Skaftkärr –
development of an energy efficient residential area in Porvoo, Finland
The objective of the project is to develop an energy efficient, safe, personal and cosy area which provides different types of living alternatives. The area is 400 hectare and will provide housing for at least 6000 inhabitants. The city planning processes will be developed to take energy efficiency better into account.
The planning and innovation process is done in close collaboration with authorities, energy companies, developers of energy use, builders, several companies and the future inhabitants.
A framework is built up for a Living Lab covering the whole residential area with the focus on the development of energy efficiency. The Living Lab will be used for HVAC product development, development of service strategies in the community, development of service concepts for energy utilities and providing the R&D world with energy consumption data. All of the processes will be developed together with the end users.
The energy part of the project focuses on developing business models which support the building of low energy buildings and passive houses. With the business models of today it is difficult to provide low energy areas with district heating.
News
31.05.2011
Distributed Energy Production
Study on Distributed Energy Options in Skaftkärr Testbed by Gaia Consulting Oy.
12.11.2010
Porvoo to become a city of carbon-free housing
The City of Porvoo in Finland is about to take a giant leap to become the number one place of residence in Finland in terms of energy efficiency. A new energyefficient residential area for 6,000 people will be built in Porvoo’s Skaftkärr. The entire area will be designed and built so that the buildings, services, living environment, traffic arrangements and waste management will be run energyefficiently.
