stok – projects
STOK is involved in the following projects:
Skaftkärr
The objective of the project is to build an energy efficient housing area for at least 6 000 residents, the building area being 400 hectares, and to develop town planning into a direction where energy efficiency is an important part of the planning process. The planning and the innovative work of Skaftkärr area is carried out in a broad cooperation with authorities, energy producers, energy use developers, contractors, equipment manufacturers and other companies as well as future clients. The living lab part of the project creates a framework for interaction, development work and the decreasing of electricity consumption with a smart and user friendly control system. In the energy part of the project energy companies are created such service business models which support energy efficient construction. Posintra is the coordinator of the Skafrkärr project and it is mainly funded by the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra. Visit the website www.skaftkarr.fi.
Skaftkärr has raised interest also in foreign medias. Read more (in Italian): Modelli efficienti di pianificazione urbana
Contact person: Arto Varis, email: if.artnisop(ta)sirav.otra
Cobuilding
The aim of the project is to increase cobuilding know-how, and to start user-based development projects as an outcome of which will form new forms of living. These new forms of living are related to services, to the solutions of the physical environment, and to the financing models. The city of Porvoo has reserved an area for eight detached or for 16 semi-detached houses from Omenatarha, from the energy efficient housing area of Skaftkärr for households, who are interested in energy efficient building and living. Posintra will activate the starting project by gathering together professionals and the households who are interested on the subject. Posintra will also pass on the information that the national cobuilding network produces on the cobuilding policies and legislation. The project is a part of the Living Business Cluster Programme, and it is mainly funded by the Region of Itä-Uusimaa.
Contact person: Arto Varis, email: if.artnisop(ta)sirav.otra
Sustainable Living and Environment (K-easy)
In Finland 40 % of the total energy production is consumed in living and energy is produced in centralised power plants using mainly fossil fuels. The temperature of apartments is kept constant independent on the energy price or the fact that the residents may not be at home. The heating of apartments is controlled only by instant and local conditions, usually by a thermostat, which is why when weather conditions change, there will be peaks in the energy demand.
The objective of the project is to build a test system which enables the collection of solar and wind power into batteries. This electricity can be used at a time when the electricity from the power grid is expensive. In the test system, wanted test conditions for indoor areas are defined in relation to temperature. The test system is connected to the local weather forecast information. The K-easy project is mainly funded by the European Regional Development Fund ERDF, Southern Finland program.
Contact person: Kristian Bäckström, if.artnisop(ta)mortskcab.naitsirk :liame
Visit the project's web page: www.kestavaasuminen.fi.
Related to the project, a study on distributed energy options in the eco efficient Skaftkärr housing area has been done by Gaia Consultig Oy. Read or download the study here: Study on Distributed Energy Options in Skaftkärr Testbed, 2011.
SouthWood
SouthWood project aims to improve the business conditions of wood product manufacturers and building companies in the whole business chain. STOK being the head of the part project, the theme is electrical building services in to pre-fabricated houses. The project gathers an open and a distinct electric data bank of different manufacturer's building-related equipment, installation and user guides as well as sizing in a commensurate form. The project improves the possibilities of local companies to become suppliers for the manufactures of pre-constructed houses, because their equipment will be used in the model plans produced by SouthWood project. A study on the bottle necks of building a residential house has been started and is soon to be finished. The project has taken part in designing the model houses in Karisto, Lahti, from the electrical building services point of view. These plans will be used in the planning of Skaftkärr area. The project is mainly funded by the European Regional Development Fund ERDF, Southern Finland program.
Contact person: Raila Heiskanen, email: if.artnisop(ta)nenaksieh.aliar
The Housing Eco-Monitoring Service (AsEMo)
The aim of the project has been to develop a monitoring service which monitors energy and water use efficiency as well as security in everyday living. The target groups of the service are residents, housing cooperatives and real estate services. The project has also enabled the development of electricity monitoring service for residents. The project is carried out in cooperation with Aalto University School of Science and Technology, Lahti Center, University of Kuopio, and several companies. The AsEMo project is mainly funded by the European Regional Development Fund ERDF, Southern Finland program.
Contact person: Jan Nyman, email: if.artnisop(ta)namyn.naj
Business from the Innovation Pipeline – Commercialization of Cleantech Innovations
The goal of the project is to support the global commercialization of environmentally friendly electrical building services field or its users. The ideas that have been accepted in the project are on their way into commercial products, and their developers have taken a big step towards international markets. The inventors who are permitted to the project are lucky: the project gives professional help to build networks, find partners and funding, as well as protecting immaterial rights. Local companies are supported in the development of (international) entrepreneurship. Business from the innovation pipeline project is also funded by the European Regional Development Fund ERDF, Southern Finland program. For more information visit http://www.greennetfinland.fi.
Contact person: Raila Heiskanen, email: if.artnisop(ta)nenaksieh.aliar
Earlier projects:
Green IT Homes
Green IT Homes is a project of which aim was to develop a mobile service that helps to understand and control the energy use of a new house. STOK's task in the project was to integrate building automation using products of local companies.
The project was partly funded by the Swedish innovation agency VINNOVA.
Contact person: Jan Nyman, email: if.artnisop(ta)namyn.naj
Modern Wooden Town
Modern Wooden Town is a project of University of Oulu, of which objective is to carry out cosy, innovative, new wooden pilot housing areas all over Finland. The housing areas will be based on low-energy building. In Porvoo, the there are two wooden pilot housing areas; one based on low-energy building in Johannisberg, and the other a renovation of apartment buildings in Näsi.
Contact person: Leena Tuomi, email: if.artnisop(ta)imout.aneel
Devices and Interoperability Ecosystem, Building Automation (DIEM-BA)
DIEM-BA was the largest R&D project in the domain of integrated building automation. It is a part of the ICT-SHOK (Information and communication industry and services of the Strategic Centres for Science, Technology and Innovation). STOK was the coordinator of the project.
Local companies Ensto and Norpe from Porvoo operated as partners in the project, as well as did Enervent through STOK. The project and STOK's role in it gave an excellent vantage point for local companies in the field of integrated building automation development in Finland, as well as internationally. Through the project local companies also had good chances to ensure that their products are in the front line of integrated building automation. The project was mainly funded by the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, Tekes.
Contact person: Kary Främling, email: if.artnisop(ta)gnilmarf.yrak
oSSG – Development of an oBIX-based open Source Service Gateway.
Integration laboratory – Development of an integration laboratory for research and educational purposes.
InnoElli TAAS – Development and piloting of new innovations supporting elderly people’s qualitative living.
