Keva's environmental strategy goals were achieved 2 years ahead of target
Over 550 000 €
annual savings
Environmental strategy
targets achieved 2 years earlier than targeted
Over100
objects energy management
Our goal was to reduce energy consumption by 7% and water consumption in residential buildings by 10% by 2020. The results and indicators of the first year of energy management were encouraging. The identified energy saving potential was almost 17.5GWh and exceeded the set targets by more than 60%. It was calculated that about 6.5GWh would be realised during the first year.
Petri Suutarinen, Keva's Real Estate Director
Objectives and needs
- Development of energy management in real estate companies
- It was hoped that a long-term partner would be able to support Keva's environmental strategy, achieve energy efficiency targets, and provide energy management services.
- Keva's investment properties are committed to the new Energy Efficiency Agreement (ETS), which sets targets for improving energy efficiency by 2025.
- The goals are to reduce water consumption by 10% in residential buildings, and energy consumption by 7% in Keva properties by 2020.
- The Energy Act, which entered into force in 2015, imposes obligations on large companies for the continuous development of energy efficiency.
Solutions
- During the first year, Keva saved more than 550,000 euros by reducing the energy and water consumption of its properties through accurate remote monitoring and equipment upgrades.
- The goals of Keva's real estate environmental strategy were achieved at the end of 2018, two years earlier than targeted.
- Energy efficiency has been improved through continuous energy monitoring, energy mapping of each property, and effective remote monitoring of building automation.
- Predictive maintenance of properties and communication with users is facilitated when Caverion's remote monitoring, used in more than 40 locations; a few locations also use 24/7 remote management and HelpDesk.
Keva in brief
Keva is Finland's largest pension insurer, taking care of pension matters of the municipal, state, church, and Kela personnel. Keva covers a total of 1.2 million public sector employees and pensioners. Keva is responsible for financing the pensions of municipal personnel and investing pension assets.
