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| Ruukki energy panels help clearly improve energy rating of buildings  Launched in spring this year, Ruukki energy panels enable a clear improvement in the energy rating of buildings. Ruukki energy panels have been ordered for, among other projects in Finland, Cargotec's technology centre at Hervanta, in Tampere, Paccor's packaging plant in Hämeenlinna, Flyway Cargo's logistics centre in Vantaa and DB Schenker's logstics centre in Nurmijärvi. A total of over 100,000 m2 of energy panels had already been ordered during the summer and autumn. Knowledge of a clear decrease in the carbon footprint of buildings has fuelled growing interest in Ruukki energy panels. In addition, annual savings of up to 30 per cent in energy costs support the choice of energy panels.Thanks to its airtightness, the energy panel system considerably reduces the need to heat and cool a building and also cuts carbon dioxide emissions. For example, with Ruukki's energy panels, a single-storey 10,000 m2 logistics centre in the south of Finland produces 2,800 tonnes less carbon dioxide emissions over a ten-year period. This equates to the same amount of emissions produced by 280 cars driving around the world, or 40,000 kilometres, a year. Flyway Cargo's logistics and warehousing centre is under construction in the vicinity of Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. The centre is being built for the client Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company. Scheduled for completion in autumn 2012, the centre will have a total of around 7,000 m2 of Ruukki energy panels. The façade contractor is Oulun Pelti ja Eristys Oy, which is also an installation firm certified by Ruukki. "Real estate investments are long-term, which is why we are interested in energy efficiency, sustainable construction and the long life of product parts," explains construction manager Niina Rajakoski at Ilmarinen. NCC Rakennus Oy is the contractor for Cargotec's technology and competence centre. The five-storey office building and workshop building in conjunction with it are scheduled for completion in December 2012. The workshop building will have around 5,000 m2 of energy panels. Packaging manufacturer Paccor Finland Oy's new production premises in the Moreeni industrial park in Hämeenlinna are scheduled for completion in autumn 2012. The contractor is Lemminkäinen and the customer is real estate company Morpac Oy. A total of around 8,000 m2 of energy panels will be delivered for the project. Logistics provider DB Schenker's new logistics centre in Nurmijärvi will also have around 7,000 m2 of energy panels. The contract is being carried out by project and construction management consulting company Rakennuttajatoimisto HTJ Oy using the project management service model. The centre will be brought into use towards the end of 2012. "The environmental performance of our logistics centre will be certified according to the BREEAM system and we are aiming for energy rating A. We chose Ruukki's energy panels because of their airtightness as one way to help us achieve that aim. Our calculations indicate that the additional investment required by energy panels will pay for itself in a sufficiently short time compared to the benefit gained," notes Marco Furu, Director, Real Estate DB Schenker in Finland. Ruukki energy panels are manufactured at Ruukki's plant in Alajärvi, Finland. Ruukki energy panels are prefabricated elements intended for the exterior walls of a building to make the outside wall structures very airtight. Thanks to airtightness, Ruukki's energy panel system considerably reduces the need to heat and cool a building and also cuts carbon dioxide emissions. Energy panels are ideal for commercial, industrial and logistics buildings, among others. Ruukki is the first manufacturer in the world to guarantee the exact level of airtightness of exterior wall panels. A choice of three different levels of air tightness is available depending on the purpose of the building. Thanks to a non-combustible mineral wool core, the panels are also very fire retardant. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Construction News :: home page |