For instance energy certificates or carbon footprints of apartments, houses and blocks are not attainable to people in search of a new place to live. Since housing is a big contributor to GHG-emissions, especially in a country of cold winters, it requires more attention than it presently gets at all levels. People say they do want to take climate impacts into account, but it is not easy for them to walk the talk, if the required information is not easily accessible.

The project team’s goal is to make it feasible to people to take the climate impacts into consideration when choosing a new apartment or house. They will gather up all the criteria considered significant when it comes to the impacts that housing has on climate: e.g. energy issues and carbon footprint of the apartment, house or block, location commensurate to public transportation and services. These climate criteria should then be brought forth alongside with the traditional ones i.e. size and price of the apartment: One of the main objectives is to cooperate with the online portals for apartment search and major estate agencies.

Please visit the project's website at http://www.muutostamuuttoon.net

Please contact Jari Ingerttilä for further information about Challenge Europe project in Finland.

Jari Ingerttilä
Projects and Partnerships Manager
Tel. +358 9 7743 3350
first.last@britishcouncil.fi