{"id":2717,"date":"2021-11-04T11:43:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T09:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leasegreen.com\/news\/halva-pitajanmaki\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T16:28:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T14:28:21","slug":"halva-pitajanmaki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leasegreen.com\/en\/references\/industrial\/halva-pitajanmaki\/","title":{"rendered":"Halva | Pit\u00e4j\u00e4nm\u00e4ki"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leasegreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/halva-6-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<p>&#8220;The well-being of our staff and working conditions are particularly important to us. That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s great that the energy renovation will reduce the heat load in production and improve production conditions.&#8221;<br\/><br\/><strong>Managing Director Jean Karavokyros, Halva<\/strong><\/p>\n<section class=\"block block-features items-per-row-3\">\r\n    <div class=\"container\">\r\n        <div class=\"features-grid reveal\">\r\n            \n<div class=\"wp-block-wds-features\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group features-grid is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"block block-feature-item\">\r\n        <div class=\"feature-content\">\r\n        \n<div class=\"wp-block-wds-feature-item\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">-23 %<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Carbon footprint<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-feature-item\">\r\n        <div class=\"feature-content\">\r\n        \n<div class=\"wp-block-wds-feature-item\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Repayment period, years<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n<p>In the energy renovation designed and implemented by LeaseGreen, oil was replaced by district heating. At the same time, lighting and ventilation were modernised and more heat was recovered.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.halva.fi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Halva<\/a> makes all his liquorice and salmiak in Pit\u00e4j\u00e4nm\u00e4ki. Originally built in 1956, the factory has been expanded several times over the years. Until 2020, the plant was heated with oil.<\/p>\n\n<p>The energy efficiency measures will reduce the sweets factory&#8217;s carbon footprint by 23%. The investment pays for itself in less than four years. At the same time, conditions for workers will improve.<\/p>\n\n<p>&#8220;For us, it is important that sustainability is reflected in more than just words and targets. We wanted to get these things moving quickly,&#8221; says <strong>Jean Karavokyros<\/strong>, CEO of Halva.<\/p>\n\n<p>Almost 90 years ago, Jean Karavokyros Kaima founded a confectionery factory with his brother Michael, producing cheap sweets according to a traditional recipe. A few years later, other sweets were added to the range. Today, Halva is one of the leading producers of liquorice in the Nordic countries, exporting around a third of the liquorice and sarmacake it makes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The well-being of our staff and working conditions are particularly important to us. 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