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Finland's Decree 1027/2024 applies to project developers/building owners seeking permits for the new buildings covered by Finland's Construction Act’s low-carbon provisions.
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Introduction
Decree 1027/2024 is issued under Finland’s Construction Act (Rakentamislaki 751/2023) and provides the technical detail for how a building’s low-carbon performance must be assessed and documented. It defines what must be included in the climate declaration (covering the building and building site) and what information must appear in the building product list, helping standardize the underlying data used for low-carbon design, permitting, and verification.
What the Decree asks
The decree requires covered projects to:
Assess low-carbon performance for the climate declaration, including both carbon footprint and carbon handprint, using the national low-carbon assessment method and specified lifecycle elements.
Use recognized data sources for calculations (e.g., Finland’s national emissions database or other accepted “environmental property” datasets consistent with the method).
Compile a building product list in an interoperable, machine-readable format when applying for the building permit.
Ensure the product list includes at least core identifiers and scope (e.g., building ID, use class, products used for building and site, date, preparer), and covers defined building elements (structure/facade/openings, key MEP systems, etc.).
Provide the climate declaration at final inspection to evidence compliance (including, where applicable, demonstrating the building’s carbon footprint is below the applicable limit value), and update the product list for major changes at completion.
Status & Outlook
The decree enters into force on 1 January 2026 and contains a transition rule: building-permit applications already pending at entry into force follow the rules previously in effect. In parallel, Finland has been preparing a separate government decree to set carbon-footprint limit values by building use class; as of late 2025, that instrument was still in the finalization pipeline after EU technical notification steps.
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