Carbon Neutral Municipalities project HINKU

Carbon Neutral Municipalities

An innovative approach to climate

change mitigation at local level

Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) 2014

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Municipalities, businesses,

citizens and experts devise

solutions that reduce

emissions and

improve local welfare

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The forerunners

work to curb their

greenhouse gas emissions

ahead of schedule

-80% 2030

HINKU municipalities 2014

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Municipality Population

Asikkala 8 500

Hanko 9 300

Ii 9 700

Kuhmoinen 2 700

Laitila 8 500

Lohja 47 700

Masku 9 700

Mynämäki 8 000

Padasjoki 3 500

Parikkala 6 100

Raasepori 29 000

Rauma 39 850

Rautjärvi 3 800

Siuntio 9 200

Uusikaupunki 15 900

Achievements

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● Commitment of municipal

governments

● Emission inventories and energy

studies

● Numerous reported measures to

cut greenhouse gas emissions

implemented by municipalities,

companies and residents

● Pilot projects, side projects,

surveys, events

● HINKU Forum with 15

municipalities and companies

as members

CLIMATE ACTIONS

HINKU municipalities – SYKE – partners – expert and financing organisations

HINKU-FORUM

Expertise and tools

Financing and projects

Publicity and networks

SPREDING THE BEST PRACTICES TO NEW MUNICIPALITIES

IMPROVEMENT OF LOCAL WELFARE AND BUSINESS LIFE

HINKU municipality

Municipal officials and councillors,

busínesses, citizens

Greenhouse gas emissions in five

HINKU municipalities 2007-2011

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Kuhmoinen (-18 %) Mynämäki (-14 %) Padasjoki (- 17 %) Parikkala (-12 %) Uusikaupunki (-16 %)

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v. 2007

v. 2011

Emission inventory

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Municipal greenhouse gas emission inventories have been

carried out with the KASVENER model, developed by SYKE

for the Association of Finnish Local and Regional

Authorities

Cutting emissions brings cost

savings!

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Example: A district heating plant and network has reduced

oil consumption in Padasjoki. The district heat is produced

mostly by burning wood chip.

• Cost savings are

200 000 € annually

• The emission reduction is

600 t CO2 annually

HINKUmappi online service

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www.ymparisto.fi/hinkumappi

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Partners

● MW-Lämpötekniikka

● Naps Systems

● Nemo - No Emission Monday

● Oversol

● Raisio Oyj

● Confederation of Finnish Construction Industries RT

● RemoteMx

● Savumax

● Schneider Electric

● Sensire

● St1

● The Finnish Heat Pump Association SULPU

● Sybimar

● Teagle Group

● Tehomet

● There Corporation

● Turun Konekeskus

● Turun Osuuskauppa

● Vahterus

● Vapo

● Yara

● BaseN

● Benviroc

● BIOvakka

● Devoi Circle

● DiscoverIT

● Easy LED

● Finnish Food and Drink Industries’ Federation

● Finnish Energy Industries

● Enespa

● Filtech Clean Air Filters

● Finess Energy

● Fortum

● Green Riders

● Innotek

● Kalliokaivo

● Karves Energia & Valvonta

● Kemira

● Kuusakoski

● Lassila & Tikanoja

● Microsoft

● Muovitech Finland

The Association of Local and Regional Authorities (Kuntaliitto), Finnish

Environment Institute, Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and

Innovation Tekes, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, Ministry of the

Environment, Ministry of the Economy and Employment and companies:

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Contact

Pasi Tainio

tel. +358 295 251 676

Kaarina Toivonen

tel. +358 295 251 698

Ulla Ala-Ketola

tel. +358 295 251 553

Professor Jyri Seppälä

tel. + 358 295 251 629

Jyrki Tenhunen

tel. +358 295 251 69

Olli Pekka Pietiläinen

tel. +358 295 251 509

[email protected]

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Finnish Environment Institute

Mechelininkatu 34a / PL 140

FIN-00251 Helsinki

Welcome to visit our website in English:

www.hinku-foorumi.fi/en

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Photos: Olli-Pekka Pietiläinen