The aim is to achieve a carbon neutral North Savo by 2035 at the regional level and the North Savo Climate Roadmap serves as a guideline for these goals. The goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent compared to 2007 and bind or offset 20 percent of emissions in a sustainable manner.
In addition to a sustainable climate culture, the climate road map’s emphasis is on promoting the competitiveness of business activities through the circular economy, sustainable use of natural resources, increasing carbon sinks and storages, producing clean energy and maintaining climate safety and biodiversity through cooperation. Measures have been planned in the following sectors of the task: agriculture and forestry, transport and logistics, industry, construction and housing, consumption and waste management, as well as regional planning and energy and water supply.
In particular, the aim of the Plenty of Clean energy theme of the climate road map of North Savo is to regionally promote carbon-neutral energy production. The Heat Circulation Innovation Platform North Savo supports this provincial goal by promoting the introduction of heat production techniques that are not based on carbon-neutral combustion, and also by promoting the development and renewal of the region’s economic structure and new business opportunities in this sector.
In the project, we work practically together with companies in the area and find out possible areas for development, for example, how the company’s waste heat can be recovered and utilized. In practice, work is done together with experts and future makers, i.e. students. In this way, the project also promotes the values of Savonia’s education about closeness to working life and learning together.