HEA project - Wellbeing and Energy Efficiency in Living 
The main objective of the Wellbeing and Energy Efficiency in Living – Applying the demand and user-driven open innovation methodology for creating wellbeing and energy savings project (“HEA-project”) is to develop demand and user-driven solutions and services in order to promote elderly people’s wellbeing and energy efficient lifestyle.
One aim is to tap into the understanding of customer needs in the wellbeing field along with expertise related to the application of high technology.
The project develops new services and solutions that promote:
- wellbeing and functioning of the elderly
- cost and energy efficiency of living
- sustainable development
HEA-project is an umbrella for six subprojects which all include piloting of the developed solutions.
The project is coordinated by Metropolia University of applied sciences. The other partners are Aalto University’s CKIR unit, Green Net Finland, Arcada, Kymenlaakso, Laurea, Saimaa and Turku universities of applied sciences and Lappeenranta University of Technology.
Suvi Häkämies
Katri Korkalainen
Kaija Matinheikki-Kokko
Health Innovation and Tourism Cluster ”Health Resorts of the Pearls of Eastern Poland”. 
Health Innovation and Tourism Cluster ”Health Resorts of the Pearls of Eastern Poland”.
This cluster contributes to the development of the Eastern Poland macro-region by exploiting the potentials of enterprises and towns as well as health resorts and communes, thanks to competitive cooperation (coopetition). Competitive cooperation of entities within the framework of a cluster, thanks to the synergy effect, facilitates access to resources (materials, services, technologies and information), enables mutual complementation in realization of certain functions, helps in learning, and contributes to the increase of competitiveness, innovativeness and prestige of the entities within the clusters.
