Danfoss Leanheat Building
Mikko Wahlroos is a Technical Product Manager and Lead Solution Engineer at Danfoss Leanheat Building since January 2019, specializing in artificial intelligence-based IoT solutions for optimizing indoor temperature and energy consumption in district heated buildings. Prior to this role, Mikko served as a Doctoral Researcher at Aalto University from April 2015 to January 2019, focusing on smart low-carbon district heating systems, and as a Research Assistant at Aalto University from December 2013 to December 2014, contributing to various projects and publications. Mikko's early career included roles as a courier and removal man at Espoon Vectopalvelu Oy from June 2004 to August 2013. Mikko holds a Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) in Energy Technology and a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Energy Technology, both from Aalto University.
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Danfoss Leanheat Building
Leanheat’s development began in 2011. The first sites with Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies were taken into use in 2013. And officially Leanheat as a company was founded in 2016. Since then, growth has been vigorous. Leanheat is now installed in around 80,000 apartments. The system also controls the indoorclimate for schools, gas stations, fire stations, and city halls. It is the world’s largest IoT solution for collective heating.Fully automated and self-learning, Leanheat’s solution provides real-time optimization not only for individual buildings, but entire clusters of apartment buildings – while at the same time giving the opportunity for district heating companies to serve their customers more efficiently and with a smaller carbon footprint.They work in collaboration with industry pioneers such as Fortum and Danfoss. Piloted in Finland with its harsh climate conditions, we are now looking at rapid international expansion.