In 2010 the City of Jyväskylä began the Jyväskyläan Optini project, which aimed at enhancing innovation and promoting life cycle thinking in procurement. The innovative procedure was piloted with the construction project of a school and day-care centre where specific targets for energy efficiency and sustainable development were included. Construction is expected to be completed by July 2015, and maintenance, management and refurbishment services will be provided by the contractor until 2033. The essential new element in life-cycle procurement was to transfer the risk of exceeding the agreed limits of energy consumption from the customer to the service provider. The limits for heating energy, electricity (excluding user electricity demand) and water consumption, as well as the payment terms and price risk for exceeding the limits, were established in the service contract. If, on the other hand, consumption is below the limits set, the savings are shared 50/50 between the customer and the service provider. Because of the latter, the contract encourages the use of the property as energy efficiently as possible.