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Financial incentives and streamlined regulations are needed to make Energy-Efficiency Renovations more feasible in Helsinki

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Properly managing EERs significantly improves buildings' energy performance to meet modern sustainability standards, ensuring the longevity and sustainability for future generations. However, reaching these goals is hindered by financial, regulatory, and technical challenges. Gillian Henderson explores these key problems and the solutions in her thesis.
Wooden multistory construction

Whether local administrators view wooden multistory buildings positively is a question of societal impacts

A recent dissertation by Florencia Franzini sheds light on the various beliefs Finnish municipal civil servants hold about implementing wooden multistory buildings. According to the results, municipal civil servants perceive a variety of social goods associated with wooden multistory construction.
Jarek Kurnitski

Estonia, KredEx – A Deep Renovation model for Europe

Estonia has a long-term renovation strategy target of 14,000 renovated apartment building in 2020-2050. The KredEx renovation grant system has brought on significant results in deep renovation. Since the first scheme of the grant system, there…

Suburbs in need of energy renovations

Apartment buildings from the 1960s and 1970s in Finland are usually given an energy efficiency rating between D and F. Renovations have the potential to improve energy efficiency and lower the climate impact of housing. Over a third…