Trees will be planted by the city and the citizens of Lappeenranta in celebration of its 370th birthday in Lauritsala on 27.9.2019. Anyone can plant a tree to the Greenreality anniversary park, located at the corner of Hyötiöntie and Luukkaankatu. Also companies and communities are welcome to join.
A Greenreality Homes operated test period of sustainable everyday living has begun in Lappeenranta on September 21. For a month, the households participating have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with everyday living that produces a smaller carbon footprint. 45 homes are participating, most of which are located in Lappeenranta, as well as a few in neighboring municipalities. All-sized households are represented from apartment buildings and detached houses to terraced houses. The homes are located in the city center, urban areas and the countryside.
A global change is currently underway in the energy sector, which affects different industries extensively. This is known as the smart energy transition. The transition is based on climate change mitigation, technological development and the limitations of fossil energy sources. The electrification of traffic is a part of this larger trend, that is currently shaking the energy sector and automotive industry.
The aim of the FUTURBINE project is to support Aurelia’s growth strategy by demonstrating the fuel flexibility performance of Aurelia® A400 in an operational environment, by optimizing the company’s value chain and integrator partner model and by continuing commercialization activities for global market entry.
Jarmo Roiha started as the CEO of Enerity Solutions Oy during the summer. Jarmo transferred to Enerity Solutions Oy from Empower IM Oy, where he was responsible for sales of the IT systems of the energy sector and customer-oriented energy market services in the Nordic countries. Jarmo has previously worked at Vattenfall Oy and Helen Oy with electricity sales and customer service in digital service channels as his area of responsibility.
The collaboration between Auto-Kilta and Elektroway announced in the beginning of spring has advanced succesfully during the summer. The solar power systems were installed in June and July to Auto-Kilta offices in Mikkeli and Savonlinna, and the installation in Auto-Kilta Trucks in Mustola, Lappeenranta is underway. The solar plant that is being installed has the power of 88 kWp.
Management and experts of the Ukrainian Kamyanets-Podilskiyi heating company arrived to familiarize with Imatran Lämpö Oy and its activity on week 33, funded by the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and administrated by the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation NEFCO's Finland Ukraine Trust Fund.
LCA Consulting carried out a report to the Ministy of Environment that evaluated the current costs of separate collection of consumer packaging waste, as well as possible costs if property-specific separate collection was expanded considerably from the existing system.
Proheat labored a domestic Gebwell ground-source heat pump. The previous district heating equipment was dismantled in its entirety. The system consists of geothermal wells that were drilled for 1200 meters. In addition, heat recovery ventilation was installed to the roof with our partner I-Huolto.
In the future all heating and water of the housing cooperative of 30 apartments will be produced with ecological geothermal heating.
The city of Lappeenranta and Green Net Finland are establishing three finnish-petersburgian expert groups on following themes:
1. Eko, energy, and waste efficiency in living/building
2. Green traffic and logistics
3. Circular economy
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