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5. Rönnskärsverken, Skelleftehamn
6. Tuvan Biogas Plant
11. Bonnstan
Boliden is one of the leading metal companies
in Europe, with a portfolio of prospecting,
mining and forging operations, focusing on
zinc and copper. Boliden is also one of the
world's leading players in the metal recycling
industry. At the Rönnskär copper smelting
plant, metal recovery is a booming operation.
The plant processes everything from mined
ore to various types of scrap electronics, all
dealt with using an environmentally friendly
and sustainable process that extracts high
quality metals. These metals are then used in
new electrical and electronic products used in
modern society.
At the Tuvan biogas plant, organic material
such as household waste, slaughter waste and
manure is converted to biogas and fertiliser.
The process continues 24 hours, 7 days a
week, and the plant can handle 22 tonnes of
household waste and 15 tonnes of slaughter
waste and manure. Tuvan has the capacity to
produce just over 2 million m3 of biogas every
year, equivalent to the annual consumption
of around 1,400 biogas-powered vehicles.
Some of the gas produced is used by Skellefteå
municipality, which runs a large fleet of biogas
vehicles.
Bonnstan is one of 16 preserved church
villages in Sweden and has occupied the
area around Skellefteå's parish church since
the 17th century. The current buildings were
erected in the 1830s, after a major fire had
destroyed the original Bonnstan settlement.
12. Lejonström Bridge
7. Älvsbacka Strand Residential Area
The Älvsbacka Strand residential area is
made up of three seven-floor multi-residence
buildings, each with laminated timber panel
facades. The cross-laminated timber components that form part of the frame system allow
the use of large spans and reduce the need for
permanent walls. The area has played an important part in the development of low-energy
housing currently being pursued in Skellefteå.
8. Älvsbacka Strand Cycle
and Pedestrian Bridge
The Lejonström bridge that spans the Skellefte
River was built in 1737 and is therefore the
oldest preserved timber bridge in Sweden.
Measuring 207 metres in length, it is also the
longest timber bridge in Sweden for vehicle
traffic.
Set to be completed in 2011 and measuring
135 metres long and 4 metres wide, the Älvsbacka Strand bridge will be the longest timber
bridge for pedestrian and cycle traffic in the
Nordic region.
13. Campus
9. Ekorren District
10. Ekorren Multi-Storey Car Park
Ekorren is a low-energy housing development
featuring a total of 31 apartments, with solid
wood floors and load-bearing walls and a
wood panel facade.
The Ekorren district is also home to the first
timber framed multi-storey car park in Sweden. The glulam and CLT building sections
have created aesthetic opportunities, where
the visible wood elements contribute to a
natural wood feeling.
The Campus area in Skellefteå is home to
SP Trätek and institutions affiliated to Umeå
University and Luleå University of Technology.
These players all have a key role in wood technology development. They conduct and provide both cutting edge research and training
in areas such as industrial timber construction,
sawmill technology and timber drying.
Skellefteå
Focused on sustainability
Skellefteå.
A climate change pioneer.
Business premises
1 Solbacken Shopping Centre
Multi-storey car park
10 Ekorren District
Buildings of historical interest
11 Bonnstan
Multi-residence buildings
9 Ekorren District
7 Älvsbacka Strand
Bridges
8 Älvsbacka Strand Bridge
12 Lejonström Bridge
Office/training premises
13 Campus Library
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Skellefteå is at the vanguard of the development of businesses
and products that help reduce the effects of climate change. With
natural access to raw materials on its doorstep, the municipality
has unique opportunities for sustainable development in several
different areas.
Forest resources utilised
Skellefteå is one of the foremost timber towns in Sweden, and
the forests of Västerbotten have been responsible for the creation
of a multitude of jobs in forest management, the pulp and paper
industry and in the region's sawmills, as well as opening the doors
to the vital export of high-class solid wood and timber products.
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Industrial timber construction
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Industry-leading research and development allows Skellefteå to
occupy a strong position within environmentally friendly industrial
timber construction, which plays an important role in the building
of an environmentally friendly, sustainable society.
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Bio power and bio heat
Hedensbyn ›
Skelleftehamn ›
2 Integrated
Bioenergy Plant
4 Kuusakoski
Ursviken ›
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Rönnskärsverken
3 Lotsen District
Several Skellefteå-based companies are leading the drive to use
biomass such as stumps, shavings, bark and chippings (GROT), for
the production of heat, electricity and biopellets.
Skelleftehamn ›
Tuvan ›
6 Biogas Plant
Biofuels for municipal vehicles
Household waste collected by the municipality is sorted by residents into two separate bins; one for organic waste and one for
combustible waste. Organic waste is used to produce biogas,
which currently provides the fuel for about 200 cars and 20 buses
that operate within the municipality. In addition, the world's leading facility for producing biodiesel from forest products is located
in nearby Piteå.
Metals recycling
The Skellefteå mining area (Skellefteåfältet) is renowned for its rich
mineral deposits. It is the home to the largest gold mine in Europe
and one of the world's biggest and cleanest foundries, producing
metals such as zinc, copper, silver and gold. In order to promote
climate-centred and eco-friendly development, metals are increasingly being produced by recycling old electrical equipment such as
computers, telephones and TVs. Scrap electronics are stripped and
melted down into new raw materials.
1. Solbacken Shopping Centre
Solbacken is the first shopping centre in
Sweden to be built entirely from wood, and is
also a recipient of the Stiftelsen Träenigheten
Wood Prize. The building system is made from
glulam with glulam panel facades. Trolley
parks and lamp posts are also made from
wood.
2. Hedensbyn Integrated
Bioenergy Plant
When it started operations in 1996, Hedensbyn was Skellefteå Kraft's first integrated bioenergy plant and has been at the vanguard of
the global development of modern bioenergy
technology ever since. The plant comprises a
combined heat and power station for the production of district heating and bioelectricity,
as well as a biopellet factory.
3. Lotsen District, Ursviken
4. Kuusakoski Recycling
Located in Ursviken, an area just outside
Skellefteå, Lotsen is an office building with a
classic Falun red timber facade. The building's
2,800 m2 are distributed over five floors, four
of which are built entirely of wood. When it
was erected in 1996, the building was the first
of its kind and a milestone in Swedish construction history. All walls have a load-bearing
timber framework and joists are made from
robust pieces of solid wood.
Kuusakoski recycles metallic products and
is one of the world's biggest suppliers and
refiners of recycled metals. The company has a
network of 140 terminals in Finland, Sweden,
the UK, the USA, Russia, the Baltic States and
Poland. Kuusakoski's aim is to streamline the
process by maximising the level of recovery,
thereby minimising the environmental impact
of its operations. The recovered metals are
primarily used in the automotive, telecoms,
electronics and metals industries.

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