Mapping the barriers to using more timber in construction

by Jack Clappen|01 March 2316 March 23|Policy

The Timber in Construction Working Group has opened a survey to better understand barriers and enablers to the use of timber systems in construction. The findings will help inform work by the government on the safe and sustainable use of timber in construction including the creation of a Timber in...

A practice that puts sustainability at the heart of everything

by Matt Milton|09 February 2316 February 23|Build, Design, Sustainability

Designing buildings that work for people and planet - that is Architype's ethos. This pioneering architecture practice - and TDUK member - has always championed sustainability. From its early days of self-build houses in the 1990s to its major Passivhaus projects today, Architype has thought long and hard about the...

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...

Net Zero Review marks positive start to 2023

by Jack Clappen|18 January 2326 January 23|Policy

A net zero economy is the ‘growth opportunity of the 21st Century’ according to a new report from a UK Government sponsored report. Former Energy Minister Chris Skidmore MP published his Net Zero Review last Friday, putting forward a set of 129 recommendations to accelerate this shift. Key among these recommendations is...

Embodied Carbon Bill stumbles at second reading

by Jack Clappen|29 November 2221 February 23|Policy, Sustainability

Last Friday saw the second reading of the Carbon Emissions (Buildings) Bill, a Private Member’s Bill being sponsored by Jerome Mayhew, MP for Broadland and a member of the influential Environmental Audit Select Committee. This motion aimed to ensure that whole-life carbon emissions are reported upon construction and that legal...

Call for evidence – The BEIS Net Zero Review

by Jack Clappen|20 October 2217 March 23|Policy

Amidst the political chaos we have seen in the last few weeks, the new Conservative government under Liz Truss has outlined details for a review of net zero policies to ensure they are pro-growth and pro-business. This review comes following increasing scepticism among Tory ranks about the cost of net...

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...

Mapping the barriers to using more timber in construction

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