To meet the demand for sustainable and innovative construction solutions, Stora Enso has launched Sylva which is a massive wood building kit of pre-manufactured, custom-made applications delivered just-in-time to the building site. Source: Timberbiz
The solution enables faster construction, reduced costs, more efficient use of raw material and fewer emissions than concrete or steel.
Sylva uses cross-laminated timber (CLT), laminated veneer lumber (LVL) and glued laminated timber (GLT). The Sylva kit includes everything needed to create a modern, sustainable wooden structure for low-carbon buildings. The custom-made walls, floors, roofs, stairs, beams and columns optimise the use of massive wood to suit buildings of all types and scales.
Stora Enso’s automated coating line, being built in Austria, will further enhance the value and quality of the Sylva components by offering high-quality water-based coatings, protecting them against moisture, sunlight, insects and fire. This will result in shorter construction times, decrease costs for construction companies, and provide added value and improved product quality.
“By delivering prefabricated, easy-to-install components to the construction sites, we respond to the increasing trend of off-site construction while offering a solution to the industry’s labour shortage. Sylva by Stora Enso is a game-changer for making this happen, replacing concrete and steel with renewable wood to enable a circular, low-carbon construction process,” said Mathieu Robert, Head of Building Solutions at Stora Enso.
