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Stockholm will host the world's largest timber construction project in a few years. The project by developer Atrium Ljungberg covers more than 250,000 square meters and includes two thousand wooden homes and seven thousand wooden office spaces. The first buildings should be ready for use in 2027.

The project is called Stockholm Wood City and will be located in the south of the Swedish capital. "This historic project is Swedish innovation at its best," says Annica Ånäs, CEO of Atrium Ljungberg. "The ecological footprint of the construction industry is huge. With projects like this, we can make a difference."

Timber construction is on the rise and more and more timber construction projects can be found around the world, including in the Netherlands. But these projects are often limited to a single apartment complex or a few houses. A complete neighborhood consisting of multiple, large buildings is as yet unique.

Advantages of timber construction

Timber construction provides a number of proven advantages. First, wood is a renewable material that sequesters CO2 (even when used in buildings). For example, by the province of South Holland showed that the Netherlands would save 100 million tons of CO2 if all homes were built with wood by 2030. In addition, a number of scientific studies indicate that wood construction leads to a more pleasant and healthier indoor climate. But there are also many . For example, that it does not allow you to reach heights and that it is not fireproof.

Renewable energy and energy storage

The project in Stockholm will in any case prove (once again) that you can go up in height with wood, because several residential and office towers will be realized in the project. Atrium Ljungberg also has ambitious plans in the areas of renewable energy generation, energy storage and energy sharing, although it is not revealing details about these yet.

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