Emissions reduction plan charts in plain text
Total emissions
Chart of the emission development by sector. The emissions from heating will decline from 1990 to 2030 from approximately 1 800 kt CO2e/year to 90 kt CO2e/year. The emissions from electricity will decline from 1990 to 2030 from approximately 600 kt CO2e/year to 98 kt CO2e/year. The emissions from traffic will decline from 1990 to 2030 from approximately 700 kt CO2e/year to 370 kt CO2/year. Emissions from other sectors (agriculture, waste, industrial machines) will decline from 1990 to 2030 from approximately 460 kt CO2e/year to 41 kt CO2e/year.
The emissions from heat consumption, heating, and specific emissions of heating
Chart of the emissions from heat consumption. Heat consumption has increased in Helsinki from 1990 to 2022 from approximately 5 760 GWh to 6 591 GWh.
Chart of heating emissions. The emissions from heating will decline from 1990 to 2030 from approximately 1 660 kt CO2e/year to 90 kt CO2e/year.
Chart of specific emissions of heating. The specific emissions of heating will decline from 1990 to 2030 from approximately 306 g CO2e/kWH to 16 g CO2e/kWh.
The emissions from electricity consumption
Chart of the emissions from electricity consumption. The emissions from electricity will decline from 1990 to 2030 from approximately 600 kt CO2e/year to 98 kt CO2e/year.
The emissions from transport
Chart of the emissions from transport by vehicle type sector. The emissions from passenger cars will decline from 1990 to 2030 from approximately 440 kt CO2e/year to 194 kt CO2e/year. The emissions from shipping will increase from 1990 to 2030 from approximately 70 kt CO2e/year to 82 kt CO2e/year. The emissions from buses will decline from 1990 to 2030 from approximately 60 kt CO2e/year to 16 kt CO2e/year. The emissions from motorcycles will increase from 1990 to 2030 from approximately 5 kt CO2e/year to 8 kt CO2e/year. The emissions from rail traffic will decline from 1990 to 2030 from approximately 14 kt CO2e/year to 0 kt CO2e/year. The emissions from heavy traffic will decline from 1990 to 2030 from approximately 100 kt CO2e/year to 78 kt CO2e/year.
| Category | Action | Sector | Progress | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATEGORY 1: Actions that reduce emissions | ||||
| Category 1 | Implementing economically viable energy efficiency measures for office and service buildings managed by the City’s Facility service | Heating | Well underway | |
| Category 1 | Energy management of city-owned office and service buildings | Heating | Well underway | |
| Category 1 | Implementing heating method changes to city-owned office and service buildings that are heated with oil or direct electricity | Heating | Well underway | |
| Category 1 | Discontinuing the use of lime cement as a binder in soil improvement | Construction (Scope 3) | Well underway | |
| Category 1 | Adjusting the ventilation in City facilities to an appropriate level. | Heating | Progressing moderately well | |
| Category 1 | Low-emission concrete in infrastructure projects. | Construction (Scope 3) | Done | Updated to design guidelines |
| Category 1 | Reducing the emissions from the preconstruction at the former Malmi Airport area by 50%. | Construction (Scope 3) | Well underway | |
| Category 1 | Lowering temperatures in City-controlled facilities. | Heating | Done | |
| Category 1 | Replacing outdoor lights with LED lights. | Electricity | Well underway | |
| Category 1 | Planning and implementing City facilities and service buildings so that the E value will be -30% of the national threshold value for the use class. | Heating | Well underway | |
| Category 1 | Renovation projects of City facilities and service buildings will be implemented so that the E value will decrease by 34% of the buildings’ original E value. | Heating | Well underway | |
| Category 1 | Requiring energy class A of residential blocks of flats (use class 2) in the property conveyance conditions. | Heating | Done | Switched to steering with a carbon footprint |
| Category 1 | In detailed planning, buildings other than residential ones will be required to be of a class that is -20% of the national norm set for that type of building. | Heating | Well underway | |
| Category 1 | The main heating system selected for the City’s facilities and service buildings will be a heat pump system if its repayment period is under 15 years and its implementation is technically feasible. | Heating | Well underway | |
| Category 1 | Exchanging City-owned passenger cars for electric cars in 2021–2025. | Transport | Not on schedule | Delays in the construction of charging stations; cars have not been replaced as planned. |
| CATEGORY 2: Required actions that facilitate emissions reduction | ||||
| Category 2 | Building charging stations for electric cars on city-owned properties to make up the delay in the electrification of the car fleet | Transport | Progressing moderately well | |
| Category 2 | Tendering for the electrification of ferries | Transport | Progressing moderately well | |
| Category 2 | Principles for low-temperature regional heating entities. | Heating | Done | |
| Category 2 | Reprogramming the implementation plan of the Baana cycling network and the target network up to 2030. | Transport | Well underway | |
| Category 2 | Constructing charging stations for electric cars in line with the forecast on the number of electric cars. | Heating | Progressing moderately well | |
| Category 2 | Establishing tendering processes for the energy solutions for City-owned facilities. | Heating, Electricity | Not on schedule | |
| Category 2 | Launching Energy Renaissance guidance services | Heating | Done | https://energiaremontti.hel.fi/en/ |
| Category 2 | Allowing the construction of geothermal heating systems in public areas. | Heating | Well underway | The principle has been approved (Urban Environment Committee 1 February 2022); first advance enquiries have been answered. |
| Category 2 | The plot conveyance conditions will require that new sites’ parking spaces be implemented so that they are electrified and one third of the spaces are equipped with a charging station. | Transport | Well underway | |
| Category 2 | Implementing the Bicycle Action Plan. | Transport | Well underway | Indicators to be monitored: Construction of the inner-city target network: 50.0 km (target of 140 km); construction of the Baana cycling network: 18.3 km (target of 150 km) |
| CATEGORY 3: Surveys to determine new emissions reduction actions | ||||
| Category 3 | Experiments reducing emissions during the construction phase in the city’s own office and service building production | Construction (Scope 3) | Well underway | |
| Category 3 | Review on steering construction through carbon footprint. | Construction (Scope 3) | Done | Decision on implementation (Urban Environment Committee 20.6.2023) |
| Category 3 | Accelerating the energy efficiency improvements on City-owned properties outside renovation projects (Definition of the implementation process for energy surveys). | Heating, Electricity | Well underway | |
| Category 3 | Review of emissions reduction methods for transport. | Transport | Well underway | Impact assessment in progress |
| Category 3 | Promoting the definition of effective regional emissions reduction measures on mobility. | Transport | Progressing moderately well | |
| Category 3 | Study on steering the procurement of natural stones used in public areas by introducing emission criteria | Construction (Scope 3) | Progressing moderately well |