Project duration: 09/01/2023 – 06/30/2025
Project code: Kliima.3.01.23-0141
Project partners: Estonian University of Life Sciences (Tartu, Estonia), Lviv Polytechnic National University and National Forestry University of Ukraine (Lviv, Ukraine)
Project goal and objectives: A large number of people have lost their homes due to climate change and the Russian military invasion. Almost 2.1 million Ukrainians were forced to relocate due to destroyed houses or active hostilities. According to estimates, at least 600,000 apartments are needed to provide housing for displaced persons and internally displaced persons (IDPs). More than 2 million Ukrainians are left homeless, and right now it is important to choose the best and most profitable option for quick and high-quality housing construction for displaced people, which would also take into account the needs of adaptation and mitigation. climate change. Ukrainian partners: «We can emerge from this period as an even more united, stronger and more modern nation if we help every affected family to find decent and quality housing».
Considering the amount of demand for renewable buildings in Ukraine, construction technologies that reduce CO2 emissions (for example, the use of carpentry pallets from CPC, reducing the need for lifting equipment and the cost of transporting construction materials) and the use of renewable construction materials (wood and wood structural and natural insulating materials).Previous, together with the so-called «smart house», integrated technological automated, digital and remote-controlled devices to ensure the internal climate of the building, for the operation of water supply and sewage systems (rainwater collection, recycling after treatment of «gray» wastewater) and energy supply from renewable energy sources (solar panels and collectors, as an alternative to firewood heating). Structural and technical solutions for such a building are being developed at the Estonian University of Life Sciences (Tartu, Estonia) in cooperation with Ukrainian partners. All structural units and the construction and physical functioning of fencing structures are checked in the laboratories of the Lviv Polytechnic National University with the participation of specialists of the National Forestry University of Ukraine (Lviv, Ukraine). The technical systems necessary for the functioning of the building are integrated and programmed according to the software to control them. The operation of the technical system is previously checked separately in the laboratories of the Estonian University of Life Sciences.