HELSINKI CITY CONSTRUCTION SERVICES , STARA
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Due to the slush on Finnish streets in wintertime , gravel is spread onto streets throughout winter to combat slippery conditions . Stara machinery collecting chips on a busy route as winter turns to spring . Photo © Veikko Somerpuro
become completely carbon neutral by 2035 . In Helsinki ’ s metropolitan area , the electrification of buses has already begun , with an aim to have over 100 electric buses in operation by 2020 . The city has also been a testing platform for new smart mobility solutions such as the Mobility-as-a-Service model , which hopes to make car ownership unnecessary by promoting existing services like ride-hailing , trip planning and car-sharing .
Stara has also taken up the fight against climate change and has switched to biofuels to power its non -road vehicles . “ Stara is a cleantech leader ,” observes Aherva . “ My personal goal is that I would like to robotise the whole fleet of vehicles and processes we have . We are also using several means of clean technology like biofuel , electric , hybrid and fuel cell . In order to achieve our 2035 goal , we need to reduce our CO2 emissions by 1.62 %
NOVEMBER 2018