Sustainability

electric timber trucks
James Jones to trial electric timber trucks
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TDUK member James Jones & Sons is playing its part in lowering the industry's carbon emissions with a new trial of electric timber trucks. The company is partnering with Volvo, along with Scotlog Haulage, in a three-year trial of electric timber trucks, funded by Scottish Forestry. Scottish Forestry has awarded £452,000...
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designtimber
Watch our webinar series on inspiring timber projects from across the UK
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Timber Development UK is presenting an ongoing series of hour-long talks exploring inspiring timber buildings and products selected from the winners and shortlist from the Wood Awards 2022. Here is a round up of the first four talks in the designTimber series, which you can catch up on below. The...
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Why embodied carbon is the road to true net zero
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As the UK construction industry works towards reducing carbon emissions, John Smith, technical director at Donaldson Timber Systems, discusses why embodied carbon is critical to its success. The journey to Net Zero Carbon homes is well underway, with the first Building Regulations changes already in effect as we work towards...
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TDUK calls for greater balance in RICS’ Whole Life Carbon Assessment consultation
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The consultation on the Whole Life Carbon Assessment for the Built Environment, RICS Professional Standard, comes to a close on Tuesday 18 April. RICS has updated its standard to ensure it supports well-informed progress towards net-zero. Its key changes focus on providing a consistent output, to assist with benchmarking and...
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One Click LCA tool
Member survey on One Click LCA’s EPD Generator Tool
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The timber industry is uniquely placed to deliver the Net-Zero Carbon agenda, however many of the products we deliver into the supply chain still do not have sufficient carbon data associated with them, increasingly required in the form of an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD). One Click LCA is a pre-verified...
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Net Zero Action plan tracker
Net Zero Action plan tracker
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This Action Plan Tracker is intended to provide members with a single document that will guide them through the four stages of moving to Net Zero
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net zero strategy
Net Zero Strategy template
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This slide template can be adapted for members to use the specifications required from the Net Zero Roadmap.
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Carbon Calculator
Carbon Calculator
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This carbon calculator has been tailored to the timber industry, use this to record energy use, and calculate their carbon emissions.
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economic forecast
Send us your thoughts on the RICS’ new standard for carbon measurement
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) will be publishing a new edition of its Whole Life Carbon Assessment (WLCA) guidance. They are now seeking feedback on the current draft. What will the new WLCA guidance achieve? Created by RICS in consultation with internationally recognised construction-industry bodies, they anticipate the...
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Top level and roof of timber house, under construction, with scaffolding. Light brown wood against green hills and pale blue sky.
What does the Future Homes Hub mean for the construction sector?
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The new plan from Future Homes Hub sets out the construction sector's path to whole-life carbon assessments The Future Homes Hub has published an Embodied and Whole Life Carbon Implementation Plan for 2023-25. This plan follows the publication of the Government’s Net-Zero Strategy in 2021, which set out ambitions for...
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