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LAHTI REGION ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW Hollola Lahti 2017 CONTENTS Foreword 3 The environmental policy guides 4 1. Climate change, energy and emissions 5 2. Health, safety and quality of life in residential environments 10 3. Nature’s diversity and cultural heritage 14 4. Quality and availability of groundwater 16 5. Water quality, recreation and nature-related values 19 6. Environmental counselling and opportunities for participation 20 7. Municipalities and group companies promote environmental responsibility throughout the region 22 8. Environmental balance sheet 27 2 FOREWORD All municipalities seek ways to be more attractive the change and prepare ourselves for it. and inviting. Nature is among our municipalities’ Climate objectives both in the EU and in Finland and cities’ best assets, but it is also much more – na- encourage or, depending on viewpoint, force us to ture affects our quality of life and health, invites us keep a closer eye on our emissions. These limita- to exercise more, and helps take the weight of eve- tions should be turned into a strength. The circular ryday life off our minds. We must also make efforts economy creates a great platform for innovation, in internal marketing; people living within the re- which in turn creates jobs, but above all the circular gion have an excellent opportunity to promote their economy is a way of creating sustainable and far- health and wellbeing in their surrounding areas. We reaching wellbeing with a look to the future. Being should further improve the signposting for our na- a pioneer creates pressure and encourages improve- ture paths so that as many people as possible can ment. A municipality must be able to serve its resi- find their way to our various nature destinations. dents in terms of changing values and expectations City and municipality leaders, operators within as well as the future. various industries, businesses, organizations and the This is a joint environmental review for Lahti and residents are all responsible for preserving our na- Hollola, despite the dismantlement of a shared envi- ture for the generations to come. This responsibility ronmental organization in 2015. Various indicators also sets us limitations and puts us under pressure to have been monitored regionally for a long time, and compromise, as has become evident in terms of our this long-term data brings a good viewpoint into our groundwater supply. However, the impact of clean development. In 2017, the good news include the groundwater to our residents’ wellbeing is undeni- increase in municipal waste recycling rates, involve- able and far-reaching. Climate change will influence ment and residential events, as well as in the use bodies of water and the circulation of groundwater, of varied communication channels in participation. and its impact may be unexpected. Many things we Additionally, the number of days when air quality is have taken for granted may no longer be a given as poor has decreased. the world around us changes. We must anticipate The mayor of Lahti will be recruited in 2018. After the next regional elections, Lahti will adopt a political mayor Jyrki Myllyvirta Päivi Rahkonen system, and the new mayor will become a chief secretary. Mayor of Lahti Mayor of Hollola 3 The Environmental Policy Guides Strategy is a primary tool for leadership in cities and municipalities. In the City of Lahti, strategy outlines the development as an environmental city that continues to take responsibility for a good environment and for strengthening envi- ronmental responsibility. In the strategy of Hollola, responsibility is fea- tured as a core value. The award-winning Päijät-Häme circular econ- omy roadmap into 2030, developed jointly by the municipalities, the Lahti University of Applied Sci- ences and the Regional Council of Päijät-Häme, is based on the region’s existing strengths and guides programme, which will also become a roadmap of the municipalities’ activities. resource wisdom into 2050. In the long run, the In all of Finland, Lahti has been a model stu- Environmental programme aims for zero emis- dent in the smart use of resources, and in 2017 the sions and zero waste as well as a sustainable level municipality joined Circular economy forerunners of consumption. The programme’s milestones will network. Lahti has prepared a new Environmental be 2022 and 2030, where the targets will be set. 4 1 Climate Change, Energy and Emissions Improving energy efficiency for bioenergy production at Koskisen Ltd was also ac- properties quired through a merger. Vääksy is also ready to Among the City of Lahti properties in regular use, start energy production using biomass. With the the specific heat consumption for public premises investments made and those to come, CO2 emis- was approx. 40.3 kWh/m³ and the specific electricity sions will decrease considerably. consumption approx. 16.3 kWh/m³ in 2017. For the Renewable sources of energy accounted for Lahti and Hollola properties, no considerable changes 40.53% of district heat production for the energy in electricity and heat consumption were recorded. network. In terms of electricity sales, renewable en- In 2017, Hollola continued to take precautions ergy sources accounted for 37.83% of sales based in case of disruptions to electricity distribution. on the energy source distribution for 2016 (fossil Hollola has implemented geothermal heat, and the fuels 26.01%, nuclear power 35.16%). The nation- Kalliola School is practically self-sufficient in terms al energy source distribution for 2017 will not be of heat and electricity in case of a power failure. published until Summer 2018. Koivukoto and the Hollola fire station have also Lahti Energy has replaced the oil containers implemented stationary emergency power equip- and outlets for four of its heating plants in order ment. Additionally, the municipality has a mobile to comply with the new legislation, while the oil emergency power equipment. storage capacity in the groundwater area has been The new Southern Lahti catering center has fo- reduced. These renewals are a continuation to cused on energy efficiency. The catering center can changes already made in the past years. prepare 10,000 meals daily for the schools and kin- 2017 was a good year for the recovery and re- dergartens in the Southern Lahti area. Heat energy use of ash. The volume of ash produced was small- for the catering center is provided by a hybrid heat er than that collected for reuse. Previously piled ash pump and district heating. The hybrid heat pump was delivered for use at earth work sites, and the generates heat energy from the building’s refriger- first steps in the use of ash in fertilizer production ating machines and cooling equipment. The cool- were taken with the ashes from BioPolttimo. ing energy is also provided by a hybrid heat pump. Lahti Energy has considerably increased the pro- The catering center has mechanical incoming and portion of wind power in its acquisition of energy exhaust air ventilation with an effective heat recov- through cooperative energy producers. Lahti Energy ery system. The roof boasts a 100 square metre has installed three charging points –each point can solar panel system, which in 2017 produced 12.7 charge two cars– in Lahti. E-cars can be charged at MWh/a of usable electricity for the property. Kauppakatu 31, at Sibelius Hall and at Lahti Sports Center. Additionally, Lahti Energy has developed Towards sustainable power and heat other services for e-cars, including a service pro- production viding properties with charging infrastructure. The The main environmental objective for Lahti En- service development has particularly focused on the ergy is decreasing CO2 emissions. This started to development and piloting of new energy manage- become a reality in 2017, when construction for ment solutions and energy efficiency services. With the Kymijärvi III biothermal power plant began. the new solutions, properties can manage their en- Alongside the already operative BioPolttimo, the ergy consumption in a smart way. 5 In 2017, the Kujala Waste management area in an environment such as the Kujala waste sorting was looking into new energy solutions, including facility. The solar panel project is continued and de- the use of solar energy and the recovery of heat veloped further in cooperation with Lahti Energy. produced as a byproduct of waste processing. All The objective is also to repurpose the closed landfill key operators in the Kujala area participated in area. With a potential new power plant, the waste the project. In Fall 2017, two solar power plants sorting facility’s energy self-sufficiency would go were constructed in the area of the waste sort- up from the 5% to approximately 15%. ing facility, producing over 80 MWh of electricity Municipal total electricity consumption in- every year. In addition to energy production, the creased considerably due to the consolidation of objective is to test different types of solar panels municipalities. Monitoring indicators Base year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016* Electricity consumption (kWh per resident per year) Lahti 2000: 8,620 9,051 8,712 8,780 8,497 9,141.8 Hollola 2007: 8,178 7,976 7,777 7,446 7,331 8,280.4 Nastola 2007: 13,127 11,673 11,943 11,551 ** ** *Electricity consumption data for 2017 not available in Spring 2018 **The municipalities of Nastola and Lahti were consolidated in 2016, as were the municipalities of Hollola and Hämeenkoski Base year Monitoring indicators 2001 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Specific electricity consumption in

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