The role of cities in bringing the bioeconomy to action. Dr. Janna Puumalainen Director of strategy City of Joensuu Finland

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1 The role of cities in bringing the bioeconomy to action Dr. Janna Puumalainen Director of strategy City of Joensuu Finland

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3 ELLI Lighthouse Tower ( ) Bridge of the year 2015 Tallest wooden building in Finland: 14-storeys Ground floor of concrete, wooden CLT / VLV -based frame. Student housing: 117 apartments (ca. 5,700 m 2 ) R&D collaboration

4 JOENSUU Further Wood Construction Examples Urbanization is increasing Construction concentrates in growing centres Materials, energy and traffic matter

5 Joensuu Areena (2004) The largest wooden building in Finland (when finished) Sports, exhibitions and concerts

6 Metla House (2004) Nearly all tree species found in Finland in use Recycled, over 100 years old logs in the exterior walls Several awards Home of EFI and LUKE

7 Student Housing ( ) CLT based frame 12 blocks, 96 apartments (4,243 m 2 ) Largest wooden apartment project in Finland

8 JOENSUU SUSTAINABILITY AMBITIONS Our goal: Carbon neutral by 2025 Emissions have decreased 31 % ( ) Compensations Waste treatment Agriculture Traffic Fossile fuel Electricity

9 JOENSUU transition for more bieconomy Covenant of Mayors Town with ambitious SEAP District heating with renewables (wood-based) Fortum wood-based bio-oil production plant in Joensuu - Pyrolysis technology - First of its kind in the world on an industrial scale Enocell Oy plant: fuel oil replaced by biofuels Energy from biogas at the Kuhasalo wastewater treatment plant Large involvement programme for inhabitants, industry and business

10 Housing company Kaltimonrinne Switched into wood-based district heat produced by local energy cooperative ( Eno ) Around 2 million litres of oil replaced annually Imported oil replaced with cheaper, local forest energy Employment in the region supported

11 Extension of Carbon sinks ENO (Environment Online School) Based in Joensuu Network with over 150 countries and almost 10,000 schools Global campaign to plant 100 million trees by 2017 New edible parks in Joensuu Cherry and apple orchards Berry picking spots Allotments gardens Joensuu city forest property Ca. 9,000 ha (incl. 170 parks)

12 Green public procurement and choices Ca. 70 % of Joensuu city procurement (100 M in 2016) carried out with environmental criteria Fair Trade Town since 2009 Finland s first cycle street opened

13 Joensuu: Everyday life in cities and towns City fishing guide (2016) Local and organic food circles Outdoor gym with energy-producing exercise bikes Large events with eco-certificates

14 Courses and seminars More time less clutter Eco cleaning Box farming How to find high-quality clothing Vegetarian cooking for meat eaters Sustainable meal workshop for restaurants Solar energy event Future Transportation seminar Renewable Energy Meetup Educating adults

15 and the younger ones NEW: LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR CARBON FOOTPRINT Just created for elementary school Example of phenomenon-based learning Versatile sensor technology in place Measurement data saved in a cloud and transferred into a digital learning environment Enables constant measuring the carbon footprint at the school

16 Learning environment for carbon footprint System description (Sensire Ltd)

17 Learning environment for carbon footprint

18 Example: Lights (kwh), solar energy (kwh) and Water use (m3)

19 Green investments & funding Municipal Financing (MuniFin) initiative, first green bond in Finland Aims to enhance municipalities environmental investments Launched on the London Stock Exchange in October 2016 Joensuu has received ca. 43 M green funding School Karhunmäki (2017) For 350 pupils. Construction favoured the use of wood and looked for sustainable and energy-efficient technical solutions. School Nepenmäki (2018) For 750 pupils. Bio-based district heating, solar energy and wind power.

20 Innovative plot selling competition (2017) Attractive location in the town centre at riverside Fixed price (1,3 M ) Bidding criteria based on innovativeness, architecture and sustainability Winning solution: green roof, sharing economy, electric car facilities, community sauna, arts + construction novelties

21 JOENSUU Forest bioeconomy capital Example of a European town Cities and towns have a lot of local implementation power use a lot of public money can influence inhabitants and other stakeholders in their area and beyond contribute a lot to the global transition into bioeconomy influence the pace of the change

22 FOREST BIOECONOMY KNOWLEDGE HUB Unique concentration of forestbased knowledge&research All levels in forest bioeconomy education Forest machines & timber logistics Excellent forest resources & industry experts in bioeconomy + 6,000 jobs related + specialized business incubator

23 Joensuu plenty of bioeconomy opportunities

24 JOENSUU GROWING CAPITAL OF NORTH KARELIA REGION, FINLAND 1/3 of population < 25 years old European Forest Institute University of Eastern Finland Karelia Uni of Applied Sciences Vocational Education Airport&five daily flights to HEL 2,009 km to Brussels Baltic Sea -connected harbour Railway (10 days to China) Cross-country skiing period in : 6 months Finnish heat record 37.2 C at Joensuu airport in 2010 Inhabitants 76,000 City surface area 2,751 km2 80% forest

25 ANNOUNCEMENT: JOENSUU CITY CHALLENGE 2018 International competition, deadline 18th of March ,000 and four city platforms for innovative proposals Especially for SMEs and bioeconomy solutions Winning proposals to be implemeted as pilots Full info:

26 MORE OPPORTUNITIES