What does the Future Homes Hub mean for the construction sector?

Top level and roof of timber house, under construction, with scaffolding. Light brown wood against green hills and pale blue sky.

by Matt Milton|03 March 2303 March 23|Build, Design, Supply, Sustainability

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...

Know your wood – OSB

by Matt Milton|24 February 2324 February 23|Design

Each issue, we take a look at a particular wood species or wood product. This time it’s the turn of OSB, as we look at the past, present and future of this environmentally friendly strand-based engineered board. What exactly is OSB? Oriented strand board is a composite engineered wood panel...

Timber industry roadmap to net zero carbon

Net zero roadmap offers timber businesses carbon and cost savings

by Jack Clappen|24 January 2322 February 23|Sustainability

A new timber industry net zero roadmap aims to accelerate the productivity, sustainability, and innovation of the sector to better meet the needs of a low-carbon world. Commissioned by Timber Development UK (TDUK) in collaboration with eleven UK timber trade associations*, the Timber Industry Net Zero Roadmap was developed following...

Raise awareness of timber’s sustainability benefits

by Jennie Ward|31 October 2216 March 23|Build, Policy, Sustainability

More timber must be used in construction projects to help create a net-zero carbon construction supply chain, says a recent report from the Environmental Audit Committee. TDUK’s David Hopkins explains how timber merchants and the wider supply chain can unite to make this goal a reality. A new report from...

Timber Development UK signs Anti-Greenwash Charter

by Jennie Ward|21 October 2206 February 23|Sustainability

Timber Development UK (TDUK) has signed up to The Anti-Greenwash Charter as the next step in its sustainability journey. The Charter is sponsored by the Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP), and requires organisations to make a public declaration to uphold good standards of marketing practice, adopt a Green Claims...

How we’re helping the industry to build a better world with wood

by TDUK|23 September 2203 October 22|Corporate

For more than a century, our built environment has been dominated by high carbon, energy hungry materials such as cement and steel. But the 21st century will be the age of sustainable materials - and timber is likely to be foremost among them. The built environment is currently responsible for...

How should you assess timber when measuring embodied carbon?

by TDUK|15 September 2217 March 23|Sustainability

As embodied carbon returns to the political agenda, TDUK offers advice on how architects and engineers can accurately assess the embodied carbon associated with timber buildings and building products. The Embodied Carbon Bill, re-introduced to Parliament in June, aims to make it mandatory to report the whole-life carbon emissions of...

The road to net zero is paved with timber, explains TDUK’s Sustainability Director

by TDUK|15 September 2217 March 23|Sustainability

When you want to create a net zero carbon supply chain, sustainable timber has a lot of advantages.

Building a better world through wood

by TDUK|05 September 2211 October 22|Build, Design, Supply

For more than a century, our built environment has been dominated by high carbon, energy hungry materials such as cement and steel. These materials were integral to a new wave of innovation, allowing a new generation of superstructures to rise to heights once limited to the likes of the Great...

Return of the bill – embodied carbon back on the agenda

by TDUK|23 June 2205 September 22|Sustainability

This week saw an important political update in Parliament as Jerome Mayhew MP reintroduced the Embodied Carbon Bill.

What does the Future Homes Hub mean for the construction sector?

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