Comfort In Living

The purpose of Comfort in Living is to focus on product development for the comfort of living among the growing population of elderly people in the Baltic Sea Region. The project responds to the growing societal challenge of an aging population in Europe as well as in other parts of the world.

The consortia of cluster organizations and research milieus in the project will provide different competencies when it comes to design and housing concepts for the needs of elderly people. The goal is to provide well being for the society by providing innovative and comfortable solutions for the population of elderly people.

The project partners will work jointly with the design and creation of universal design solutions in a modern house concept. Through the pilot project the key focus is to develop new and innovative products for the house based on the needs of the target group. The idea is to bring solutions to the Baltic Sea Region market as well as the global market, as the population of elderly people is growing around the world.

The partners in Comfort in Living are IDC West Sweden, The Art Academy of Latvia, Business Cooperation Center of Southern Lithuania, The faculty of wood technology, Poznan University of Life Science (Poland). Associated partners are The Development Centre UMT in Denmark and Culminatum Innovation in Finland.

Comfort in Living is a part of the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations 2012.