Urban Living Labs
Real environmentsfor real innovation.
We turn real environments into living labs where ideas are tested, proven, and scaled.
What is an Urban Living Lab
A Urban Living Lab is a real-world testing environment where local governments, businesses, and communities work together to solve local challenges.
It's where innovation moves from concept to application: fast, practical, and measurable.
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Test solutions in real conditions
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Work across public and private sectors
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Use data to guide decisions
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Scale what works
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Why Urban Living Labs
Innovation creates value when it is tested in real environments. Urban Living Labs provide the structure to move from idea to application — bringing stakeholders together, enabling faster pilots, and delivering measurable results.
What Urban Living Labs enable
- Real-world pilot projects
- Faster transition from idea to implementation
- Reduced risk through testing in real conditions
- Data-driven decision-making
- Access to startups, corporates, and researchers
- Structured collaboration across stakeholders
Everything designedfor execution.
How it works
- 01 Identify Define real local challenges and priorities.
- 02 Co-create Bring together stakeholders to design solutions.
- 03 Pilot Test in real environments with real people.
- 04 Scale Measure impact and expand what works.
Focus areas
- 01 Smart Mobility
- 02 Energy & Sustainability
- 03 Digital Governance
- 04 Urban Resilience
- 05 Tourism & Local Economy
Urban Living Labs across Greece
Each Urban Living Lab is built around local needs, using the same proven model.
Turning Chalki into a real-world model for resilient, energy-efficient, and future-ready island communities.
Chalki.Lab
Explore Lab
Transforming Palaio Faliro into a model of sustainable, data-driven, and human-centered urban development.
PalaioFaliro.Lab
Explore Lab
Supporting Kalamata’s path to climate neutrality through collaboration, data, and real-world experimentation.
Kalamata.Lab
Explore Lab
Building a collaborative innovation hub to support the long-term development of Kos, Astypalea, and Nisyros.
IdeaKos.Lab
Explore Lab
From pilots to real impact
Impact
Solutions tested in real environments
Public and private sectors working together
Innovation deployed, not just discussed
Measurable environmental and social outcomes
Built together
Urban Living Labs bring together municipalities, businesses, researchers, and communities into one working system.
Innovation moves faster when people move together.
Build your Urban Living Lab
Whether you're a city, a company, or a partner — there's a place for you.