Att bygga mer hållbart med trä

Sammanfattning: The aim for this thesis is to investigate and explore how to build more sustainably with wood. The understanding of climate change has in this day and age become a social and development issue. This also applies for the construction sector, where it turns out that the manufacturing process accounts for a large portion of the climate footprint and much depending on the selection of material. The need to build more climate smart has come down to the choice of environmentally friendly materials, a result of the existing demand for wood that continues to increase in Sweden.  Wood as a material has many benefits but the demand in question creates doubts about sustainability, with a goal to use wood as a material responsibly and without straining the forests’ resources all too much. To build sustainably means also to strive for the longevity of wood buildings. A combination of these aspects provide for a better understanding and contribution for more sustainable buildings. The objective of this thesis is to portray the challenges that may arise during the lifespan of a wood building in addition to explore methods that can strengthen a more resourceful consumption of forest products to meet the needs of the market, but also for a more viable forestry than we have today.  Results show that every way to build has their problems but wooden buildings have the requirement to be particularly attentive when it comes to four problem areas and those are moisture, fire, wind and acoustics. Where the technical solutions for the first three are essential for the durability of a wood building. To benefit of properties of wood, an active forestry is a must but for the sake of the climate, is new and more adapted forestry methods needed. In a similar way is progressive and different ways of working or building with wood a matter of interest, with the example of glulam and cross laminated wood or as an alternative, Japanese wood joinery