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1 Welcome to Kouvola! A Future Wooden City or a Future Wooden Network Town of Bigger and Smaller Villages 1

2 There are at least three kind of Wooden Cities Those who have history and heritage as a Wooden City Those who have Big Future as a Wooden City Those who have both 2

3 Challenges are in the future We have not inherited this country from our parents but we have borrowed it from our children and grandchildren 3

4 First of all, we must think of them when doing our decisions today 4

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6 Source: Helsingin Sanomat

7 Finland has reached a turning point with regard to forest and wood; new ways of using it must be found. Nature, recreation, tourism Developing mechanical wood (processing) upgrading Biofuels 7

8 Timber developments involve a substantial national interest. Wood is the most significant and renewable nature resource serving also as a carbon sink. New climate friendly solutions utilizing wood benefit the industry, cities and people aroud the globe 8

9 Tackling Structural Change and Climate Change STRUCTURAL CHANGE KOUVOLA CLIMATE CHANGE PRO-ACTIVE ECONOMY MAKING THE MOST OF FOSTERING VITALITY ECOLOGY FROM TRADITIONAL FOREST AND PAPER INDUSTRY TO FOREST-, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CLUSTER FOREST/ LEISURE/ TOURISM SUSTAINABLE TOURISM REPOVESI/ NATIONAL PARK VERLA NATURE CENTRE PULP/ PAPER BIO- ENERGY OTHER RENEWABLE ENERGY MECHANIC TIMBER/ CONSTRUCTION 9

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11 The Green Spirit of Kouvola The business vision is supported and the strategy is guided by value anchors All operations of Kouvola are supported by three value anchors,which are combined under a shared slogan, "The Green Spirit of Kouvola". Kouvola: The Way of Open Innovation We promote the renewal of businesses through innovative, location-independent cooperation networks Finland's best network facilitator for the operational models and utilisation of open innovation Kouvola promoting an environmentally sound business sector: The Green Way of Kouvola In all business operations, we develop increasingly environmentally friendly operating models The smallest carbon footprint in Finland An interactive and community-oriented Kouvola: The Digital Way of Kouvola In an open-minded and determined way, we develop services in the information network for all residents of the municipality, and for enterprises in the area Finland's most efficient and caring city 11

12 One of the four development areas is forrest, energy and environment Within this sector, the main areas are: bio energy timber construction 12

13 Timber Development Competition - Towards sustainable and climate friendly development Prochure in english: XYSpCE/E2flyer_130510_eng.pdf 13

14 The teams have the following tasks: 1. Propose a solution for design, manufacturing, installation, and other relevant methods or services progressing wooden multi-story developments that meet high requirements for energy-efficiency (nearly passive energy level). 2. Demonstrate the feasibilty of the proposal on a pilot site in the City of Kouvola considering the evaluation criteria. 3. Envision new business ideas related to proposal or supporting its functions and/or products. 14

15 Assessment criteria 1. The quality of the industrial concept The potential for an industrial breakthrough and entrepreneurship related to wooden multi-story buildings in forms of solutions, products, methods or other commercial ideas. The adaptability of the proposal to diverse sites considering the local starting points: local identity, attractiveness, meaning of location and taking advantage of the location. 2. Architecture Architectural and urban quality Functional feasibility, effectiveness, and flexibility Potential for variable building and apartment layouts and suitability for diverse inhabitants 15

16 Assessment criteria 3. Energy and material efficiency Energy-efficiency and environmental friendliness 4. Feasibility and cost-effectiveness Cost-effectiveness Durability and quality of technical solutions Fire safety and its innovative solutions Feasibility and potential for phased implementation 16

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18 Kouvola Competence Centre for Wooden Constructions - WoodInno Education & Research Product Development & Testing WoodInno SITRA Finnish Innovation Fund TEKES, Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation VTT, Technical Research Centre of Finland Enterprices Fire Technology / Safety PILOT FACTORY Aalto University Linnaeus University Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences Kouvola Region Vocational College Businesses Design & Planning Element Production Logistics Building Marketing Financing 18

19 Goals and objectives set to the WoodInno project to establish in Kouvola the first Finnish industry/business driven Competence Centre for Wood Construction which brings together the sectors of education, research and product development and thus, contributes to improved international competitiveness of the businesses in the field of industrial wood construction and wood product industry to develop and implement the method, process and system solutions of the industrial production of the wooden multistory constructions based on the solutions resulting from the timber design competition for the pilot site in Kouvola to start the design and production of housing solutions based on industrial production of wooden constructions in Kouvola as well as their exports to Baltic countries and Russia, and from the point of view of education and competence building also to Asia 19

20 to create new entrepreneurship concentrating on wood construction or providing supporting services to the industry in Kymenlaakso to influence the public decision making processes and the future Finnish governmental program to improve the competitiveness of the wood construction to create a model for evaluating and following up the environmental impacts of the wood construction considering here all the impacts during the entire life cycle of the building materials, i.e. production of building materials and logistics, building processes, use of the buildings and their recyclability after the life cycle has finished 20

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