Helsinki takes open data approach to carbon

The capital of Finland has opened the energy consumption data of its public buildings to application developers to help it become a carbon-neutral city. How much electricity and district heat were consumed in a local school or library yesterday? The new Nuuka Open API, now open for testing, can be used to retrieve hourly electricity and heat consumption data for approximately 1,700 service buildings in the city of Helsinki. The ambition is to accelerate Helsinki’s journey towards becoming a carbon-neutral city.