Controllable Urban Soundscapes
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | IMCG Sweden AB |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 5 757 000 |
| Project duration | November 2017 - December 2019 |
| Status | Completed |
| Venture | Challengedriven innovation - Phase 3 Implementation |
Purpose and goal
** Denna text är maskinöversatt ** As the world´s cities grow and become denser, noise levels in public spaces are increasing. It affects people´s health and reduces both the use and usability of these sites. Noise issues are one of the biggest environmental challenges in creating sustainable, attractive cities. TOR was initiated by Swedish innovation-driven companies, academia and cities. Together, we have worked on developing a flexible, sound-absorbing module solution to create calm environments in the middle of city noise with a focus on the needs of users and customers.
Expected results and effects
TOR has been an exciting and rewarding project. The results have been relevant and all objectives have been met. However, we choose to end the project. The reason is not technical challenges, value chain or market potential, but mainly regular challenges. There are uncertainties on how to use regulations. This has meant that the potential markets identified; urban development projects and infrastructure projects, where TOR has been able to meet customer needs have not developed at the expected rate.
Planned approach and implementation
TOR innovation development work is based on the IMCG innovation process. The process that simultaneously integrates research and demonstration, with strategic communication, market and customer analyzes, product and service development, business and organizational development, has worked very well. It has guided us and created synergies between actions and is an effective way of moving from idea to impact, or in our case from idea to a Go / NoGo gate that was not passed. We highly recommend this process to our colleagues working in collaborative projects.