Sustainable business models of wood construction: Cases of six Swedish timber building extension projects
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Construction activities highly contribute to negative environmental impacts. These impacts can be reduced with the help of several measures, one of which is through using wood in building
constructions. Sweden has a long history of constructing one or two-storey buildings made of wood and in the recent decades, there has been an improved understanding of the technical and environmental benefits associated with wood construction. The urbanization trends and population growth results in the need to renovate/extend existing buildings. Wood, having an excellent strength-to-weight ratio, opens the opportunity for “building on top” of the existing constructs. In this paper, six Swedish cases of timber building extension projects have been studied. The study aimed at presenting the sustainable business model of timber building extension projects. In sustainable business models, the focus shifts from plain economical aspects to also taking the social and environmental factors into consideration. It, therefore, takes a broader perspective over the activities of the stakeholders involved in the value chain of wood construction. A more comprehensive view over such activities, can lead to redesigning them towards waste minimization and value delivery to a wider array of stakeholders, while ensuring the economic sustainability of projects.
This was achieved in this study through first, depicting the business models of these projects by identifying the main activities, resources, actors, and challenges involved in the building projects of the six cases. Consequently, a list of success factors for increasing sustainability in these business models were proposed.
Keywords: sustainable business models; wood construction; building extension projects; Sweden; value chain
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