LVISKA smart renewable energy based building automation learning environment

One of the changes due to COVID-19 in Finland was the shift from working at the employers’ premises to working from home. Many people share their time between home, office, and summer house and in the new working culture, one can flexibly work online from any of these locations. Smart modern building service technology could help to save energy in the new working environment for example by lowering temperature and ventilation of an empty office space and switching back to normal when the space is in use. If the new technology is taken into use in a big scale, even with small adjustments, the overall energy savings can be remarkable. The challenge is to familiarize people working in the field of technical building services with the possibilities of the smart technology.

The North Karelia Municipal Education and Training Consortium, Riveria established LVISKA smart renewable energy based building automation learning environment in 2021 with the help of ERDF and ESF funding. The learning environment ensures up-to-date, work-based and multidisciplinary building services engineering education in the region. The learning environment uses renewable energy sources and it enables to simulate the impact of automation on energy consumption of buildings. The learning environment will promote low-carbon building automation solutions in North Karelia, both in public and private sector and it is for the use of the Riveria students but also North Karelian municipalities and enterprises.