Sustainable Construction in Finland l Mika Lautanala l

Sustainable Construction in Finland l Mika Lautanala l Director, Real Estate and Construction l Tekes - Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and innovation l Erabuild, Chairman Mika Lautanala | Director, Real Estate and Construction, Tekes, Finland 1

ERABUILD Strategic cooperation between national programmes promoting sustainable construction and operation of buildings Mika Lautanala | Director, Real Estate and Construction, Tekes, Finland 2

Partners Tekes – Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, coordinator 1. 2. 3. RCN – The Research Council of Norway BMVIT - Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology FFG - Austrian Research Promotion Agency Ögut - Austrian Society for Environment and Technology EBST - National Agency for Enterprise and Construction 1. 2. 1. 2. Ministère de l'équipement, des transports, du logement, du tourisme et de la mer CSTB - Centre Scientifique et Technique du Batiment BMBF - German Federal Ministry of Education and Research TÜV Rheinland Consulting Gmb. H Senter. Novem 1. 2. Formas - The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning BIC - Swedish Construction Sector Innovation Centre SFOE – Swiss Federal Office of Energy Basler & Hofmann DTI - Department of Trade and Industry Mika Lautanala | Director, Real Estate and Construction, Tekes, Finland 3

Aim of the Erabuild project l Programme owners and managers co-operate and collaborate effectively l Scope: Operation and Construction of Buildings Mika Lautanala | Director, Real Estate and Construction, Tekes, Finland 4

“First we shape our buildings, then they shape us“ Winston Churchill Mika Lautanala | Director, Real Estate and Construction, Tekes, Finland 5

Finnish real estate and construction cluster 23 % Gross Domestic Product 22 % Employment 70 % National assets 40 % Energy consumption Mika Lautanala | Director, Real Estate and Construction, Tekes, Finland 6

510 000 person years for built environment Building construction 115 000 person years - Renovation - New buildings Real Estate 160 000 person years - Asset management - Facility management - User services Building systems 45 000 p. y. Infrastructures - HVACEA systems - Control systems - Contracting Services 95 000 p. y. 35 000 p. y. - Road construction - Networks construction - Earth movement - Tunnel construction - Maintenance and renovation Building product industry 70 000 p. y. - Structural sytems - Concrete products - Metallic and plastic products - Wooden products - Desing and engineering - Retail and transportation - Authority control Source: Statistics Finland VTT Mika Lautanala | Director, Real Estate and Construction, Tekes, Finland 7

National assets in Finland Tangible Assets in Finland, total in 2005 ~ 560 000 M€ Built Environment > 400 000 M€, ~72% Source: Statistic Finland VTT Mika Lautanala | Director, Real Estate and Construction, Tekes, Finland 8

Current policies l Tightened requirements on thermal insulation l Facilities not involved in green house gas emission trade l Cold climate Mika Lautanala | Director, Real Estate and Construction, Tekes, Finland 9

What should be done l Emissions should be measured by use (not by production) l Change the market l From lowest cost driven to value driven process l Value: environmental impacts, indoor air quality, ease of use, aesthetics, image, … l Cluster is not able to see values l No incentives for innovation l Contractor is not benefiting from innovations l Procurement is the key l Survival of a company should be depending on the ability to do better rather than cheaper l Building use is important Mika Lautanala | Director, Real Estate and Construction, Tekes, Finland 10

Thank You! www. tekes. fi www. erabuild. net Mika Lautanala | Director, Real Estate and Construction, Tekes, Finland 11