Danfoss Leanheat Building
Riikka Uosukainen is an experienced project manager at Leanheat since August 2019, specializing in service development and project management across various countries. Responsibilities include managing projects from inception to completion, handling customer communication, product development, deployment, and providing technical support. Prior to this role, Riikka worked as a Development Engineer and Master's Thesis worker at Jyväskylän Energia -yhtiöt, focusing on business model development in the heat sector. Riikka's earlier experience includes positions at Valmet as a Production Worker and a summer role at Barona. Educational qualifications include a Master of Science in Energy Engineering and Industrial Management from Tampere University of Technology, along with an exchange semester at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Mechanical Engineering and a high school diploma from Nokia High School.
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.