DOLL – The Living Outdoor Lab

Join Digital Outdoor Living lab and turn your innovative ideas into reality!

As a leading European digital lab and TEF-site, DOLL operates in Hersted in the Greater Copenhagen Area as well as on remote sites within the EU.

DOLL accellerates and facilitates sustainable, data-driven urban innovation within urban infrastructure and the building and construction sector by combining cutting-edge digital technologies, real-world testing facilities, funding, and collaboration across public, private, and academic sectors. Together, we are shaping the cities of tomorrow.

DOLL Living Lab is part of WE BUILD DENMARK, the national innovation cluster for the building and construction sector.

Move beyond the lab and prove your solution works in the real world. You gain the validation and credibility needed to convince customers and investors.

Put your technology to the test at full scale in real urban settings. You collect reliable performance data and build strong proof-of-concept.

Sharpen your value proposition and align your solution with real market needs.You ensure your offering solves the right problems before scaling.

Access the right stakeholders without long sales cycles.
You build relationships that open doors to real projects and procurement opportunities.

Move faster from development to deployment with ecosystem support and matchmaking. You reduce risk and reach the market with greater confidence.

Market Access and Matchmaking
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Assessment and Scoping of digital use case

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Assessment and Scoping of physical use case

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Deploy & test digital use-case at remote site

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Deploy & test physical use-case in real-life city environment

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Market access and Matchmaking

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Intro meeting to understand needs, context and desired outcomes; initial innovation assessment.

Roles, deliverables, timelines and compliance (data, AI, interoperability) are clarified and signed.

Joint use case description (physical, digital, or both) and technical plan across devices, data and platforms.

Reallife installation and commissioning; connectivity/CMS setup; interoperability, dataquality and AI validation.

1:1 showcasing via Visitor Service to support procurement and investment decisions, match-making with stakeholders and potential costumers, communication and marketing of use-case via WBDK/DOLL’s platforms

Evidencebased feedback, dissemination, and options for upgrades, funding and new pilots (incl. remote/connected sites).

Clara Røder

E-mail: clrd@webuilddenmark.dk

SUCCESS STORY. In CitCom, the interaction between companies, cities, and other public institutions is crucial. Aarhus has an ambition to be a city where companies can easily test and develop green and digital solutions in close cooperation with the municipality. Therefore, Aarhus City Lab is working to create a link between companies, research institutions, students, and municipal departments so new digital solutions can be tested in a real-world environment to the benefit of both company product development and municipal core services.

Welcome to DOLL – The Digital Outdoor Living Lab for smart cities

What you get

Turn your prototype into a market-ready solution

Test and validate your solution in real-life environments

Refine your use case with expert support

Connect directly with cities and decision-makers

Accelerate your path to commercialization

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How to get started

Step 1 - Introduction and scoping

Step 2 - Collaboration Agreement

Step 3 - Use Case Design & Kickoff

Step 4 - Deployment & Testing

Step 5 - Communication, Demonstration & Decision Support

Step 6 - Review & Next Steps

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