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

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...

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 Roadmap

by TDUK|19 December 2208 February 23|Sustainability

The Net-Zero Roadmap project wants to establish a clear route to net-zero by 2050 for the industry. The roadmap highlights the key areas where the timber industry can make a difference.

MP letter template – Support Jerome Mayhew MP’s embodied carbon bill

by TDUK|15 November 2216 December 22|Policy, Sustainability

In the build-up to Jerome Mayhew MP’s ten-minute rule bill on regulating embodied carbon, we are encouraging members of the timber industry to write to their MPs in support of this bill.

Assessing the Carbon-Related Impacts and Benefits of Timber in Construction

by TDUK|21 September 2231 October 22|Build, Design, Sustainability

This paper explains how to account for carbon in timber buildings and Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) by rigorously applying the latest European Standards and the RICS Professional Statement on Whole Life Carbon Assessment in the built environment.

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...

Low carbon and timber buildings

by TRADA|16 August 2202 February 23|Education, Sustainability

Read on the importance of reducing greenhouse gas emissions through sustainable timber production, the association it has with buildings and carbon sequestration.

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