at reducing environmental footprints through innovative business solutions. “In my daily work I wear two hats. As Co-Founder at Pure Growth Innovations, I help businesses experiment with sustainability, with a focus on energy transitions, circular economy and innovation management. As Head of Sustainability at Slush, I put together the … Continued

Kristina Tauchmannova – passionate about clean technologies

Our Expert of the Week Kristina Tauchmannova is passionate about clean technologies. Kristina studied MSc. in economics and business administration, management of innovation and business development and wrote her master thesis on smart grids and consumer engagement. “After my studies I worked for Cleantech Group in London where I worked within the research and advisory team to … Continued