Kuala Lumpur’s living laboratory of innovation

Driving innovation and sustainability to improve livability in Kuala Lumpur, the city has opened its groundbreaking Centre for Sustainable Innovation (KLCSI).

The center brings together entrepreneurs, inventors, students and designers, along with government agencies, local communities and research institutes, to provide a hub for the exchange of brilliant urban ideas. The goal is to create pilot projects based on shared knowledge and resources that focus on built environments, urban mobility, city management, IT, public safety, waste and water management, and clean energy. To fast track these innovations, KLCSI provides living laboratory services – an environment where new ideas and products are introduced to a community of people who can use and test them, while helping creators refine, improve and perfect them through collaboration.

“Kuala Lumpur is a thriving, fast-moving economic center for Malaysia, and in tandem with the country’s economic transformation program, KLCSI’s core focus is to increase city livability,” said Dr. Thomas Tang, managing director of KLCSI and AECOM’s sustainability director for Asia.

The center opened in fall 2015 with a special event attended by representatives from AECOM’s joint-venture partner, Yayasan Wilayah Persekutuan.