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In the autumn of 2006 a competition was organized by KredEx under the title of "Make your apartment building more energy efficient". The reconstruction project of the selected apartment building at Paldiski Road 171 has been completed. Yesterday, on December 20th, KredEx transferred the grant in the sum of 897,000 kroons to the apartment building, and also financed the building inspection in the amount of 120,000 kroons. In total, the apartment building was supported with 1.017 million kroons within the framework of BEEN (Baltic Energy Efficiency Network for Building Stock) project. According to the agreement, during the period of 2006-2007 the roof, front and balconies of the apartment building were reconstructed and all the windows and balcony-doors were replaced. The heating system was rebuilt from a one-pipe-system into a two-pipe-system; also an individual cost accounting system was installed. The aim of the reconstruction was to gain maximum energy efficiency. "KredEx is happy to see that the project was a great success. The apartment building looks brand new. We expect to witness a significant energy efficiency, in other words saving on heating expenses, and hope that the model building will motivate also other owners to reconstruct their houses as a whole", said Mirja Adler, the head of the KredEx division of housing products. At the end of the project, a contentment survey was carried out among the residents, which showed that the people are satisfied with the reconstruction works and the new quality of the building. The aim of the BEEN project was to find one apartment building in Estonia, which would be prepared to carry out complex reconstruction works in order to gain maximum energy efficiency. The total cost of the project, together with designing, project management and building inspection, was 6.3 million kroons. Paldiski Road 171 apartment association financed the works out of its own funds with 580,000 kroons and also took a loan from Hansapank in the amount of 4.2 million kroons. The state supported the apartment building with half a million kroons and the BEEN project with 1.017 million kroons. 75% of the BEEN project grant is covered by the European Union. Ehitusseire Ltd coordinated the achievement of the aims as the project manager and performer of owner supervision.
In May 2006 a competition was organized by KredEx, Tallinn Technical University, the Association of Estonian Facilities Administrators and Maintenance Professionals, Estonian Union of Apartment Associations, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications and Tallinn City Government under the title "Make your apartment building more energy efficient" within the framework of the European Union INTERREG IIIB program's project "Baltic Energy Efficiency Network for Building Stock or BEEN". A total of 3 applications were submitted to the competition — all of them apartment buildings from Tallinn. The winner of the competition was a building with 59 apartments at Paldiski Road 171.
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