4.4.8 Equipment and facility rental service
Description: Offering equipment, labs, spaces, human resources and other facilities for rent. Some Living Labs do this based on a win-to-win agreement where money does not change hand. Also, some Living Labs require research collaboration when renting.
R&D service categories: Networking and capacity building
Key characteristics in living lab context:
Participants’ role: In some cases, researchers can visit the LL and use the provided facilities for free of charge
Objectives:
- Getting temporary human, space, technical or other facility resources,
- Enable research collaboration
Methods: Payment, research collaboration grounded on living lab resources
Tools: Simulation lab