Aalto University student team acknowledged for promoting energy-efficient timber building
Aalto University– All building is teamwork, but especially when improving energy-efficiency, cooperation between different fields of expertise is indispensable. In this sense it was only reasonable that the whole team received the acknowledgement, says Director Juha Salmi from Suomen Asuntotietokeskus.
The award-winning project was chosen by an expert jury with members from the Ministry of the Environment, Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation Tekes and the Finnish Innovation Fund, brought together by the Finnish Trade Fair Foundation. The energy-efficiency acknowledgement was decided upon novelty value, innovativeness, daringness and open-mindedness. The acknowledgement is intended for promoting user-centered and energy-efficient building renovation.
The house, which has been named Luukku, is timber built and energized exclusively by solar power. The annual energy generation of the so-called zero-energy house corresponds to its annual energy consumption. The timber house, which was designed entirely by students, is based on innovative energy-efficient solutions designated for timber building.
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