Construction and buildings
Discover how Lappeenranta strives for carbon-neutral construction through material choices, energy-efficient equipment, and recycling.
Building automation systems can be used to control and monitor the entire building's building services, such as heating, water and ventilation systems, as well as energy consumption. This makes buildings even more energy-efficient and safe.
Some of the buildings in the City of Lappeenranta use the Siemens Desigo CC system. It allows devices to be controlled remotely. This enables systems such as ventilation, heating and lighting to be controlled remotely according to usage needs. The automation system also enables fault tracking.
During the life cycle of a building, emissions are generated from, among other things, the manufacture of materials, construction, repair, maintenance, demolition and energy consumption. In Finland, construction and buildings cause about a third of the country's greenhouse gas emissions.
The City of Lappeenranta is striving for carbon-neutral construction. In carbon-neutral construction, the climate benefits of a construction project are greater than the climate emissions generated during the life cycle of the building.
Material choices, recycling and energy-efficient equipment and plumbing fixtures are part of carbon-neutral construction.
The city aims to increase the use of wood as a building material. Solid wood is mainly used in the structures of Joutseno School, which was completed in 2021, and Sammontalo, which was completed in 2025.