Abstract No: __________
ABSTRACT FORM
Please complete a separate form for each abstracted submitted. It is the author's responsibility to submit a correct abstract;
any errors in spelling, grammar or scientific fact may be reproduced as typed by the author.
Deadline for submission: Friday 2 December 2016
Cities are encouraged to submit more than one abstract from different partners but please note that while there is no
limit on the number of abstracts submitted, there will be a maximum of 3 oral presentations in the programme for
each city or network. Poster presentations will also be displayed at the conference.
Contact Information:
City:
National Network:
(if appropriate)
Kuopio
Finland
Name of corresponding author:
First Name
Surname
Tapio
Kettunen
Job Title
Organization
Title (Mr/Mrs/Dr/Prof etc)
Mr
Email Address
City of Kuopio
Environmental Specialist
[email protected]
Postal Address
City of Kuopio, PL 1097, FI 70111 Kuopio, Finland
Please list additional authors
Title
First Name
Ms
Surname
Minna
Organization
Kuuluvainen
City of Kuopio, Regional Environmental Services
If paper is accepted, who will present it at the conference? Insert details if different from corresponding author.
First Name
Surname
Title
Email Address
Tapio
Job Title
Environmental Specialist
Kettunen
Mr
Organization
City of Kuopio, Regional
Environmental Services
Postal Address
Type
Cityof
of presentation
Kuopio, PL 1097, FI 70111 Kuopio, Finland
[email protected]
Email Address
[email protected]
Type of Presentation
Oral only
Poster only
Either oral or poster
x
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Abstract Theme
Conference themes:
Community Resilience ☐
Equity & Governance ☐
Sustainable Development ☒
Conference sub-themes
Transport and Environment ☒
Healthy Aging ☐
Early Life ☐
Gender ☐
Migrant/Refugees ☐
Abstract
Guidance: Please type the abstract in the space below. Submit in English a minimum of 250 words to a
maximum of 350 words. Use these headings to structure your abstract: (1) Title (2) Context: issue or a
problem + policy and organizational context (3) Rationale: reasons for taking the initiative (4)
Description: of the case study including methods used, processes, politics and time-frame (5)
Achievements: impact at strategic/operational level, critical success factors and challenges, lessons
learnt (6) How it relates to the Conference theme (7) Conclusion
Title: The low-carbon energy plan of the Savilahti district in City of Kuopio, Finland
Context: The target of the Kuopio’s climate policy is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 % of the 1990 level by
2020. Kuopio is committed to working towards becoming carbon neutral by 2050. Climate targets and the disruptive energy
technologies challenge the current energy system.
Rationale: The low-carbon energy plan of the Savilahti area -project finds possibilities to use renewable and cost-effective
energy solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at district level.
Achievements: The Savilahti-project is Kuopio’s most important development project of urban environments in the next years.
Public and private sector actors have been estimated to invest about 1,5 billion euros in the construction projects targeted in the
area. The Savilahti-project conducted by the City of Kuopio aims at developing an up-to-date, comfortable and healthy area for
residential, educational and working purposes for as many as 34 000 persons by year 2030 (19 000 today).
The main target of the low-carbon energy plan of the Savilahti area –project (SaVE) is to survey the current state of energy
efficiency and possibilities to use new low-carbon energy technologies.
The main solutions using renewable and cost effective energy solutions in Savilahti are:
 Solar energy: local potential to produce 30 % of the Savilahti’s electric power need.
 Geothermal energy: In new buildings 50 % of the heat is possible to produce by using geothermal energy.
 District cooling: Kuopion Energia (energy company owned by the City of Kuopio) plans to build district cooling network
between 30 m deep Neulalahti bay and Kuopio University Hospital.
 District heating: Kuopion Energia (energy company owned by the City of Kuopio) district heating network covers most
of the Savilahti area. It’s also possible to use low-temperature heating network.
Relation to the Conference theme: The studies promote sustainable development and healthy environments in cities.
Conclusions: The main result of the project will be a scheduled roadmap, which will be finalized in January-February 2017. It
identifies the main components for the energy-efficient and low-carbon planning in the area. The results can be applied in
similar projects elsewhere.
Please return to [email protected] by Friday 2 December 2016