Swedish engineered wood technology in wind turbines Written by If asked to imagine a wind turbine, most people would think of a steel structure—the current form of nearly all wind turbines used for renewable wind energy generation. However, despite what the steel...
Timber in construction roadmap UK policy Written by Wood Campus The Government has committed to growing and maintaining a sustainable and long-term supply of domestic timber and wood products in the 2023 Environmental Improvement Plan. We have awarded £7.6 million...
Government commits to more timber construction Written by The Government has set out an ambitious plan to raise the use of timber in the construction of homes and buildings. It has published a roadmap to boost the safe use of sustainable UK timber in construction...
TDUK market forecasts at London conference Written by Wood Campus UK and international timber traders gathered in strong numbers for Timber Development UK’s Global Market Conference in London on Wednesday at a time of difficult market dynamics. A noticeably downbeat...
Learning Through Timber Written by The new ‘living lab’ at NMITE will act as a home for Centre of Advanced Timber Technology students to learn more about timber and a net zero approach to building materials. A new purpose built 2,500sqm ‘living lab’ for the New...
World’s tallest wooden building to be built in Perth after developers win approval Written by Artist’s impression. Photograph: Elenberg Fraser Developers say South Perth’s C6 building will be made up of 42% timber and be carbon negative Western Australia is set to...