Our Green Valga Alar Nme Valga Town Government

Our Green Valga Alar Nääme Valga Town Government www. valga. ee alar. naame@valgalv. ee

• In 1286 first mentioned as Walk in Rigas` debt book. • Traditional place for assembling towns` days of Old Livonia • Town rights were given by the Polish king Stefan Bathory in June 11, 1584. • Johannes Märtson – the first Estonian ever to be elected as Mayor of Township in 1902 • In 1920 state border marked by British colonel Stephen George Tallents. Town Walk was divided in two parts – Valga and Valka.

Valga – Livonian heart – jaunty, green and international!

• • The area of Valga is 16, 5 km² Inhabitants in Valga ca `14 000 Population in Valga over 65% native Estonians Average income 792 €

Passive house • Kindergarden „Kaseke“ • First children facility in Baltics, which uses passive house technology • EU support - European Regional Development Fund • Cost ~1, 28 million € (from EU 1, 08 million €)

Passive house • • • Energy efficiency Smaller ecological footprint Healthy environment Heated two weeks per year Saves 75% of heating energy

Sustainable living environment • The most of Valga’s heating energy is produced in our boilinghouse which has 10 MW power caldron for wood chips • 75% of heating energy is produced by wood chips • Thermal-networks temperature loss per year is only 15%

New development plan: • Strategic (conscious choises, purposed, attracted different target groups) • The plan of action has mutual agreement • Interconnected with the budget strategy • Pragmatical • Recons with the EU 2014 -2020 opportunities

Goals and Challenges • Better living environment • Valga – internationally well-known to live, invest and visit • Valga – Livonian heart – jaunty, green and international!

• We support sustainable manufacturing and green thinking • We want to create conformable environment for enterprises for strenghtening sustainable production • Sustainable environment is the best way for enterprises to develop in Valga

• Carpet weaving is their main field of activity which they have done for more than 20 years. • They have used and still use cotton yarn/thread and also textile-material (rag) to produce carpets.

Products

AS Graanul Invest & OÜ Helme Graanul • OÜ Helme Graanul is a subsidiary of AS Graanul Invest • Bioenergetics and renewable energy production • The company was founded in 2003 • The biggest producer of pellets in the Baltics • The top five European producers

• Total production volume of all six factories is 500 000 tons of sawdust pellets per year • In the next five years the company expects to increase its production volumes by at least 25% per year and thus to become the Europe’s biggest pellet producer. • The company’s goal is to produce environmentally friendly and quality goods and deliver them to the customers thus helping to protect the environment and to minimize industrial waste.

Pellet • Pellet is a cylindrical stick of up to 4 cm long and 6 -10 mm in diameter. Pellets contain nothing but pure sawdust and shavings • AS Graanul Invest factories mainly produce pellets from sawdust and flinders • Our technology allows to change the sawdust density while producing pellets

Our visions for the future Sustainable enterprising environment More sustainable enterprises Raising knowledge about green thinking Sustainable manufacturing must make good profit • Better, knowledgeable, cultured, educated people • •

General attitude towards sustainable design • We have certain direction towards sustainable design • No extra expences due to sustainable development

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