Sylva offers a range of prefabricated wood-based products to tackle major issues facing the industry today by reducing emissions, enabling faster construction times and offering a more efficient use of raw materials. Exhibiting in Hall B5, stand 338, visitors will experience, see and touch the Sylva walls, floors, stairs and beams and connect with experts to understand more about building with wood.
The range of prefabricated wood-based elements for low-carbon buildings, is challenging the traditional construction industry by making it more sustainable and easier to build big in wood. As every Sylva element is tailor-made, it is possible to build various building typologies (multi-storey residential, offices, industrial, schools) at any scale. All the wood used for the Sylva cross-laminated timber (CLT) and laminated veneer lumber (LVL) elements (walls, floors, roofs, stairs, beams and columns) comes from sustainably managed European forests.
“The construction industry needs to change,” said Eduard Reutner, senior vice-president, head of sales at Stora Enso Wood Products. “Today it accounts for 37% of global energy related carbon emissions, and this cannot continue. Wood products can help transform the construction sector from a source of greenhouse gas emissions to a carbon sink. As one of the market leaders within wood construction we see a responsibility to share our knowledge within the construction industry and further support our peers with solutions that enable faster construction, reduced costs, more efficient use of raw material and fewer emissions than concrete or steel.”
