The products of the LINE and RINO selections now have EPD environmental product declarations. Ventilation products with a carbon footprint are now also available for architects, interior designers, and people building and renovating their own house. Preference for sustainable development has been a rising trend for several years, and it is clearly continuing.
The environmental statement or EPD provides a clear summary of the product’s life cycle assessment. EPD information is presented in a standardized way, which makes it easier to compare different products. Use the guidance below to ensure you are reading the EPD correctly.
Our contribution to Nordic design has been recognized globally since LINE valves received a gold medal for the best HVAC product in the design competition. The European Product Design Award™ rewards international product and industrial designers. The competition’s international jury evaluates the design based on innovation, aesthetics, functionality, durability, and usefulness.
The Spirit of Helsinki boat sailed the third leg of the Ocean Globe Race from Auckland in New Zealand to Punta del Este in South America. The crew landed in Uruguay on Friday a week ago. The boat arrived at the stage harbour in second place after a tough race, as the French boat Pen Duick VI arrived already on Wednesday. The race’s third leg was the most challenging but a fantastic experience for many crew members. After participating, we received 12 new Finnish Southern Sea sailors and Cape Horn circumnavigators, including our CEO, Tommi Uksila. Climecon congratulates!
During this period, the share of renovation construction is increasing, and many operators are now investing in renovation construction. Shopping centers, business premises, schools, and educational institutions are repaired and fundamentally improved. At the same time, we want to improve indoor air conditions. Today’s criteria and requirement levels are at a higher level than before. Now, companies want to invest in a high-class indoor climate that is draft-free, noise-free, and works with a high mixing ratio without forgetting the appearance of the ventilation equipment.
Commercial kitchens’ Superman Ville is our walking knowledge bank. He has answers to all questions related to ventilation in professional kitchens, and internal IT consulting, for example, is also possible when a colleague needs help. The powerhouse who is dedicated to commercial kitchen solutions always has a twinkle in his eye and is ready to help others.
Renewal and continuous product development are our thing. We have invested in them throughout the company’s history because we want to offer the industry’s most innovative and human-centric solutions. For us, this means that the products are always high quality, energy-efficient, and responsible, but they are also stylish and easy to install.
The ECO-T room controller just got new features. Now, you can set a maximum temperature and a PIN code to restrict access to the settings. Passive houses enable the use of smart and energy-efficient solutions for heating. ECO valves have an integrated heating element to heat the incoming air. ECO heaters are mostly controlled with the ECO-T room controller. The room controller optimizes the air heating energy consumption according to the desired room temperature.
At Climecon, we invest in ensuring that our customers have reliable information about the environmental effects of our products. That’s why the OTSO and KONTIO product families are now EPD-verified. Life cycle calculation is part of our long-term responsibility work, which we work towards continuously. “What is promised is kept.”
Spirit of Helsinki and our CEO, Tommi Uksila, sailed on Tuesday last week to the finish line in Auckland, New Zealand, and cleared the demanding South Sea. They arrived at the finish as the fastest boat in their class and the third boat in the second leg. This leg was the most challenging of the entire race, and they faced many challenges. The boat took big hits from the waves and even tore the sails. Spirit of Helsinki won the Line Honors award on the first leg by arriving first at the finish line.
This time, we get to know our air terminal devices business Director, Pekka Huhtela, who has also worked in Climecon for a long time. Pekka, originally from Oulu, located in Northern Finland, is involved in the entire chain when innovating and developing new products. He meets many clients, and with a “serious, but not serious” attitude, meetings are taken care of, for example, in the Padel court.
Climecon’s black air terminal devices have been widely used in stylish destinations worldwide, but did you know that all our professional kitchen hoods and ceiling ventilation solutions are also available in black? In the spirit of Black Friday, we will tell you more about our black products in this article.
In the summer, Climecon got a new addition to its team when Emma Piha started as a sustainability expert. As the responsibility expert, she is responsible for the planning, development, and reporting of our responsibility work.
Climecon’s CEO, Tommi Uksila, participates in the Ocean Globe Race 2023 around the world. The journey commenced from Southampton, England, at the beginning of September, and the Finnish boat finished the first leg in Cape Town on Friday, 20th October. Spirit of Helsinki won the coveted Line Honours award by being the first to reach the finish line of the milestone. The team is first in their own class and second overall after counting the current scores. Spirit of Helsinki took about 40 days on the first leg of the Ocean Globe competition.
Our selection is updated regularly so that we can offer the most current products. NOP supply air diffuser and LINO diffusers have been removed from the selection. NOP will be replaced by NOT diffuser, which has excellent properties. For residential ventilation, we recomend for example FINO.
The multi-part TUISKU snow and rain covers can now be attached completely from the front, which makes it easier to create a clean installation, removes the cumbersome installation work from the side of the chamber and saves installation time by up to 50%.
This time, we introduce our Sales Director and Head of Gas-Phased Air Filtration, Mikko Erikson, who is currently also deputy to the CEO. Known as the father figure of the sales team, Mikko runs the air purification sales while ensuring customer satisfaction and keeping customers and salespeople happy. According to other Climecon employees, Mikko is an excellent team player who encourages others and possesses a great sense of humour.
Climecon’s professional kitchen lighting solution was updated to better cater to the wishes and requirements of customers. Now, all luminaires are supplied as standard with DALI bus and SwitchDIM technology. DALI (digital addressable lighting interface) is a widely used lighting control bus technology that seamlessly integrates Climecon’s professional kitchen lighting solution with the property’s lighting control system.
Products and services bearing the “Design from Finland” mark have been designed in Finland in a professional, responsible, and user-oriented manner. The label can be awarded to companies investing in Finnish product design. All our products are designed and manufactured in Finland at factories in Kausala and Pihtipudas, while sales, marketing, and customer service are based in Helsinki.
Sustainable and environmentally friendly business practices guide everything we do. That’s why our product development strives to reduce the carbon footprint of our products whenever possible. Such measures include, for example, changing the product and packaging materials to more environmentally friendly ones, optimizing the use of materials, and optimizing the use of water and energy in manufacturing. Our OLO diffusers are a perfect example of environmentally friendly product development.
Climecon is known for its “getting things done”-attitude, but sometimes it’s time to take a break. Climecon CEO Tommi Uksila will participate in the Ocean Globe Race 2023 sailing competition around the world. During Tommi’s sailing, Mikko Erikson, head of the sales team and head of the air purification business, will act as the CEO’s deputy. Mikko has been in the Climecon team for a long time and is certainly a familiar face to many. Tommi’s absence does not cause changes in Climecon’s services or operations.