YIT chosen for Prize winner of “the most energy efficient building in Latvia”

This year total of 44 applications was submitted for the contest. The main evaluation criteria included sustainable solutions for total heat and hot water consumption, innovative ventilation systems and overall quality of a building. The main goal of the contest is to promote energy efficient solutions, raise awareness of heat resistant high quality buildings and inform about opportunities to reduce greenhouse gases.

“Energy efficiency is one of the most important issues for our clients nowadays and this is a factor which is a priority for us and for our customers”, Andris Boze, Managing Director of YIT Celtnieciba SIA says.

Akacijas is a 9-storey building with 62 apartments centrally located in area called Imanta, not far from Riga’s centre. The area has good public transport connections and it is also easily reached by car. Akacijas project was finalized in 2012.

Photos of the project can be found here:
http://yit.materialbank.net/NiboWEB/YIT/showCartPublicContent.do?uuid=6177444&random=119603&lang=en

Further information
Tom Sandvik, Head of the Baltic Countries and CEE division, YIT Construction Ltd, tel: +358 400 617 807, tom.sandvik@yit.fi
Hanna Malmivaara, Vice President, communications, YIT Corporation, tel. +358 40 561 6568, hanna.malmivaara@yit.fi

YIT is a construction industry leader. We create better living environments in Finland, Russia, the Baltic countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Over 100 years of experience have secured for us a strong market position: We are the largest housing developer and one of the largest business premises and infrastructure developers in Finland, and the most significant foreign housing and area developer in Russia.  Our vision is to stay one step ahead – while caring for our customers, partners and personnel. We have more than 6,000 employees in seven countries. In 2013, our revenue amounted to nearly EUR 1.9 billion. Our share is listed on Nasdaq OMX Helsinki. www.yitgroup.com