EU Covenant of Mayors Sustainable Energy Action Plan 2020 Monitoring report 2018
Lahti SEAP
Editor Eira Rosberg City of Lahti, Environmental Development 12th Dec 2018 Lahti SEAP Lahti signed EU Covenant of Mayors declaration 2012 and did the required Sustainable Action Plan in 2013. In this covenant, cities voluntarily commit into energy efficiency and use of renewable energy sources on their territories. The SEAP Actions Report is required every 2nd year and full monitoring every 4 years.
Lahti SEAP 2013 was a continuum of an environmental and climate work already done for years in Lahti. Based on the green house gas scenario calculation, the reduction target 2013-2020 was set to -35 % from 1990 level. In the city strategy there was target of halving the emissions by year 2025.
This 2018 monitoring includes both emission inventory and actions monitoring. Emission inventory was made from year 2017. In addition, at the database mycovenant.eumayors.eu the energy balance was added, together with investments of the actions, saved energy and reduced GHG emissions. This written monitoring report holds the summary of all information. In many of the actions, like in advising and land- use, it is quite impossible to report exact numbers of energy reductions. Yet these are remarkable actions.
Inventory from year 2017 emissions show the target of -35 % is already exceeded and the halving of emissions is close.
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Lahti's greenhouse gas emissions have fallen more than 40% from 1990 level. The calculation doesn't include emissions from the individual consumption of residents.
In 2017, Lahti's emissions were over 690,000 tonnes CO2 equivalent. Of this transport was 185 thousand tonnes of CO2-e. If calculated per capita, the emissions were 5.77 tonnes CO2-e.
Compared to 1990, emissions have fallen by 41.33 %. If the reduction is calculated per capita, it will be already 46.9 %.
The largest reduction occurred in district heating combined heat and power plants. This is due to the investments made by Lahti Energia and the transition to lower-emission fuels. A major reduction is also in industrial energy where the industry has changed it's own oil-based energy production for example to district heating. Also significant emission reductions have happened in transport and in wastes. Transport emissions are almost entirely from road transport.
Wed 12th December 2018 3 keskiviikko, 12. joulukuuta 2018 4 Lahti SEAP Lahti monitors 44 actions in different sectors: Lahti Sustainable Energy Action Plan 2013-2020, status of the 44 actions
14 % Circular economy, 7; 16 % 4.5 %
4.5 % Completed New Postponed 77 % Ongoing
Wed 12th December 2018 5 Lahti SEAP: Municipal buildings, equipment and facilities Action, responsible body, status and description
1. The special demonstration Lahti Premises Ongoing Esco project with Siemens is ongoing (2015-25) and energy saving construction project to advance target is 6 GWh. sustainable energy use 2. The comprehensive planning of Lahti Social and Completed Social and Health Services separated from City of Lahti beginning of premises included in the action plan Health Services, Lahti 2017 to Welfare Consortium Päijät-Häme. Remaining service network of the city's social and health Premises has been planned in Lahden suunta (Lahti Direction) project in a services participatory way. Network was decided Aug 2018 in the Board of Education of Lahti. 3. Nearly all the units of the Lahti Lahti Environmental Ongoing 11 offices are part of Green Office EMS. Progress is reported annually Group have WWF’s office Development and environmentally responsible people meet annually. Audits have environmental management system been made. Green Office 4. Assessment of service network Lahti Cultural Completed Service network has been planned in Lahden Suunta (Lahti Direction) plan and effects of the plan to Services, Lahti project in a participatory way. Network was decided Aug 2018 in the space requirement (2014-2016) Premises Board of Education of Lahti.
5. Developing the WWF's Green Lahti Environmental Postponed Eco-support action is postponed, but annual Environmental Financial Office EMS further to eco-support Development Statement of Lahti is being developed and an environmental support activity and network in Lahti people are being named for that.(2018). organization 6. Improvement of energy-efficiency Lahti Premises Ongoing Lahti joined the new period of Energy Efficiency Agreement 2017-2025 of the city-owned buildings included in the Municipal Energy Efficiency Agreement signed with the Ministry keskiviikko, 12. joulukuuta 2018 6 of Employment and Economy Lahti SEAP: Municipal buildings, equipment and facilities Action, responsible body, status and description
7. Making the energy-use related to Lahti Aqua Ongoing Lahti Aqua is part of Energy Efficiency Agreement and measures are wastewater treatment and drinking reported annually. The unmetered water consumption is 7% as the water management more efficient national average is 20%. Lower the unmetered consumption rate, the smaller the amount of water, energy and chemicals going to waste. LA has Kariniemi energy efficiency project, in which measuring points of energy use will be raised from one to 100. Then the energy saving potential will be mapped and then the actions carried out. Thirdly, Nastola wastewater treatment plant will in future get solar panels. 8. All new construction production Lahti Premises Ongoing All new construction of City of Lahti is low-energy. Low-energy building of City of Lahti reaches the low- guidelines were published 2018. Low-energy community centers of energy and further zero-energy level Liipola and Jalkaranta have been built and Rakokivi and Laune by year 2020 community centers are coming. Low-energy Riihelä and Sipura kindergardens have been built. Energy Efficiency Agreement 2008-2016 was completed and energy saving targets even exceeded. New Energy Efficiency Agreement is 2017-25 ongoing
keskiviikko, 12. joulukuuta 2018 7 Lahti SEAP: Tertiary buildings Action, responsible body, status and description 9. All the new buildings in Technical and Ongoing All new construction of City of Lahti is low-energy. Low-energy building Ranta-Kartano, Niemi and the Enivironmental guidelined published 2018. Special attention is being paid on the Services stormwater management of the areas. Construction of Ranta-Kartano railway station planning area will start 2018-2019. In the Lahti Travel Centre, the BWT Askonkatu 2 low-energy and near-zero- office building, got LEED Platinum level sertificate. energy level by year 2020
keskiviikko, 12. joulukuuta 2018 8 Lahden SEAP: Residential buildings Action, responsible body, status and description
10. The improvement of energy- Lahden Talot Ongoing Lahden Talot has decided to prolong the MiniMOI! Campagn which aims efficiency of buildings included in to encourage the residents to reduce their CO2 emissions with water the Rental Property Action Plan saving and sorting of domestic waste. The report of Rental Property signed by Lahden Talot Ltd. and the Action Plan is not ready yet. MEE 11. The strengthening of energy- Lahti Building Ongoing Continuous action efficient expertise of personnel of Inspection building inspection services working in permission and inspection duties 12. All the new buildings in Ranta- Lahden Tekninen ja Ongoing Construction of Ranta-Kartano will start 2018-2019. Kartano, Niemi and the railway ympäristötoimiala Low-energy building guidelines were published 2018. station planning area low-energy In the Lahti Travel Centre the Askonkatu 2 office building is LEED and near-zero-energy level by year Platinum level. 2020 13. The guidance and training Lahti Building Ongoing Continuous action provided to citizens and builders by Inspection the city’s building inspection services
keskiviikko, 12. joulukuuta 2018 9 Lahti SEAP: Public lighting Action, responsible body, status and description 14. The improvement of Lahti Energia, Ongoing Lahti and Lahti Energy are part of new term of Energy Efficiency energy-efficiency of public Lahti Technical and Agreement 2017-2025 with MEE. Public lighting is part of agreement Environmental and work is ongoing. lighting (the action is a part of Services In the SenCity project 2015-2017 intelligent street lighting was designed the Municipal Energy innovative and participatory way for Radanvarsi cycleway, but most of Efficiency Agreement signed the designs are not yet implemented. with the MEE)
keskiviikko, 12. joulukuuta 2018 10 Lahti SEAP: Industry Action, responsible body, status and description 15. Climate partnerships with Lahti Environmental New - New form of partnership action started 2015. A participating company companies Development, Lahti Ongoing itself decides its actions and targets in CO2 reduction. LUAS students University of Applied make the emission calculation and suggest reductions. Sciences, Ladec
Lahti SEAP: Traffic Action, responsible body, status and description
16. The share of leased electric Lahti Social and Completed Share was 40% (2016) of the cars of Home Help Services. Since then, cars will be risen into 15 % in the Health Services the 8 e-cars moved to car fleet of Welfare Corsortium (established Social and health services beginning of 2017) and are 10% of it. 17. New long-distance terminal of Municipal Completed Travel Centre is in use, connecting bus, coach and train traffic and online the Lahti Travel Centre and the Engineering and shops' package service. The architecture of the Lahti Travel Centre has actions and measures to promote Land-Use in Lahti been awarded. The Travel Center was a hybrid project for city sustainable multimodal solutions Technical and development: it is not just about traffic planning and architectual design related to use of the travel centre Environmental work, but also about how to enhance city center development and the Services city's cultural heritage.
keskiviikko, 12. joulukuuta 2018 11 Lahti SEAP: Traffic (2) Action, responsible body, status and description
18. The actions and projects related Technical and Ongoing New charging point for two cars was built at Lahti Sport Center 2016. to electric vehicles, charging Environmental Charging points will be built one (for two cars) per year. infrastructure and technological Services, Lahti Lahti Energy continues purchasing one e-cars. development of electric traffic in Region Development Lahti area LADEC Ltd, Lahti Energy Ltd and partner companies 19. The different actions and Lahti Municipal Ongoing CitiCAP project: Personal mobility emissions's cap-and-trade application measures related in the promotion Engineering and for 1300 citizens 2019-2020 and smart cycling route Laune-Travel of use of public transportation in Environmental Centre (2020). Lahti area Development 20. The piloting of new technical Lahden Municipal Postponed Nearly all buses in local and regional bus fleet are Euro6. vehicle solutions and sustainable Engineering energy sources in local public transportation 21. The quality passageways for Municipal Ongoing The quality passageways are in the legally binding Master Plan. cycling, the improvement of the Engineering and Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan will be ready 2019, smart cycleway main pedestrian and cycling other units in Lahti building in CitiCAP project 2020, also renewing the local bus service passageways in the city centre and Technical and route network 2019. improvements in circumstances of Environmental pedestrian and cycling traffic Services
keskiviikko, 12. joulukuuta 2018 12 Lahti SEAP: Traffic (3) Action, responsible body, status and description 22. The tendering of the public Lahti Municipal Completed Nearly all buses in the local and regional bus fleet are Euro6. Service transportation in Lahti area and the Engineering level was risen significantly and passanger amounts have rosen too rise of the service-level in bus since the tendering (2014). Since then, i.a. a mobile-pay application and transportation with new service senior discounts have been launched.. purchase agreements 23. Utilisation of locally produced Labio, Gasum, Lahti Ongoing Information packages are given for local public transport authorities and biogas as a motor vehicle fuel Aqua, Päijät-Häme Lahti City Council. Lahti Aqua has 3 bio gas cars. Waste Management
24. The actions recommended to Lahti Municipal Ongoing Improving walking in city centre: renovation of Aleksanterinkatu and be implemented by 2020 in Lahti’s Engineering and changes in Torikatu and Marolankatu. Undergroung parking is not pedestrian and cycling transport other Technical and included this but it is indirect measure making city centre more development plan spanning to Environmental attractive. 2025 Services Pedestrian and Cycling Action Plan 2016 follow-up showed some measures have proceed but some not so much. Since then the actions have proceeded and i.a. an up-to-date cycling lane is being built in Laune. Sustainable Urban mobility Plan is currently under construction in line with Master Plan strategical process. 25. A shared public transportation Lahti Municipal Ongoing Waltti travelling card system is introduced both in Lahti and Helsinki. ticket system between Lahti region Engineering However, it is not completely shared system. Negotions continue so that and Helsinki Region Transport Lahti Waltti card could be used in HSL area and other way round. 13 Lahti SEAP: Local heat and cold production Action, responsible body, status and description
26. Energy vision 2025 plan Lahti Environmental Ongoing Versatile body of actions which most are in SEAP. Also Sustainable energy for the City of Lahti Development Unit survey of Lahti 2014. Strategical development projects that which partly and local energy led to the becoming energy transition of Lahti. Lahti is giving up coal in companies 2020 in district heating. The new power plant will use certified biomass and should be operational in 2020. Power plant itself is not among the SEAP actions but it will significantly lower ghg-emissions of Lahti.
Wed 12th December 2018 14 Lahti SEAP: Local electricity production Action, responsible body, status and description
27. Solar plant in Kujala Päijät-Häme Waste New - In fall 2017, two solar power plants were constructed on top of MURRE Management Ongoing and OILI waste facilities. Solar plant project will continue with Lahti Energy Lahti SEAP: Others (energy advising, land-use, circular economy) Action, responsible body, status and description
28. Different individual-level Lahti Environmental Ongoing Consumers' energy advicing project 2013-18; Eco-efficient energy consumer advice service on energy Development, the solutions project (2015-16) for property-owners and the web-site issues in Päijät-Häme region municipalities in energiavalinta.fi. Päijät-Häme region and local energy companies 29. The development projects Land Use and other Ongoing Wider side walks by Lahti main streets, already in use. Underground related the strengthening units in Lahti market place parking in use. Sustainable Urban Mobility Action Plan is attractiveness of Lahti central area Technical and under construction. Vesijärvenkatu Street more pleasant, under and focusing especially the Environmental planning. pedestrian zone in the city centre Services
Wed 12th December 2018 15 Lahti SEAP: Others (energy advising, land-use, circular economy) (2) Action, responsible body, status and description
30. Environmental education given Lahti Environmental Ongoing Environmental educator, Ekopaku project (completed), Mun juttu project in local daycare centres and schools Development (completed), regional environmental education and neighbourhood participation, Geo-education project 31. Environmental guidance and Lahti Environmental Ongoing Two sustainability councellors, Kymppi project (2013-14), annual advice services aimed to people Development Environmental Week, citizen participation work living in Lahti region
32. The implementation of the city’s Master planning Unit, Ongoing The next Master Plan draft will be published early 2019 with special master plan according to the action Land use Unit and attention to sustainabel mobility. Process has been very participatory. plan 2013–2016 and the revision other units in Lahti Impact assessments will be made on 2019. City Council will decide on of the master plan for the next city Technical and Master Plan on 2020. council season 2017–2020 Environmental Services 33. The planning project of the Land Use Unit and Completed The development guidelines have been completed (2018) and the Radanvarsi area along the railway other units in Lahti building phase has started / will continue many years. tracks near the city centre of Lahti Technical and Environmental Services 34. Biogas production in a local LABIO Ongoing Labio biogas production plant started end of 2014. Facility will procude biogas plant in Kujala area biogas at least 15 years from bio waste and sludge. It can produce 50 MWh renewable energy per year. Plant itself is energy-efficient. After digestion the mass goes to compost.
Wed 12th December 2018 16 Lahden SEAP: Others (energy advising, land-use, circular economy) (3) Action, responsible body, status and description
35. The test phase of the eco- Lahti Land Use Completed KEKO tool is ready and in use. efficiency tool of land-use planning called KEKO and its utilization zoning processes 36. The closing process of the Päijät-Häme Waste Ongoing Closing process of current landfill area in Kujala will proceed in the Kujala landfill and the collection Management beginning of 2020's. Gas collection lines were built 2012 just before and utilisation of landfill gas Lahti joining CoM. emitted from the closed area 37. Environmental goals included in Lahti Technical and Ongoing Environmental criteria are in the Procurement Program 2018. every procurement process related Environmental Procurement Working Group has been established and it will write to built environment Services, Lahti guidelines for more diversified procurement criteria by 3/2019. Premises 38. Environmental programs are Lahti Procurement Ongoing Social and Health Services diverged from City of Lahti on beginning of required from potential service Services 2017 and that effected the Procurement Services. Lahti Procurement providers in new procurement Program 2018 is stating environmental criteria should be taken account processes in acquisitions. Also training of purchasing personnel will be carried out. Purchasing working group was established 2018. 39. The improvement and Lahti Procurement Ongoing 2018 established Procurement Working Group advice and diversify diversification of the procurement Services, Technical procurement criteria. criteria to advance sustainable and Environmental development in Lahti area Services
Wed 12th December 2018 17 Lahti SEAP: Others (energy advising, land-use, circular economy) (4) Action, responsible body, status and description 40. The building phase in the Land Use, Lahti Ongoing First phase is completed and the architecturally rewarded Lahti Travel surroundings of the Lahti Travel Technical and Centre is in use. Detailed planning of the next phase is completed and centre, the Radanvarsi area Environmental construction of the next phase initiated. Services 41. The building of new high-profile Land Use Unit, Lahti Ongoing Detailed planning of the first block is nearly completed and construction Ranta-Kartano residential area Technical and of the first block will start 2019. Disrict cooling, solar panels and other Environmental energy solutions will take place 2021-23. Services and Lahti Aqua 42. The development project of Land Use Unit, Lahti Ongoing Idea competition for architects was held 2016. 2018 Detailed planning of Hennala area from army base Technical and the 1st phase is completed and construction is initiated. brownfield area to new high-profile Environmental residential area Services 43. Making landfill gas collecting Päijät-Hämew Waste Ongoing Biogas production has been going on for many years from the closed system more efficient in Kujala Management landfill area. Now it is fading because of the age of the landfill. However, waste management centre the collected gas replaces use of fossil fuels. Part is utilized in Kujala and part is sold to Lahti Energy/Hartwall bewerage company. Gas collection lines were renewed in 2012 just before Lahti joining CoM 44. The development of material Lahti Environmental Ongoing Sustainable material use is in Lahti Environmental Programme 2030 and efficiency in the Lahti Group Development, Lahti Roadmap to Sustainable City 2050. Lahti is part of Finnish Sustainable University of Applied Communities Network and has composed the roadmap towards 2050: Sciences and Päijät- No emissions, No waste and Sustainable consumption. Lahti is also part Häme region of Circwaste circular economy EU Life-IP project 2016-2023 and Circular Economykeskiviikko, roadmap 12. is underjoulukuuta construction. 2018 LUAS18 and Päijät-Häme region published A Päijät-Häme Roadmap to Circular Economy 2017 Climate targets in the future Lahti is among the cities in the next EU Covenant of Mayors 2030 (SECAP). In this declaration cities voluntarily commit GHG reduction of 40 % from year 1990 level by year 2030.
Lahti’s target is even more ambitious than this. The aim is to cut CO2 emissions by 70% from 1990 level by 2030. Lahti City Board decided on joining the next Covenant of Mayors at their meeting on December 2017 – after that the Mayor Jyrki Myllyvirta signed the covenant on 1st of March 2018.
The aim is to achieve the emission reduction especially by improving energy efficiency and by increasing the use of renewable energy sources. With the agreement, Lahti also commits to increasing its resilience by adapting to the impacts of climate change, and to sharing results and experiences related to climate work with different actors in Finland, the EU and globally.
The agreement requires the city to prepare an action plan related to sustainable energy and climate change, map risks and vulnerabilities related to climate change and regularly monitor its progress in emission reduction. The agreement highlights matters, such as increasing citizens' possibilities for participation and the implementation of smart solutions.
In becoming carbon neutral, the carbon sinks play a major role. In the united Lahti-Nastola the net growth of carbon sinks may be enough to cover the remaining emissions from energy use, traffic, industry and waste managemwent. Carbon neutrality and compensation issues will be addressed in the SECAP 2030.
Wed 12th December 2018 19 Lahti is a bold environmental city Lahti has the vision of becoming a bold environmental city. Its environmental strengths include long-term investment in water conservation, waste management and the circular economy. Lahti is home to plenty of new environmental innovation in cooperation with companies, universities, students and residents.
Lahti has entered the 2021 European Green Capital Award competition. The European Green Capital Award (EGCA) is a competition for cities with more than 100,000 residents, organised by the European Commission. The competition compares the sustainable development activities and future goals of cities in 12 different areas.
The City of Lahti's topical assets in the competition include the Kymijärvi 3 power plant, which will be ready at the end of 2019 and herald the end of reliance on coal for power generation sometime in 2020. Emissions trading among residents, which began in the autumn of 2019, will also form part of Lahti's pitch. As a unique solution and pilot, personal emissions trading is raising interest among other cities around the world. Cities need new and rapid ways of having an impact in the fight against climate change.
Lahti also offers nature-based and urban-oriented solutions for the management of stormwater. In Lahti, nutrients and contaminants that run off the urban environment into water bodies will be handled using new water systems.
The Green Capital application is open at: http://lahdenvuosi.fi/european-green-capital-2021-application/
Wed 12th December 2018 20 Further information Environmental Director Saara Vauramo [email protected]
City of Lahti Askonkatu 2, 15100 Lahti Finland