Panels & Furniture Asia November/December 2021

STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
with timber elements according to
the passive house standard, and
electricity is produced with solar
energy, heating with solar thermal
energy. Smart house technology with
voice control adds an extra touch to
all of this. As a result, the inhabitants
will not only live sustainably, but
enjoy reduced living costs too,” said
Ruben D. Hansen, CEO of Arca Nova
Bolig.
FAST, LIGHT AND GREEN
CONSTRUCTION
Not only is it environmentally friendly
and sustainable to build now and in
the future with sustainably sourced
wood, Hansen highlighted the
lightness and load bearing capacity of
the Kerto LVL products: “Constructing
with prefabricated elements using
Kerto LVL products, we reduce both
building time and CO2 emissions
quite substantially compared to the
traditional way of building with steel
and concrete. Also, the dimensional
accuracy of Kerto LVL is a benefit, as
the materials do not shrink during
construction.”
Additionally, thanks to the
prefabricated elements, Arca Nova
Entreprenør is building at a fast pace
in Capjon Park: one floor a week. That
is five weeks for a building.
The wall elements for the first
building were produced by
manufacturer company, Punkaharjun
Puutaito in Finland, and the floor
elements have been produced by a
Finnish company, VVR Wood. For the
next buildings, Arca Nova Entreprenør
will carry out part of the element
production at its own factory in
Estonia.
LOAD BEARING STRUCTURE
In the first three floors, the load
bearing structure consists of wall
elements which are made with
67mm-thick Kerto LVL Q-panels. In
addition, Kerto LVL S-beams have
been glued and screwed on the
outside of the elements to stiffen and
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