Programme of First Study Visit to Kuopio and Oulu

ENVIRONMENT – WASTE MANAGEMENET AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY KNOWHOW FROM KUOPIO

November 29, Monday 

Place: City Council House, Suokatu 42 A, 70110 Kuopio
Moderator:  Pauli Kurkirinne, Director of Administration and Personnel

9.30 Coffee and tea
9.45 Welcome to Kuopio and some facts about Kuopio
Pauli Kurkirinne, Director of Administration and Personnel, City of Kuopio
10.00 Environment and Climate Issues in Kuopio Region
Environmental Protection Inspector Erkki Pärjälä, the City of Kuopio
10.45

Energy Efficiency in the City of Kuopio
Mervi Weckström-Räisänen, Project Manager, City of Kuopio

  • main principles
  • energy consumption in the buildings owned by the city of Kuopio
  • information and education of energy issues
  • local energy production (geothermal energy, wood and wooden pellets)
12.00  Lunch at the lunch room of the city council house
13.00 Zero-energy Apartment House by Kuopio Student Houses
Representative from Kuopas Ltd (company of Kuopio Student Houses)
14.00 Experiences from Energy Efficiency Studies in the Russia
Timo Kauppinen, Research Scientist, Technical Research Center of Finland (VTT)
15.00 Visit to the zero-energy house along Street Suokatu
16.00 Walk to the hotel
19.00-21.00 Kuopion Energia Ltd City of Kuopio Reception, City Council House, Suokatu 42 A, 70110 Kuopio Host,
Esa Lindholm, Chief Executive Officer, Kuopion Energia Ltd

November 30, Tuesday

Place: City Council House, Suokatu 42 A, 70110 Kuopio
Moderator: Lea Pöyhönen, Director of Environment, The City of Kuopio

8.45 Coffee and tea
9.00 Introduction to the theme of the day
Lea Pöyhönen, Director of Environment
9.15 Waste Management Issues and the Legislation in Finland and in the City of Kuopio
Tuula-Anneli Kinnunen, Environmental Protection Inspector, the city of Kuopio
10.00 Waste Collection Process
Hanna Kisonen, Environmental Coordinator (technical services), the City of Kuopio
10.45 Waste Management in the Kuopio City Region
Virve Hartikainen, Information Coordinator, Jätekukko Oy
(Municipal waste company Jätekukko Oy takes care of the transportation of
waste and the treatment of solid and organic waste in Kuopio as well as in 18 other municipalities. Jätekukko Oy is
owned by local municipalities).
11.15 Examples of Local Companies that Deal with the Waste Management
Matti Tuukkanen, Ecomond Ltd http://www.ecomond.com
Crosswrap Ltd http://www.crosswrap.com
12.00 Lunch at lunch room of the city council house
13.00 Bus to the landfill of Heinälamminrinne (Central land fill site in Kuopio region, surface area 11,3ha)
15.00 Bus from Heinälamminrinne to the school of Vehmasmäki, “geothermal energy school”
16.30 Arrival at hotel
18.30 Bus from hotel to the lodge of Haminanlahti, Kasperintie 111
19.00-22.00 Soirée
- dinner buffet
- possibility to sauna

December 1, Wednesday

8.15 walk from hotel to the Kuopio Energia power station
8.30 Visit to the power mill of Kuopio Energia Oy
10.30

Lunch at lunch room of the Kuopio Energia Oy

Train to Oulu

 

 MUNICIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE - SEMINAR AND STUDY VISIT IN OULU

December 1, Wednesday

Arrival to Oulu by train from Kuopio at 17.24
Bus to the Hotel Holiday Inn Kirkkokatu 3, 90100 Oulu, phone: +358 8 883 9111

December 2, Thursday

First Seminar Day
Place:
Hotel Holiday Inn, Kirkkokatu 3, 90100 Oulu

8.30 Welcome and opening of the seminar
Deputy Mayor Timo Kenakkala, City of Oulu
8.45 Day 1 program and practical issues
9.00

SESSION 1:

10.30 Coffee break
11.00

SESSION 2:

13.15 Buffet lunch
14.15 Study visits with short Sight-Seeing tour
  • Oulu Waterworks: Värttö Surface Water Station
  • Oulu Waterworks: Taskila Waste Water Treatment Plant
16.30 End of the visits, bus to the hotel
19.00-21.00 Soirée at Old Fire Station (Vanha Paloasema, Kauppurienkatu 24 A, 90100 Oulu)
 

December 3, Friday

Second Seminar Day
Place:
Hotel Holiday Inn, Kirkkokatu 3, 90100 Oulu

8.30 Day 2 program and practical issues
8.45

SESSION 3:

  • ILMO – Climate Program,
    Marketta Karhu, Environment Office of the Oulu Region
  • Energy Efficiency in House Building,
    Principal Lecturer Kauko Tulla, Oulu University of Applied Sciences/School of Engineering
  • Energy efficiency in house building– The Role of Building Supervision Office of Oulu;
    Inspection Engineer Markku Hienonen, Building Supervision Office of Oulu
10.30 Coffee break
11.00

SESSION 4:

13.00 Buffet lunch
14.00

SESSION 5:

15.30 Discussions and Farewell
16.00 Bus to the airport