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Sustainable school buildings for the next generation

05^th Jul 2021

The schools of the future are creative, calm environments built to help students thrive as they learn. They’re also made of wood.

Building Concepts by Stora Enso

30^th Jun 2021

Over the last 20 years, a revolution has been taking place within the construction industry. Massive-engineered wood elements like CLT (Cross Laminated Timber) and LVL (Laminated Veneer Lumber), are allowing us to build higher and larger than ever before. After over one hundred years with concrete and steel, wood is back in town.

The office buildings of the future are made of wood

29^th Jun 2021

In a post-pandemic world, the requirements being placed on office spaces have changed. For a start, today’s modern office needs to be more attractive than the home environment. There needs to be a reason to go there.

Healthy homes in modern wood buildings

28^th Jun 2021

Sustainable housing is about more than living in a low-carbon home. It’s about feeling good and sleeping well in a pleasant environment. Modern wood architecture lets designers do both.

Why it's time to build more wooden schools

20^th May 2021

As children between the ages of seven and 14 spend 90% of their time indoors, with the majority of that time at school, creating healthy learning environments is crucial. Wood has a positive impact on health and wellbeing, as well as a lower carbon footprint – achieving reductions of up to 75% of CO2 emissions compared to traditional construction materials.

New study highlights 10 wellbeing benefits of building with wood

28^th Apr 2021

In the developed world, around 90% of our time is spent indoors. In recent times, this has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and wellbeing in indoor environments is more important than ever.

Wellbeing with biophilic building design

01^st Apr 2021

The life cycle of wood has other benefits besides sustainable use of materials: when wood is used for construction, wood can increase the well-being of people spending time in the buildings. Biophilic building designs using wood enhance health and well-being in indoor environments, and make us feel closer to nature.

New wooden educational buildings in Finland – wood construction rapidly increasing

15^th Mar 2021

In 2020, the Finnish Ministry of the Environment set new targets aimed to increase the use of wood in public buildings in Finland. The effect of these national targets is already clearly visible in Finnish public construction, with many new educational building projects starting in early 2021. Stora Enso will supply solid wood elements to a new wooden school in Helsinki and a kindergarten in Tuusula, the largest massive wood kindergarten in Finland to date.

Sustainable university building in Singapore rising with CLT by Stora Enso

14^th Mar 2021

One of the largest wooden buildings in the world is being built in Singapore with CLT by Stora Enso.

Let's talk about the wood house effect

24^th Feb 2021

There is a positive force for change underway. It’s helping combat climate change. It’s making buildings healthier places to be.

Stora Enso contributes to a sustainable FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf

23^rd Feb 2021

Stora Enso is the presenting sponsor of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany. During the games, which take between February 23 and March 7, Stora Enso provides renewable products and innovations made from wood to contribute to a world-class sustainable and climate-friendly event.

Singaporean commitment to sustainability

01^st Feb 2021

In the middle of the Singapore Management University (SMU) campus, rises a brand new education facility – SMU Connexion that seamlessly bonds CLT (by Stora Enso) to the building’s steel frame.

Calculatis: a state-of-the-art timber design tool

01^st Jan 2021

Calculatis by Stora Enso is a timber design tool for engineers. Efficient and fully web-based, Calculatis allows you to analyse structural elements in products such as CLT, LVL and much more.

Stora Enso with “license to operate” for CLT in the North American market

01^st Dec 2020

Wooden buildings are on the rise in the US and Stora Enso is able to enter the market with its cross laminated timber (CLT) product complying with the International Building Code® (IBC) that is necessary for the US American market as of 2021.

CLT360+: A digital assistant for element installation

01^st Sep 2020

CLT360+ by Stora Enso is a mobile app that helps you manage construction projects more efficiently. Save installation time, reduce errors at the building site and streamline the installation process.

A digital building: solutions for healthy and sustainable living

01^st Dec 2019

What if you could click a button and find out what the air quality in your home is right now? Or design your new home so well that there would be zero waste during its construction? HEAL, a joint effort between Stora Enso Wood Products and Finnish start-up Trä Group, could make it happen.

25 King built in wood

01^st Nov 2019

There is a brand new nine story office building on King Street in Brisbane, Australia. 25 King is built with CLT, supplied by Stora Enso, and engineered and processed by Lendlease. 25 King is Australia’s tallest engineered timber office building, with a total floor area of 14 921 square metres.

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