Sawmill Analysis

Preliminary analysis based on requirements at Sawmill - Design Rationale. As more details of the rest of the village system is developed, this will need to be updated in an iterative fashion.

Production Requirement

Modern sawmills are highly productive devices, so assume 1250 person Village size, the largest size for analysis. Allow 15 year construction period, followed by maintenance and remodeling. Thus 6.67% of construction lumber is needed per year. Allow 1% replacement lumber per year for maintenance and 2% for remodeling, thus 3% per year after construction. Given those numbers, it seems reasonable to build two units with 3.33% annual capacity each. The second unit is either recycled after 15 years or sold off.

Standard wood frame home construction consumes about 6 board-feet (1x12x12 inch volume of wood) per square foot of floor area. Allow an additionalUSA average dwelling size is 750 square feet per person.