Tuusulan Energia Oy

Tuusulan Energia Oy operates a bioenergy plant that has provided process heat for the nearby concrete factory since 2004. The plant hosts 2.5 MW wood chip gasification boiler. Before, the process heat required in the factory was obtained from heavy oil. By utilizing bioenergy, the total greenhouse gas emissions from the factory have been reduced significantly.

A terraced house Villilänniemi

The site is a renovation target where solar energy is used to preheat household water. Besides solar energy the system includes 90 kW ground source heat pump equipment.

A terraced house, 25 flats, 70 persons
Solar collector: 3 x Sundial SF10, 30 square metres

Sundial Finland Oy

Sundial Finland Oy is a Finnish company founded in 2009 specializing in solar thermal energy. Our head office is situated in Tampere. In our premises we present solar collectors, different pumps, heat transfer pipes and roof fasteners.

Company’s product range covers all components needed in solar thermal systems, for instance solar collectors, control units, pipes and accumulators. We prefer to use Finnish components whenever possible.

The solar energy system of Pori’s swimming hall

The city of Pori made a brave opening by choosing solar energy to be one of the energy sources of their swimming hall. Special attention was paid to the appearance of the swimming hall. For the first time in the world the façade of a swimming hall was integrated with Aurubiks Nordic Solar heat system. In addition, there are 360 square metres of solar panels (50 kWp) and 200 square metres of solar heat collectors on the roof of the hall.

The swimming hall project combined the latest technology, the development of renewable energy sources applications, research and innovations as well as strong local know-how. Energy efficiency has been considered also in other solutions, e.g. the heat is recovered from both the exhaust air of air conditioning and shower water.

Housing Company Pohjolankatu 18−20

– A block of flats built in 1980, 54 flats, volume 14 335 cubic metres plus 300 square metres business premises
– In June 2014 a 60 kW exhaust air heat pump was installed as well as three heat recovery units
– Two accumulators (750 l) for preheating of water and also 10 square metres of solar collectors
– The district heating substation unit has been renovated and LED lighting installed in stairways.
– The whole system has been attached to the Talotohtori control and monitoring system for buildings.
On 4 November 2014 the Environment and Building Division of Tampere City’s Community Board gave the housing company an honorary award for good construction.

Enermix Oy

Enermix Oy is the leading supplier of building engineering as well as automation and control systems in Pirkanmaa region and Central Finland. Our product and service range includes energy-efficient ground source heat pump systems, exhaust air recovery systems, different automation systems for houses and homes, control systems for hybrid solutions and other technical building services.

We plan and implement energy solutions for our customers as turnkey deliveries. We offer maintenance, automation and expert services for controlling buildings’ energy use and improving their energy efficiency. Our clientele consists of housing companies and owners of private houses.

Solar power, a terraced house in Erämiehentie

The building is a renovation target where solar power is used to to preheat household water and to stimulate the ground circuit of ground source heat pump system. The system includes both solar collectors and 90 kW ground source heat pump equipment.

A terraced house, 25 flats, 70 persons
Collector: 3 x Sundial SF10, 30 m2

Sundial Finland Oy

Sundial Finland Oy is a Finnish company founded in 2009 specializing in solar thermal energy. Our head office is situated in Tampere. In our premises we present solar collectors, different pumps, heat transfer pipes and roof fasteners.

Company’s product range covers all components needed in solar thermal systems, for instance solar collectors, control units, pipes and accumulators. We prefer to use Finnish components whenever possible.

Savosolar factory

Savosolar factory

Savosolar

Savosolar is a Finnish company manufacturing the most efficient solar thermal collectors in the world. The uniqueness of the company's products is based on vacuum coating process where the complete absorber structure is coated, which means that the direct flow design is utilized. The Savosolar team has extensive know-how and experience in vacuum coating techniques as well as in international sales and business management. The company uses the latest manufacturing technologies in its processes and the quality system meets the ISO 9000 requirements.

Lappeenranta University of Technology, Green Campus

During 2013-2014, one of Finland's largest solar power plants was built on LUT's campus with a generation capacity of 210 kWp. GreenEnergy Finland supplied 158 kWp of all solar panels. The solar panels are located on the roofs of the university and they make up the roof structures of car ports. The surface area of the solar panels is about 1500 square metres.

Besides producing electricity the solar power station will act also as a research and teaching laboratory where such things as the installation and functioning of network interfaces with solar cells can be investigated.

GreenEnergy Finland Ltd

GreenEnergy Finland Ltd is a premium supplier of solar energy solutions. It was founded in 2010 in Lappeenranta, Finland by a team of inspired energy sector professionals. Our mission is to make reliable and cost-efficient clean power generation available to all from the private customers to the large industrial enterprises. Our competitive advantage is based on the sourcing and integration of the core components and engineering in the systems we deliver as well as our experience in the international business management.
GreenEnergy Finland Ltd is a premium supplier of solar energy solutions. Our customers trust us because our personnel has a strong background and experience in all the company’s key technology areas and the international business environment. GreenEnergy Finland Ltd is ABB PV system integrator.

Bio and Circular Economy Centre - XAMK BioSampo

TRAINING AND APPLIED RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF ENERGY
The research Centre BioSampo moved to the South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences from Kouvola Region Vocational College (KSAO) in August 2017. A new research unit strengthens the development of polytechnic education in the fields of energy, forest, environment and energy in RDI activities.

BioSampo’s activities have been developed from a learning environment into that of applied research. Laboratory exercises are also provided for the students of the University of Applied Sciences, without forgetting the collaboration with the students of the vocational college.

DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND THE EXPANDONG FIELD OF RDI ACTIVITIES
BioSampo’s operations are more and more focused on the circular economy and e.g. finegrained wood materials and processes needed in their utilization. Slow pyrolysis plays a major role in BioSampo.

Smart grids and “Iot” remote access systems are the new operating environments. Decentralised energy production and the development of the CHP energy units and laboratory operations, as well as the use of electricity control and storage methods will enable the digital learning environment, as well as the enlargement of the RDI activities in BioSampo.

FRACTION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE AS A PART OF BIOSAMPO
Xamk RDI activities are strongly expanding in south-eastern Finland and the activities of circular economy and energy are concentrating in the vicinity of BioSampo. An example of this is that fraction technology research centre became a part of BioSampo. In the fraction technology research centre, ashes from industry and power plants are treated. One of the next objectives is to micronize ash and charcoal.

Activities are being developed with external funding, therefore, funding for development is sought e.g. from the EU as well as from national and international sources. Partner networks are extended all the time.

South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences – Xamk

South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences – Xamk – is an institute of higher education which focuses on wellbeing, technology and creative industries.

Xamk is the 5th largest university of applied sciences in Finland. We provide education in eight fields of study, participate in research and development and provide services to the businesses and residents of the area. There are campuses in four towns: Kotka, Kouvola, Mikkeli and Savonlinna.

International cooperation is an important part of our profile, with more than 350 partner educational institutions around the globe.

Xamk is a strong implementer of RDI activities and it is currently Finland’s largest UAS in the field of RDI, based on external financing alone. There are over 170 ongoing projects annually, in which our experts find, test and develop new products and services, or conduct research for future needs.

International activities promote students’ ability to work in international and multicultural environments. We receive approximately 600 international students each year, representing over 60 countries. Students can study a whole degree or parts of them in English. Five bachelor’s degree programmes and three master’s degree programmes are taught fully in English. Xamk’s international networks provide access to studies and work placements abroad. Xamk has approximately 350 partner schools.

Facts about Xamk:
9480 students
850 employees
1700 graduates per year
74 Degree Programmes
4 campuses
350 partner institutions around the world
Second largest UAS in Finland in terms of budget; annual turnover EUR 70 million
63 million euros total volume of research funding
15 million euros external RDI funding
Versatile services
president and CEO Heikki Saastamoinen

Joutsan Ekokaasu

Joutsan Ekokaasu offers waste management services in a biogas plant. The produced biogas will be refined into traffic fuel to be sold in a public filling station.

Metener Ltd

Mr. Erkki Kalmari, technician and dairy farmer, constructed a biogas plant on his farm in late 90´s. He had seen some biogas plants on a technical tour in Germany and wanted to have his own plant. After few years of successful biogas CHP utilisation he designed and manufactured a biogas upgrading unit and started to use biogas as a vehicle fuel in the year 2002. In the same year he opened a public CBG (compressed biogas) filling station and founded Metener Ltd with partners.

Metener Ltd has done a lot of R&D work over the years. Metener has its own laboratory for research. Company has done several biogas production trials for different biomasses and co-operated with universities and research bodies. Also biogas upgrading technology has been developed further.

Metener has required permissions to assemble and inspect bio/natural gas installations. In most cases, Metener Ltd delivers process and constructional planning, automation, biogas and biomass treatment equipment and pipe systems, as well as biogas utilisation equipment. Electrical engineering, groundworks and construction works are planned and contracted in cooperation with customer.

Future

• We continue designing and constructing biogas plants in Finland and also abroad. Abroad we operate with local partners.


• We emphasise development of small- and medium sized regional biogas plants and farm-scale plants


• We continue R&D work with biogas plants and we are looking for efficient ways to utilize biomasses with high dry matter content (e. g. grass from arable lands, landscaping grass, dry manure from horse and poultry).


• Landfill gas upgrading for vehicles and landfill gas collecting optimisation.

GASEK Oy

GASEK Oy is a Finnish energy technology company that develops and manufactures wood chip-fuelled CHP plants, which are based on wood gasification technology, as well as power plant gasification reactors.

The core technology of GASEK is the patented gasfier, which produces pure gas from mixed wood chips. The typical applications of GASEK’s power plants are sparsely populated areas, as well as small and medium size businesses, e.g. farms and greenhouses. GASEK solution provides a possibility for independent power and heat generation, and its power plants can be linked to national grids.

GASEK Oy was founded in 2008 and its main office is in Reisjärvi, Finland.

Nurmijärven Sähkö Oy

Nurmijärven Sähkö Oy has three district bioenergy heat power plants, providing heat for the inhabitants of Nurmijärvi area. The power plants are of sizes 4, 8 and 11 MW, two of them utilizing fluidized bed combustion technology and one, grate firing technology. Wood chips and forestry residues are used as fuels in the plants. The boilers are equipped with systems to collect heat from combustion gases. There is also a 300 kW biogas boiler attached to the Klaukkala power plant.

E18 Koskenkylä–Kotka Highway

The main road 7 is part of the international European road 18 and the Nordic Triangle traffic system, and it is regarded important by the European Union. The Finnish Transport Agency launched a project in 2011 to upgrade the road into a highway all the way from city of Helsinki to the busiest border crossing Vaalimaa.

C2 SmartLight Ltd supplied the street lighting control system for Koskenkylä–Kotka highway. The lighting control solution presented is unique, specifically designed and tailored for highway lighting – a solution no-one else in Finland could have offered. C2 SmartLight provided the software and the equipment used for lighting controlling, and coordinated their installation.

Demand-oriented Lighting

The C2 SmartLight central control system uses a web-based interface that the users can access remotely to monitor and adjust the settings of the lighting in different areas of the road. The sodium-vapor luminaires used in E18 are set to illuminate at the right output level in accordance with a variety of parameters ranging from amount of traffic, weather conditions to the luminance in different parts of the highway. The C2 SmartLight central control system is compatible with different kinds of information systems and thus able to use the data from e.g. meteo stations and traffic control systems. Dynamic, intelligent location-specific light control increases security and facilitates a significant reduction on energy consumption.

Automatic Failure Notifications and Reports

The lighting control system generates automatically failure notifications and reports. Failure notifications including the location of and type of the failure are automatically sent to the maintenance personnel by sms or email, depending on the importance level. The control system does not require constant supervision, but alarms the maintenance personnel when needed. The control devices on the site have a back-up system that works without connection to the control room.

The system provides reports about energy consumption, luminance measurements, burn times of the light bulbs or led-luminaires, and on/off switching times. The reports can be formed in desired periods and presented in graphics or tables. With the C2 SmartLight lighting control solution, the lighting of E18 is demand-oriented and ensures safety and comfort for all travellers.

C2 SmartLight Ltd

C2 SmartLight Ltd is a high-technology company that focuses on intelligent outdoor lighting control solutions. C2 SmartLight has completed over 130 lighting projects ranging from public spaces, national highways and harbors to private infrastructures.

C2 SmartLight creates energy-saving solutions for outdoor lighting, and provides both electrical and lighting design services, the equipment and software needed for the light control, and monitoring services. C2 SmartLight provides support for the customer at each stage of the project from planning to the after-deployment services.

C2 SmartLight - smart adaptive lighting

Spa Hotel Kunnonpaikka

Spa Hotel Kunnonpaikka offers various holiday and refreshment services as well as versatile spa and rehabilitation services for persons of all ages. It is located in the lush Lake District of eastern Finland close to the town of Kuopio.

A comprehensive energy audit was carried out there in 2014.

FinnEnergia Oy

FinnEnergia Oy is an authorised company, specialising in energy management and technical condition inspections for real estate and flats.

We provide services for the life cycle management of real estates and flats and for inspecting the energy-efficiency of business acitivities and industrial processes. Our special know-how includes energy analyses, energy inspections, moisture and mould surveys, as well as HPAC and condition surveys.

Energy efficient and flicker free lighting in the Prisma department store

Total of 2490 fluorescent tubes were replaced with Valtavalo 28W G4 LED tubes in the Prisma department store in Kajaani, Finland. This means an energy saving of approx. 60% as well as increase of the amount of light by dozens of percents. The new lighting is also flicker free.

In addition to a clear improvement in the energy efficiency, the level of illumination in the store needed to be modenised. Due to these facts as well as easy and effortless update of our current luminaires the customer selected Valtavalo’s most effective LED tubes.

Valtavalo Ltd

Valtavalo Ltd is a Finnish company, specialised in energy-efficient lighting solutions. We aim to improve our customers’ cost-efficiency and competitiveness by providing energy-saving, environmentally friendly alternatives. Valtavalo® LED tubes are the result of our own product development, manufactured in our Finnish factory with the latest automation technology. LED tubes bring remarkable energy savings: typical direct energy savings vary between 50 and 90% depending on the reference light source and the operating conditions. Also, the total cost of ownership of Valtavalo LED tubes is the lowest in the industry.

Over the years, Valtavalo's products have been installed on a variety of destinations – including challenging conditions where most lighting products can not withstand. In addition to domestic market, Valtavalo also operates internationally in many European countries.

Energy laboratory

Energy laboratory in learning environment combines laboratorial action and workshop style practice.
Energy laboratory provides a possibility to study following areas:

• Heat pump technique and it's different forms
• Solar power systems
• Solar heat systems
• Ventilation systems
• Hybrid systems and their installation, wiring, use, adjustment, maintenance and optimization

Savo Consortium for Education (SAKKY)

Savo Consortium for Education (SAKKY), in cooperation with Savonia University of Applied Sciences, implemented Energy laboratory in Siilijärvi, Toivala, in 2012. It is a new learning environment for developing technology and sphere of renewable energy resources.

Farm Kiviluoma MKS

Antti HiPress BIO 650 kW. Grain drying with precleaning residues and peat. Double dryer type 2x 35MF3.

Antti-Teollisuus Oy

Advanced dryers and cutting-edge comprehensive solutions

Antti's expertise and experience in agriculture are second to none. We are profoundly familiar with the changing and challenging needs of agriculture as well as the high requirements set by farmers. Continuous research and development and our strong desire to overcome challenges have taken Antti to the top. Our goals for the future are equally ambitious.

Antti dryers represent the absolute best in the field. Today, dryers can be based on bioburners, a cost-effective option. They also offer plenty of choice in terms of automated control and monitoring. In addition, our product range includes conveyors and elevators as well as comprehensive solutions customised to the size and production volume of each farm.

Grain drying with biomass. Antti bioheaters are available in range of 300-800kW. Applicable fuel can be wood chips, peat, pellets, residues from grain precleaning and energy grain. The use of bioheater within grain drying offers 70% cost saving potential when oil is replaced with wood chips – if precleaning residues can be utilized as a fuel the saving potential is even more. Antti bioheater offers a great opportunity to cut the drying costs and short term return of the investment.

Antti-Teollisuus Oy, established in 1952, is a family-owned business that manufactures metal products. The plant is located in Salo, Southwest Finland. More than 60 years steely know-how.

Farm Meller

Antti HiPress BIO 650 kW. Grain drying with wood chips. Antti bioheater and biomass boiler share the same fuel storage. Dryer type 34MF2.

Antti-Teollisuus Oy

Advanced dryers and cutting-edge comprehensive solutions

Antti's expertise and experience in agriculture are second to none. We are profoundly familiar with the changing and challenging needs of agriculture as well as the high requirements set by farmers. Continuous research and development and our strong desire to overcome challenges have taken Antti to the top. Our goals for the future are equally ambitious.

Antti dryers represent the absolute best in the field. Today, dryers can be based on bioburners, a cost-effective option. They also offer plenty of choice in terms of automated control and monitoring. In addition, our product range includes conveyors and elevators as well as comprehensive solutions customised to the size and production volume of each farm.

Grain drying with biomass. Antti bioheaters are available in range of 300-800kW. Applicable fuel can be wood chips, peat, pellets, residues from grain precleaning and energy grain. The use of bioheater within grain drying offers 70% cost saving potential when oil is replaced with wood chips – if precleaning residues can be utilized as a fuel the saving potential is even more. Antti bioheater offers a great opportunity to cut the drying costs and short term return of the investment.

Antti-Teollisuus Oy, established in 1952, is a family-owned business that manufactures metal products. The plant is located in Salo, Southwest Finland. More than 60 years steely know-how.

Farm Mennala

Antti HiPress BIO 650 kW biocontainer. Grain drying with wood chips.

Antti-Teollisuus Oy

Advanced dryers and cutting-edge comprehensive solutions

Antti's expertise and experience in agriculture are second to none. We are profoundly familiar with the changing and challenging needs of agriculture as well as the high requirements set by farmers. Continuous research and development and our strong desire to overcome challenges have taken Antti to the top. Our goals for the future are equally ambitious.

Antti dryers represent the absolute best in the field. Today, dryers can be based on bioburners, a cost-effective option. They also offer plenty of choice in terms of automated control and monitoring. In addition, our product range includes conveyors and elevators as well as comprehensive solutions customised to the size and production volume of each farm.

Grain drying with biomass. Antti bioheaters are available in range of 300-800kW. Applicable fuel can be wood chips, peat, pellets, residues from grain precleaning and energy grain. The use of bioheater within grain drying offers 70% cost saving potential when oil is replaced with wood chips – if precleaning residues can be utilized as a fuel the saving potential is even more. Antti bioheater offers a great opportunity to cut the drying costs and short term return of the investment.

Antti-Teollisuus Oy, established in 1952, is a family-owned business that manufactures metal products. The plant is located in Salo, Southwest Finland. More than 60 years steely know-how.

Farm Vironen MTY

Antti HiPress BIO 650 kW. Grain drying with wood chips. Dryer type double dryer 2x 34MF3.

Antti-Teollisuus Oy

Advanced dryers and cutting-edge comprehensive solutions

Antti's expertise and experience in agriculture are second to none. We are profoundly familiar with the changing and challenging needs of agriculture as well as the high requirements set by farmers. Continuous research and development and our strong desire to overcome challenges have taken Antti to the top. Our goals for the future are equally ambitious.

Antti dryers represent the absolute best in the field. Today, dryers can be based on bioburners, a cost-effective option. They also offer plenty of choice in terms of automated control and monitoring. In addition, our product range includes conveyors and elevators as well as comprehensive solutions customised to the size and production volume of each farm.

Grain drying with biomass. Antti bioheaters are available in range of 300-800kW. Applicable fuel can be wood chips, peat, pellets, residues from grain precleaning and energy grain. The use of bioheater within grain drying offers 70% cost saving potential when oil is replaced with wood chips – if precleaning residues can be utilized as a fuel the saving potential is even more. Antti bioheater offers a great opportunity to cut the drying costs and short term return of the investment.

Antti-Teollisuus Oy, established in 1952, is a family-owned business that manufactures metal products. The plant is located in Salo, Southwest Finland. More than 60 years steely know-how.

Finnish LED tubes in Lapland Central Hospital

The central hospital in Lapland is illuminated by almost 2000 pcs. of Valtavalo's LED tubes. Finnish made LED tubes are used for general lighting, for example, in reception lobbies, corridors and operating theatres. The customer has been particularly pleased with the products' functionality and sustainability.

Energy efficiency of the lighting exceeded expectations meaning much faster than expected payback time and significantly improved Return on Investment (ROI). The lighting levels in the premises have also improved noticeably.

Valtavalo Ltd

Valtavalo Ltd is a Finnish company, specialised in energy-efficient lighting solutions. We aim to improve our customers’ cost-efficiency and competitiveness by providing energy-saving, environmentally friendly alternatives. Valtavalo® LED tubes are the result of our own product development, manufactured in our Finnish factory with the latest automation technology. LED tubes bring remarkable energy savings: typical direct energy savings vary between 50 and 90% depending on the reference light source and the operating conditions. Also, the total cost of ownership of Valtavalo LED tubes is the lowest in the industry.

Over the years, Valtavalo's products have been installed on a variety of destinations – including challenging conditions where most lighting products can not withstand. In addition to domestic market, Valtavalo also operates internationally in many European countries.

Heka-Vuosaari

During winter 2014 LeaseGreen and Ouman carried out a joint energy saving project which intensified the energy use of certain apartment buildings owned by Helsinki City.

In the project Ouman’s HeatGuards were installed into the heat distribution rooms of five apartment buildings. Through this the heating costs are estimated to decrease roughly by quarter million during the life cycle of the investment.

The buildings have been constructed in 1999−2001 and they are tended by Heka-Vuosaari Oy owned by Helsinki City. The joint project by LeaseGreen and Ouman proved that there are rational possibilities to save energy even in rather new apartment buildings.

LeaseGreen Group

LeaseGreen is a Finnish company dedicated to helping clients in the property sector to improve their profitability and environmental sustainability by enhancing energy efficiency. LeaseGreen seeks out the best solutions available and makes necessary investments. The company’s clients pay monthly fees for the services from the savings achieved through their projects. Monthly fees are invariably lower than the immediate savings. After the end of the project, subsequent savings are enjoyed in their entirety by the property owners. Savings start immediately.

Intelligent control system for street lights

With the intelligent control system for street lights the lighting of the streets and roads are controlled to right levels to achieve up to 50 % of energy savings. The lighting levels are controlled according to time and traffic amounts so that always the right lighting levels are achieved by taken into account both the energy saving potential and the safety of the streets.

There are several systems implemented in Finland ex. HW1, HW51, Leppävaara, road 7, road 2-, ringroad III.

Kakola’s heat pump station

TSE’s (Turun Seudun Energiantuotanto Oy) heat pump plant in Kakola utilizes wastewater’s heat in order to produce both district heating and cooling for buildings at Turku region. The plant was finished in Spring 2009 next to Kakola’s wastewater treatment plant and the second heat pump was installed in Summer 2013. With the help of heat pumps the remaining heat energy from the water can be recovered instead of discharging it directly to the sea.

The heat produced in the heat pump plant corresponds to the heating needs of ca. 24 000 citizens of Turku. The wastewater cools down in heat pumps while releasing the heat energy to the water circulating in district heat network, after this the cooled down water is still used to district cooling. The plant is situated in a cave inside of Kakola’s rock. Besides the heat pumps there is a cold water reservoir (16 000 cubic metres) which is used to level daily variations in the district cooling network.

Kalmari farm

Kalmari farm is one of the pioneer farms producing biogas in Finland, and an excellent example of innovative use of biogas technology. The farm is self-sufficient in electricity, heat and vehicle fuel. Excess electricity is sold to the grid, and vehicle fuel sales exceeded 1000 MWh in 2011. The biogas plant digests cow manure and confectionery by-products, and in the future will also digest fat trap waste and liquid biowaste.

Esite: Pioneering Biogas farming in Central Finland.

Metener Ltd

Mr. Erkki Kalmari, technician and dairy farmer, constructed a biogas plant on his farm in late 90´s. He had seen some biogas plants on a technical tour in Germany and wanted to have his own plant. After few years of successful biogas CHP utilisation he designed and manufactured a biogas upgrading unit and started to use biogas as a vehicle fuel in the year 2002. In the same year he opened a public CBG (compressed biogas) filling station and founded Metener Ltd with partners.

Metener Ltd has done a lot of R&D work over the years. Metener has its own laboratory for research. Company has done several biogas production trials for different biomasses and co-operated with universities and research bodies. Also biogas upgrading technology has been developed further.

Metener has required permissions to assemble and inspect bio/natural gas installations. In most cases, Metener Ltd delivers process and constructional planning, automation, biogas and biomass treatment equipment and pipe systems, as well as biogas utilisation equipment. Electrical engineering, groundworks and construction works are planned and contracted in cooperation with customer.

Future

• We continue designing and constructing biogas plants in Finland and also abroad. Abroad we operate with local partners.


• We emphasise development of small- and medium sized regional biogas plants and farm-scale plants


• We continue R&D work with biogas plants and we are looking for efficient ways to utilize biomasses with high dry matter content (e. g. grass from arable lands, landscaping grass, dry manure from horse and poultry).


• Landfill gas upgrading for vehicles and landfill gas collecting optimisation.

Solar district heating plant

Solar energy is a very suitable application for district heating. Solar district heating plants increase the overall efficiency in residential and industrial areas and the higher yield provided by Savosolar's collectors make them ideal for large scale applications. Savosolar's largest collector has an aperture area of 14.73 m2 and is among the largest solar thermal collectors in the world. In this site 654 collectors were mounted in 2015.

Apart from the large collectors, Savosolar also offers complete solar thermal system design and installation for district heating plants. Turnkey solutions of entire heating systems will be carried out together with partners from design into deliver for district heating plants, mines or breweries.

Savosolar

Savosolar is a Finnish company manufacturing the most efficient solar thermal collectors in the world. The uniqueness of the company's products is based on vacuum coating process where the complete absorber structure is coated, which means that the direct flow design is utilized. The Savosolar team has extensive know-how and experience in vacuum coating techniques as well as in international sales and business management. The company uses the latest manufacturing technologies in its processes and the quality system meets the ISO 9000 requirements.

Koivula shopping mall in Turku

LeaseGreen is carrying out a comprehensive energy efficiency project at Koivula shopping mall in Turku. The property’s automation system will be updated, ventilation fittings will be modernised, heat exchangers will be renovated, and the building will be linked to an energy control centre.

The project targets net savings of 350,000 euros in the shopping mall’s heating and electricity use during the life cycle of the measures realised. The whole scheme is being financed through a funding model devised by LeaseGreen. The model is based on monthly fees by clients. This means that clients do not need to contribute their own capital.

Koivula shopping mall is largely owned by the Finnish property investment fund Trevian Retail I, which is run by Trevian Asset Management. Built in 1989, the mall houses retail outlets including a major supermarket, a pharmacy and several restaurants.

LeaseGreen Group

LeaseGreen is a Finnish company dedicated to helping clients in the property sector to improve their profitability and environmental sustainability by enhancing energy efficiency. LeaseGreen seeks out the best solutions available and makes necessary investments. The company’s clients pay monthly fees for the services from the savings achieved through their projects. Monthly fees are invariably lower than the immediate savings. After the end of the project, subsequent savings are enjoyed in their entirety by the property owners. Savings start immediately.

LED lighting for logistics terminal, DHL Freight Ltd, Vantaa Finland

DHL Freight Ltd's terminal in Vantaa Finland was one of the first installations with Valtavalo’s Finnish made LED tubes. Various measurements were executed in the premises by a technical maintenance professional before and after the installation. In addition to the significant 60% energy savings, the customer noticed that the LED tubes achieve 25% higher illuminance than the T8 fluorescent tubes that were previously used in the premises. Terminal lighting requires durability and energy efficiency, due to high 24/7 usage. Thus, the Finnish made long-lasting product was a natural choice for the site.

Valtavalo Ltd

Valtavalo Ltd is a Finnish company, specialised in energy-efficient lighting solutions. We aim to improve our customers’ cost-efficiency and competitiveness by providing energy-saving, environmentally friendly alternatives. Valtavalo® LED tubes are the result of our own product development, manufactured in our Finnish factory with the latest automation technology. LED tubes bring remarkable energy savings: typical direct energy savings vary between 50 and 90% depending on the reference light source and the operating conditions. Also, the total cost of ownership of Valtavalo LED tubes is the lowest in the industry.

Over the years, Valtavalo's products have been installed on a variety of destinations – including challenging conditions where most lighting products can not withstand. In addition to domestic market, Valtavalo also operates internationally in many European countries.

LED lighting in challenging industrial environment, Höganäs Sweden

After testing products from several LED lighting suppliers, Höganäs AB, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of iron-based metal powders selected Valtavalo Oy as its supplier of LED tubes. The goal of this project was to find a solution utilizing LED lighting in challenging industrial environment, where the lights are on 24/7 at the temperature of 40-45 degrees (C). During summer the temperature can even reach 60 degrees (C).

LED tubes manufactured by Valtavalo Oy proved to be the most durable and energy efficient LED tubes available in the market.

Valtavalo Ltd

Valtavalo Ltd is a Finnish company, specialised in energy-efficient lighting solutions. We aim to improve our customers’ cost-efficiency and competitiveness by providing energy-saving, environmentally friendly alternatives. Valtavalo® LED tubes are the result of our own product development, manufactured in our Finnish factory with the latest automation technology. LED tubes bring remarkable energy savings: typical direct energy savings vary between 50 and 90% depending on the reference light source and the operating conditions. Also, the total cost of ownership of Valtavalo LED tubes is the lowest in the industry.

Over the years, Valtavalo's products have been installed on a variety of destinations – including challenging conditions where most lighting products can not withstand. In addition to domestic market, Valtavalo also operates internationally in many European countries.

LED tubes make schools brighter and save electricity in Vantaa

LED tubes played an important role in generating the energy savings needed for financing energy-saving investments in 14 schools and other public buildings in Vantaa. There were typical municipality-owned buildings selected for the project, like schools, day care centres, sports halls, libraries and a multipurpose centre. About one-quarter of the savings in electricity and heat will come with LED tubes.

Fluorescent tubes were replaced by LED tubes easily by installing them on existing lighting fixtures, which was seen as a better solution than a major renovation by installing integrated LED luminaires.

Valtavalo Ltd

Valtavalo Ltd is a Finnish company, specialised in energy-efficient lighting solutions. We aim to improve our customers’ cost-efficiency and competitiveness by providing energy-saving, environmentally friendly alternatives. Valtavalo® LED tubes are the result of our own product development, manufactured in our Finnish factory with the latest automation technology. LED tubes bring remarkable energy savings: typical direct energy savings vary between 50 and 90% depending on the reference light source and the operating conditions. Also, the total cost of ownership of Valtavalo LED tubes is the lowest in the industry.

Over the years, Valtavalo's products have been installed on a variety of destinations – including challenging conditions where most lighting products can not withstand. In addition to domestic market, Valtavalo also operates internationally in many European countries.

Nearly zero-energy hall in Hämeenlinna

The first near zero-energy hall in Finland for commercial and office premises has been completed at Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK) in Hämeenlinna. Built for R&D and teaching use, the new hall will be occupied by HAMK and Ruukki Construction. The hall was built to show that it is economically viable to build a near zero-energy building even in northern climes.

The main departure point in building the hall was to create a building that both saves energy and utilises renewable energy. The successful outcome of the building is that it was designed as a whole rather than being split up into various parts. Optimisation gave the best end result over the entire lifetime of the building. In this context, optimisation means investment outlay, additional costs during the use of the building and the potential savings were taken into account when choosing the solutions used. In other words, energy savings and generation were examined over the entire lifetime of the building. For example, it is not worth using thicker insulation in the roof and walls where a higher return can be gained by using renewable energy.

Ruukki Classic solar roof collects solar heat, which is conducted through energy piles into the ground. The heat stored in this way is used to heat the building during the winter. The building façade features the Ruukki® on-wall solar system, which converts the sun’s rays into energy for the building. The glass windows on the south-facing side of the building have been replaced by polycarbonate daylight windows, through which incoming light does not glare. These windows also insulate heat well and so prevent the sun’s thermal rays from heating the premises in summer.

The airtight outside walls have been created using energy panels, which save heating costs. This in turn reduces lifecycle costs and carbon dioxide emissions. Ruukki’s heating and cooling profiles based on solar radiation have been affixed to the underside of the ceiling. These cut the energy consumption used in air-conditioning and reduce temperature variations on each floor.

Ruukki Expression and Ruukki Forma products add to the impressive looks of the building. Expression enables any photographic image to be taped on to a façade, in this case a cloudy sky. Forma enables façade cladding products to be affixed to panels to give buildings a more multi-dimensional look. In this case, Cor-Ten rainscreen panels have been used.

Instruments and censors have been installed in the building structures to measure the functioning of the building’s structures and mechanical and electrical solutions, and to verify energy efficiency. The data generated will be used by adjusting the building to work as planned.

Ruukki

Ruukki has knowledge of energyefficient steel solutions as well as the largest product and service range of the market. The customer receives needed steel products and services directly from one supplier. Ruukki's facade systems offer a wide range of complete wall systems for industrial and commercial construction. In addition to existing sandwich panel and energy panel systems, Ruukki is now launching a new architectural facade system that combines high standard of architecture with excellent energy efficiency. Facade systems will be delivered as packages containing all necessary parts and equipment.

Ruukki® façade systems are always all-inclusive deliveries with all needed components for a complete installation.

The heat pump in the Water Treatment Plant of the Helsinki Region Environmental Services HSY

The heat pump station in the Pitkäkoski Water Treatment Plant of the Helsinki Region Environmental Services HSY recovers heat from the raw water from Lake Päijänne and transfers it into the internal heating network of the station.

The special challenge concerning household water is that heat recovery may not compromise the reliability of delivery or water hygiene under no circumstance. There is also a danger that raw water will freeze in the heat exchangers when the temperature is low. The system pilots new technology and the experiences gained may be utilized in other water treatment plants.

The purpose of the pump system is to produce heat into the heating network of the plant. The heat source for the pump is water originating from Lake Päijänne in the raw water pipeline. The main principle is that raw water is directed to the pump station where heat is recoveded and the water then directed back to the pipeline somewhat colder. The heat benefit is around 2 degrees. The system includes two Oilon’s ChillHeat S280 pumps.

Oilon Oy

Founded in 1961, Oilon is a Finnish family-owned energy and environmental technology company.

We manufacture and sell:
- Burners and combustion systems for liquid and gaseous fuels in the capacity range of 10 kW–80 MW
- Industrial heat pumps and cooling plants
- Ground source heat pumps for heating houses
- Solar heat collectors

Our products are used, for example, in power plants, waste incineration, marine boilers, district heating plants, for heating or cooling large buildings and facilities, and for heating private houses.

Pelto-Paturi Oy

Antti HiPress BIO 650 kW. Grain drying with wood chips. Dryer type 34MF3.

Antti-Teollisuus Oy

Advanced dryers and cutting-edge comprehensive solutions

Antti's expertise and experience in agriculture are second to none. We are profoundly familiar with the changing and challenging needs of agriculture as well as the high requirements set by farmers. Continuous research and development and our strong desire to overcome challenges have taken Antti to the top. Our goals for the future are equally ambitious.

Antti dryers represent the absolute best in the field. Today, dryers can be based on bioburners, a cost-effective option. They also offer plenty of choice in terms of automated control and monitoring. In addition, our product range includes conveyors and elevators as well as comprehensive solutions customised to the size and production volume of each farm.

Grain drying with biomass. Antti bioheaters are available in range of 300-800kW. Applicable fuel can be wood chips, peat, pellets, residues from grain precleaning and energy grain. The use of bioheater within grain drying offers 70% cost saving potential when oil is replaced with wood chips – if precleaning residues can be utilized as a fuel the saving potential is even more. Antti bioheater offers a great opportunity to cut the drying costs and short term return of the investment.

Antti-Teollisuus Oy, established in 1952, is a family-owned business that manufactures metal products. The plant is located in Salo, Southwest Finland. More than 60 years steely know-how.

Pivaset Oy, heating and cooling of the factory building with ground source heat pump

Pivaset Oy’s production hall completed in 2009 in Leppävirta is heated with 174 kilowat Gebwell ground source heating system. The cooling of production hall is taken passively from heat wells and distributed in the facilities through ventilation and fan coil units. The hall is cooled during 7-9 months of the year. The cooling power of the system is around 120 kW and the cooling costs around 1000 euros / year.

Gebwell Oy

Gebwell Oy is a company based in Leppävirta, Finland, specialized in environmentally friendly heating and cooling solutions. Gebwell Oy manufactures and sells equipment designed for connection to district heating and the utilization of ground source heat. In addition, Gebwell Oy also offers heat well drilling all over Finland.

All of our products are designed and manufactured in Leppävirta in production facilities spanning 10,000 square meters. High quality ground source heat pumps, accumulators and district heating substations are all manufactured by skilled personnel in a flexible and high-quality manner.

The largest LED tube project in Scandinavia - the parking facilities in Jumbo Shopping Centre

The parking facilities of Jumbo Shopping Centre, including service rooms and technical facilities, is now lit with about 6,000 LED tubes. As far as we know, this number makes the Jumbo LED tube project the largest of its kind in Scandinavia, and probably also the largest LED project in Finland. n addition to saving energy, LED tubes also decrease the need for maintenance. The electronic ballasts were removed from the luminaires during installing the LED tubes. The electronic ballasts broke down easily and might have risked a fire starting as a consequence.

Valtavalo Ltd

Valtavalo Ltd is a Finnish company, specialised in energy-efficient lighting solutions. We aim to improve our customers’ cost-efficiency and competitiveness by providing energy-saving, environmentally friendly alternatives. Valtavalo® LED tubes are the result of our own product development, manufactured in our Finnish factory with the latest automation technology. LED tubes bring remarkable energy savings: typical direct energy savings vary between 50 and 90% depending on the reference light source and the operating conditions. Also, the total cost of ownership of Valtavalo LED tubes is the lowest in the industry.

Over the years, Valtavalo's products have been installed on a variety of destinations – including challenging conditions where most lighting products can not withstand. In addition to domestic market, Valtavalo also operates internationally in many European countries.

Sybimar's closed circulation concept

Sybimar has developed a bioenergy and food production solution based on closed circulation, where waste, waste heat, nutrients and carbon dioxide are used and recycled back to energy and food production. The pilot plant of the concept functions in Uusikaupunki, but the concept can be tailored to serve different needs in local conditions.

The basic idea behind the concept is to create sustainable and economically sound business without burdening the Environment. The concept includes a fishery, a greenhouse, a biogas plant, a generator as well as a biofuel plant. The fishery circulates waste water and is situated on dry land. The nutritious water from the fishery is guided to the greenhouse to fertilize growing vegetables.

The biogas plant recovers all gases formed by the waste in the landfill. Besides this, the organic side streams of the greenhouse and the fishery are directed there. The gas is utilized in Sybimar’s own generator to produce electricity and heat which are then used in the plants of the closed circulation concept.

In the exhaustless closed circulation concept energy is produced from waste and the fishery and the greenhouse are connected to each other. The greenhouse heats up, oxidizes and purifies water, whereas the nutrients from the fish farming fertilize growth. The digestate remains from the biogas plant are used for soil enrichment.

Sybimar Ltd

Sybimar Ltd was founded in 2005 and is based in Uusikaupunki, Finland. The company produces biofuels from food industry by-products and manufactures process equipment for producing biofuels. The company also develops and produces process equipment for food industry. Sybimar takes part in the Carbon Neutral Municipalities project which brings municipalities, businesses, citizens and experts together to create and carry out solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The office building with the lowest energy consumption in Finland

Total primary energy use of 85 kWh/m2a including small power loads is expected to comply with future nearly zero energy building requirements. The building is also highly cost efficient, nZEB related extra construction cost was only 3–4 %.

Energy performance

Viikki Environment House

Completed in September 2011, the energy-efficient office building is now used by the City of Helsinki Environment Centre and the University of Helsinki.

Tilkka Hospital

In early 2014 LeaseGreen enhanced the energy use of the premises of Tilkka Hospital, including a historic former military hospital and associated newer premises. Together with the property owners, the Finnish pension insurance company Etera, LeaseGreen set a target aiming to achieve savings in the use of district heating and electricity worth 200,000 euros during the life cycle of the energy saving measures.

The project agreement commits Etera to pay monthly fees to LeaseGreen for a period of 48 months. The project started with the installation of smart building technologies including sensors and motion detectors.

The energy savings already achieved during the project’s first few months indicate that the total savings target will be significantly exceeded. Savings realised in the first four months were 68% higher than the promised levels.

LeaseGreen Group

LeaseGreen is a Finnish company dedicated to helping clients in the property sector to improve their profitability and environmental sustainability by enhancing energy efficiency. LeaseGreen seeks out the best solutions available and makes necessary investments. The company’s clients pay monthly fees for the services from the savings achieved through their projects. Monthly fees are invariably lower than the immediate savings. After the end of the project, subsequent savings are enjoyed in their entirety by the property owners. Savings start immediately.

Wind power, Hesburger Hyvinkää

Hesburger restaurant in Hyvinkää makes widely use of different ecolocigal energy sources, like wind power, solar power and ground source heat via a pump system. In the ad tower in the front of the restaurant there is a four meters high Windside turbine WS-4B. The wind turbine as well as solar panels produce the restaurant clean electricity.

Oy Windside Production Ltd

Oy Windside Production Ltd has been manufacturing vertical axis wind turbines and accessories for over 30 years and turbines have been sold to over 40 countries around the world. Throughout the existence of the company, testing and product development has been an important part of the business. This over 30-year-journey is a guarantee to our customers of very deep know how of wind turbines in different applications and different environments.

Windside wind turbines have been developed to meet the requirements of demanding professional use: long life span, efficiency, durability and minimum of maintenance. Our customers are primarily in the professional user market (e.g. research institutes, telecommunication companies, defense forces, maritime organizations etc.) These users require a turbine that will continue to function in the world's harshest and remotest environments with only the absolute minimum of maintenance.

Besides this, in Windside, expediency and beauty unite into a modern energy producing solution, which provides the user with unique operational reliability. Windside wind turbine is soundless and ecologically safe - characteristics that enable installation even in the midst of a densely built urban areas. Strengths of the system: optimal design and first class materials, guarantee high endurance, keep the device unfrozen and ensure safety for the environment, inhabitants and birds.

Because Windside turbines are totally soundless and safe to human and nature, it is a popular choice among artist, architects and designers all over the world.

Viikki Environment House

Viikki Environment House, the building of the Environment Centre of the City of Helsinki in Viikki, has the lowest energy consumption of all office building in Finland. There are also four small Windside turbins spinning on the roof of the building.

Oy Windside Production Ltd

Oy Windside Production Ltd has been manufacturing vertical axis wind turbines and accessories for over 30 years and turbines have been sold to over 40 countries around the world. Throughout the existence of the company, testing and product development has been an important part of the business. This over 30-year-journey is a guarantee to our customers of very deep know how of wind turbines in different applications and different environments.

Windside wind turbines have been developed to meet the requirements of demanding professional use: long life span, efficiency, durability and minimum of maintenance. Our customers are primarily in the professional user market (e.g. research institutes, telecommunication companies, defense forces, maritime organizations etc.) These users require a turbine that will continue to function in the world's harshest and remotest environments with only the absolute minimum of maintenance.

Besides this, in Windside, expediency and beauty unite into a modern energy producing solution, which provides the user with unique operational reliability. Windside wind turbine is soundless and ecologically safe - characteristics that enable installation even in the midst of a densely built urban areas. Strengths of the system: optimal design and first class materials, guarantee high endurance, keep the device unfrozen and ensure safety for the environment, inhabitants and birds.

Because Windside turbines are totally soundless and safe to human and nature, it is a popular choice among artist, architects and designers all over the world.