LS3000 Timber, The top floor of Aker Tech House

LS3000 Timber

- Timber solutions for low CO2 impact and low U-values

LS3000 Timber is our own timber façade system developed to enable us minimize our environmental impact by using wood as a support structure/load carrier instead of aluminum which is the more traditional choice in the façade industry.

In the past, the development of façades has primarily focused on an improved U-value and energy efficiency and less on the façade's total environmental impact. By using locally produced glulam and system components, with LS3000 Timber we can reduce the CO² impact by up to 65% and improve the U-value by around 30% compared to a façade system made entirely of aluminium.

There are several upsides by using wood. The performance is better with lower U-values compared to aluminium and also the flexibility of the system gets a boost where it is possible to do more adaptions for the same money.

LS3000 Timber is currently available as Stick and Module, both are tested and approved with very good results for air permiability and watertightness according to standard EN 13830, so good that they can withstand double the pressure compared to standard windows and competing façade systems. See values in the table further down the page.

  1. The unitized module façade ads to the comfortable atmosphere in the office landscape at Aker Tech
  2. Stacks of unfinished LS3000 Timber modules
  3. A conference room at Aker Tech with wooden unitized façade modules.
  4. Evening picture of LS3000 Timber - modular façade

LS3000 Timber

-Module

The prefabricated wooden modules in the LS3000 Timber façade system consist of glazed and solid fields and are always adapted to the specific project.

The modules are usually made as hybrid modules where the supporting frame consists of glulam and/or in combination with crosslaminated wood with an interface to the cladding in aluminum or composite.

The cladding is made according to the customer's wishes where most materials can be used, it is usually the imagination or the economy that sets the limits.

Our modular façades are usually supplied as "curtainwall" which implements our "dryseal" system with silicone rubber gaskets fitted around the outer contour of the module. This design makes the façade weatherproof and air tight as soon as the module is mounted.

The modules are produced either in our own factory in Munkedal Sweden or by partners and are delivered to the workplace in partial deliveries "just in time", which reduces the need for large warehouse areas at the workplace and shortens the on site assembly time to a minimum.

As each project is usually unique, new tests are therefore carried out for air and rain tightness according to standard EN 13830 in order that we can ensure the quality of our product. New tests should be in roughly the same range as for the latest project, Aker Tech, where the modules have values according to the table further down the page.

For LS3000 Timber- Module, we have made a environmental product declaration (EPD) so that the system can be more easily compared with other alternatives. You can find it with the link below.

Download EPD

  1. The 'snake's head' and the stairs down into the house seen from the roof terrace at Aker Tech
  2. The exposed glulam is tactile and gives the indoor environment at Aker Tech House an extra warm and cozy impression
  3. Aker Tech House - The front façade
  4. A joint in the glulam frame
  5. The glass on Aker Tech's entrance floor is over 6m high

LS3000 Timber

-Stick

Stick façades, when the construction is assembled "profile by profile" or in blocks, is the type of façade that can be executed with the highest finish and often gives the lightest impression.

Stick built façades offer more flexibility and customization compared to unitized curtain walls however they require more labour and time to install.

LS3000 Timber-Stick façades have a load-bearing frame of glulam/KL-timber with LS3000 Link as interface to the cladding. The system can also be used for roof applications with a roof angle down to 5 degrees.

All our stick-built façades and roofs can be obtained either in a jointed version or with a cover, depending on preference.

LS3000 Link is currently available in two widths, 56 & 60mm, where the larger one is used for roofs and for heavier façades. Both can be obtained in versions up to burglary class RC4 acc. EN 1627

Air and rain tightness test according to standard EN 13830 found in the table below.

Conducted Tests

- acc. EN 13830
System / Test Air perme­ability
acc. EN12152		 Water­tightness
acc. EN12154
Aker Tech - Module AE1500 RE1200
Link 56 - Façade AE1350 RE1200
Link 60 - Façade AE1800 RE1200
Link 60 - Roof 5° inclination AE1800 RE1200
  1. Detail of the World of Volvo solution: LS3000 Link on horizontal steel beams mounted against the glulam frame
  2. Detail of the World of Volvo solution: LS3000 Link on horizontal steel beams mounted against the glulam frame
  3. Detail of the World of Volvo solution: LS3000 Link on horizontal steel beams mounted against the glulam frame
  4. Detail of the World of Volvo solution: LS3000 Link on horizontal steel beams mounted against the glulam frame
  5. Detail of the World of Volvo solution: LS3000 Link on horizontal steel beams mounted against the glulam frame
  6. Detail of the World of Volvo solution: LS3000 Link on horizontal steel beams mounted against the glulam frame

A timber-based design

The World of Volvo Experience Center predominantly features a wooden construction, but its façade diverges from this with horizontal steel supports. These steel elements are directly affixed to the primary glulam frame creating a timber-steel hybrid solution for the support structure.

By combining these elements, the desired aesthetics were successfully achieved. The façade appears more transparent when it is slightly distanced from the columns, and the supporting structure becomes less prominent due to the use of slender steel profiles.

The façade system LS3000 Link is flexible and could have been mounted against wooden beams if wanted, with the only difference being that these would possibly have had to be made larger to handle the deformations.

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