INNOVA – from an apartment building to a passive house

The overall goal of the project is to prepare and demonstrate total repair solutions to improve the energy efficiency of apartments built in the 1970s. A further goal is to open up the renovation market to specifically achieve the minimum energy level of old buildings by highlighting the opportunities and impact of basic renovation solutions.

The project focuses on reducing the energy need of buildings through technology that decreases the amount of thermal loss. The stages of the project:

• Operating model for a renovation project implemented by means of a business network 
• Implementing a passive house through renovation – concept solutions 
• The technical solutions of basic renovation 
• Pilot locations 
• The market potential of passive renovation 
• Communication and marketing – a competition for making an apartment building into a passive house

The competition deals with energy efficiency improvement measures for apartment buildings from the 1970s. The goal of the competition is to reward the housing company that designs and implements the most innovative basic renovation solution. The evaluation of the basic renovation solution takes into account renovation measures that affect the total energy need of the building, that is, the energy need related to room and real estate electricity as well as facility and service water heating.

The project is implemented by Paroc Oy Ab, VTT, Sitra, Tekes, ARA and a number of other companies.
Project website: www.paroc.fi/innova