Nordicum - Real Estate Annual Finland 2011 | Page 44

Photos: Skanska

Jukka Pitkänen, Managing Director of Skanska Commercial Development Finland (left) and Gustav Nyberg, Chairman of Aspo.

Going Deeper
Skanska sets the standard
for green office construction
in Europe

Skanska Commercial
Development Finland
(CDF) is working on a green
construction revolution.
As part of the Commercial
Development Nordic, the
organization started operations
in Finland only in 2007 and
managed to hit a homerun
with its very first office project.
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n September, Lintulahti office building in Helsinki received a Platinum Level LEED
certificate – first ever of its kind
awarded to an office building
project in Europe. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building
Rating System was developed in
2000 by the US Green Building Council and has spread all
around the world. Under the system, each building is assessed

using six different criteria: sustainable land use, water usage,
energy efficiency, selection of
materials and recycling, indoor
air and new innovations in the
planning process.
In December, it was time
to unveil the plaque celebrating the milestone achievement
at Lintulahti. Jukka Pitkänen,
Managing Director of Skanska Commercial Development
Finland, clarifies that the cer-

tificate was awarded for ‘Core
and Shell’ in office building
construction.
“Lintulahti was an important project for us – it proved
that we can do this right,” Pitkänen says, adding that CDF
aims to go for platinum in its following projects as well. Skanska Commercial Development
Finland is also a part of Skanska Commercial Development
Nordic, which initiates, devel-