Municipality of Ii has been awarded with Hinku-act price for active, long-term and successful work for reducing the greenhouse gases. Ii is committed to reduce […]
Organisation/project: Towards Carbon Neutral Municipalities (Hinku) (47)
The Towards Carbon Neutral Municipalities project (Hinku) brings municipalities, businesses, citizens and experts together to create and carry out solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The municipalities involved are committed to 80% emission reductions by 2030 from 2007 levels.
The municipality of Ii has set a target to be 30 years …
We started testing solar energy in Ii with 10 kW electricity- and 10 kW heatproduction in 2014. The test results were surprisingly good (payback period […]
Chemical industry company Kiilto Oy was granted the Hinku award this June. Kiilto is investing in energy efficiency and the utilisation of renewable energy. The […]
Porvoo parish was granted the Hinku award this April. The parish has achieved significant emission reductions by switching over from oil to geothermal heat in […]
Porvoo parish achieving significant savings through ground heat
Hinku Award 4/2019
The Asunto Oy Tampereen Pohjolankatu 18–20 housing company was granted the Hinku award this May. Led by chair Pertti Vesterinen, the Board of the housing […]
The City of Hamina replaced the old fluorescent lighting of the Ruissalo sports hall with LED technology in autumn 2017. Before the investment, the lighting […]
The City of Hamina awarded – LED renovation to save electricity at …
Hinku Award 3/2018
Together with the Finnish Environment Institute, Kuntahankinnat has put solar power stations to be connected to the electrical grid out to tender. The agreement covers […]
Research shows that a passenger car is parked on average 95 percent of the time. The city of Lappeenranta decided to improve the use of […]
The city of Lappeenranta was awarded – Shared electric cars
Hinku Award 1/2018
Valtari schools roof repair and additional heat insulation. The low part of the school’s flat roof was demolished and turned into a gently sloping brush […]