In 2018, the collaboration began to make Wåhlin Fastigheter's existing stock greener. Since then, the collaboration has continued and resulted in us at SBP making full deliveries of as many as 16 solar PV installations; a production rate that underlines the property company's ambition to be at the forefront of the country's green transformation.
Twelve of the facilities have been built on existing buildings and four on new constructions. The latest in the line is in the new Ursvik district in Sundbyberg municipality, which is one of the country's largest development projects.
The area has already become popular thanks to its adjoining miles of forest and its well-thought-out opportunities for sports and exercise. It is therefore natural that sustainability is also at the centre, something that Wåhlin Fastigheter identified early on in its planning. Solar PV was chosen as part of the energy source for the new residential buildings, which will include around 500 apartments.
Environmental milestone: environmental certification for the first time
The latest project in the area is a 220 kW plant, which is equivalent to the capacity to power around 80 apartments with solar energy each year. That particular building, which is the company's third phase in the area, has been adapted to be certified with the Nordic Swan. Further proof that Wåhlin Fastigheter likes to think sustainability a step further in its urban development.
Thomas Hörnfeldt is a project manager at Wåhlin Fastigheter, with new developments as his primary focus area, and has been involved in ten of the projects where SBP has delivered facilities, four of them as the main contractor. He describes the work in Ursvik as a profile project, especially from an environmental point of view.
- This is the first time we have chosen to go all the way with environmental certification of a building and it will really be a receipt for us as a company. It has become a hygiene factor to invest in sustainable energy and a lot has happened just in the last few years, now the environmental issue is on the agenda of every project.
What has been the best part of working with SBP?
- The commitment. Maybe that's something you only say in other contexts, but here it's really true. Your project manager Alexander Backström has been very committed and makes direct contact with our contractors instead of me acting as an intermediary. In my professional role, that's an incredible comfort. Even after the projects, I feel that I don't have to think about it any more because Alexander is on top of the situation.
"Wåhlin shows tireless commitment"
For SBP, the cooperation with Wåhlin Fastigheter is also perceived as successful. Alexander Backström has been the project manager for 15 of SBP's projects and thinks that Wåhlin Fastigheter's efforts are a strong statement in the midst of the nation's green transformation.
-Creating more sustainable homes is the future and it makes it particularly pleasing that Wåhlin Fastigheter has such high ambitions in allowing their tenants, who are after all private individuals, to live in green properties, he says and continues:
- Furthermore, I would also like to pay tribute to the staff of Wåhlin Fastigheter, who always show tireless commitment from start to finish with us. It makes it so much easier for me as a project manager when the cooperation works so well!
Facts in brief
- Cooperation started in 2018
- So far 16 solar PV installations of varying sizes
- All projects in the Stockholm area
