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Today, "sustainability" is an ubiquitous term. 300 years ago, when Hans Carl von Carlowitz formulated the principle of sustainability in forestry, he ventured into uncharted territory. In his forestry book, he demanded that for every tree felled, a new one must grow. With this logical conclusion, Carlowitz created an important cornerstone for forestry. Although the basic idea has not changed since then, it is more relevant today than ever.
We are also convinced of Carlowitz's basic principle and care for our environment. We are not only mindful in the choice of our resources, but also in their use. For us, sustainability is not just lip service, but everyday life!
30 percent of the area of the canton of Graubünden is covered with forest. Despite abundant resources, around 90 percent of this wood is processed outside our canton - a large part of it again abroad. Timber construction companies subsequently buy back the wood processed abroad at a price that is about 14 times higher. This raises not only economic but also ecological questions. In response, the vision "resurses2025" was created.
With the initial project "resurses" in Tinizong, a highly digitalized and modern sawmill is being realized. From 2025 onwards, only local wood is to be processed in the canton of Graubünden. In order to achieve this goal, two to three additional decentrally located sawmills and a wood finishing plant will be realized with other companies from the canton.
Through "resurses2025", opportunities are created for people, animals and our entire environment.
An intact nature offers us protection and well-being. A healthy tree grows year after year and - if we take care of it - will outlive us by far. Thus, the sustainability foundation "pigna verde" is also designed as a generational project. It is a central element of the UFFER timber chain. For us, environmental protection is not just lip service, but a way of thinking that is lived and taken seriously, with concrete actions and measures.
As a foundation, we reforest, establish protection forests, purchase forests for responsible management, raise awareness for the concerns of mountain regions and invest in the resources of Graubünden's mountains.
It is high time to give our mountains and forests the attention they deserve. The commitment to a sustainable and healthy mountain region should become a natural concern for us and our descendants.
Innovation, initiative and commitment are the hallmarks of the ela energiewelt association. ela energiewelt acts in an environmentally sensitive and responsible manner, uses regional resources and potentials and thus increases energy efficiency and quality of life in an intact environment.
The association ela energiewelt is part of the UFFER GROUP, which hosts the competence center "Building and Energy". The background and idea of the competence center is to offer comprehensive advice on the subject of energy-efficient building. The network consists of independent experts who are happy to help you with energy-related renovation and new construction concepts.
As a renewable raw material, wood has an excellent ecological balance. Not only does wood occupy a top position in the manufacturing process. But also over the entire lifetime of a house, wood is far ahead in terms of sustainability and resource conservation.
Wood has a special aura. The renewable building material with its unmistakable character, its timeless beauty and its warmth has a whole range of advantages in terms of building physics. Wood is never simply wood. The natural raw material offers an astonishing variety of shapes and colours that achieve their very own aesthetics and spatial effect.
In our production hall, we work with a lot of energy. And we also need a lot of energy. Energy that we produce ourselves, because the production hall is designed as a power plant. Almost a perpetual motion machine.
Located on our roof is a photovoltaic system with an area of over 1,200 m². It achieves a peak output of more than 174 kWp and produces around 228,000 kWh of electricity per year. The efficiency is so high that we can even supply the surplus thermal energy to the village via a district heating pipeline.
Where wood is chopped, splinters must fall. We also produce splinters during the production of our QUADRINs. But we can reuse them and convert them into pleasant heat.
We produce a lot of waste wood. This wood is processed into wood chips and then reused to heat our halls. With our wood waste, we can heat the entire administration and production building and are not dependent on any other energy sources apart from our photovoltaic system.
