Timber Typologies – Understanding Options for Timber Construction
If timber is to realise its potential, we must know what we mean when we say timber.
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Net zero roadmap offers timber businesses carbon and cost savings
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...
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Net Zero Roadmap
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.
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Assessing the Carbon-Related Impacts and Benefits of Timber in Construction
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.
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Life-cycle costing
Understand the importance of life-cycle costing and how it can benefit a construction in the long run and how to calculate those life-cycle costs.
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Sustainable timber sourcing
Acknowledge the importance of sustainable timber sourcing and which certifications can open up markets for merchants and those involved in the industry.
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Recovering and minimising waste wood
Understand how waste wood can be recycled and provide different applications that are not only economical but environmental.
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Life cycle assessment
Understand the enviromental impact that certain activities have and how it affects the product and the process.
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Growing Our Low-Carbon Future – Time For Timber
This policy paper, prepared for COP26, sets out the case for how we can make greater use of wood to transform our built environment, which currently is responsible for approximately 40% of global energy related CO2 emissions.
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