Living Labs Luzern

Hochschule Luzern acts as organizational umbrella and representing legal entity for the Energy Lab and two real size living labs, namely Living Lab QUBE and Living Lab CELL. Moreover, additional living labs are set to be established in the upcoming years, through cooperations with TechCluster Zug, Viva Luzern and the Swiss Museum of Transport.

Living Labs Luzern is an acting coordinating entity of Living Labs activities related to the LANTERN project. Find out more here.

A “User-centered, open innovation ecosystems based on systematic user co-creation approach, integrating research and innovation processes in real life communities and settings”.
A Living Lab is composed of many stakeholders within a Quadruple Helix Model working together in a public-private-people-partnership (PPPP)

One of the most important Living Lab concepts is the so-called “Three-layer Model”.
Living Labs act at different levels and this is our conceptual representation of it.
The MACRO level is where we will talk about Stakeholder and Context analysis. The MESO level will consider the different projects that could be managed by the Living Lab. And the MICRO level refers to the specific Tools and Methods available to support and to help fulfill activities and projects taken on by the Living Lab. It is important to mention that there is no hierarchy between these three layers. For example, the use of Tools within the MICRO level during the projects’ development, will support Stakeholder and Project management.