Work type: Projects

• Forest Health Calculator – Developing a wellbeing accounting tool

  

  Last updated: 23.8.2025 This is a joint project for developing web dashboards for the health benefits of forest visits. Avoin and partners develop a national online tool to estimate the public health impacts of forest exposure. The tool is based on open data from the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Finnish Forest Center,…

• Forest Calculator – Open Forestry Impact Evaluator

  

  Last updated: 23.8.2025 The project initiated a web tool helping forest owners reduce water pollution, increase the carbon sink, and improve forest value. This joint project between The Association for Continuous Cover Forestry in Finland,  Natural Resources Institute Finland, Forest Service Arvometsä, and outsourced partner Avoin developed a free online forest calculator to help landowners…

• DIGI-GROW – Digital Twin for Agrivoltaics

  

  Last updated: 23.8.2025 This project is a data-driven European initiative to optimise agrivoltaic systems for resilient and profitable agriculture. The goal of the project is to build an open, farmer-friendly web platform for simulating, planning, and managing agrivoltaic production. For this project, Avoin partners with experts from Germany, Spain, and Turkiye to develop an integrated…

• SOLA – developing a social impact budgeting tool

  

  Last updated: 28.10.2025 Wellbeing Services County of Central Finland initiated a free web tool for evaluating well-being investment effectiveness.Avoin with Wellbeing Services County of Central Finland, SosPed Center, and Greenstep developed an impact assessment matrix that supports decision-making in municipalities and wellbeing services counties. It combines social quality theory with wellbeing and cost indicators, enabling…

• HOLOSEU – EU-Wide Farm Assessment Tool

  

  Last updated: 23.8.2025 This collaborative European project develops a next-generation decision-support platform to assess agricultural practices on farm and regional levels. The goal of the project is to build and open-source digital software prototype (HOLOSEU v3.0) for quantifying climate, economic, and biodiversity impacts in agriculture across the project countries, tailored to national conditions and farmer…

• Go Mallusjoki! – Co-Creation for Rural Visibility

  

  Last updated: 23.8.2025 This ideathon strengthens rural-urban interaction through community branding and AI-enhanced creativity. The goal of the project is to co-create a Rural Event Industry Ecosystem branding roadmap, digital visibility concept, and a replicable participatory model. Organised in the Mallusjoki district of Finland, the event brings together locals, students, and experts to co-create a…

• Eko Game Jam – Sustainability Games Community

  

  Last updated: 23.8.2025 This was a game sector community event making climate impact data playable. EKO Game Jam was an open and free event for game developers to create climate-themed web and mobile games. The jam focused on integrating environmental data into playable formats and exploring open platforms for long-term reuse. It resulted in multiple…