Sustainability

designtimber
designTimber: Introducing a new series of Wood Awards project talks
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After the success of the first series of designTimber webinars in 2022, we are pleased to announce a second edition. Timber Development UK will host a series of webinars, running monthly, about timber buildings and furniture selected from the 2022 Wood Awards winners and shortlist. The lunchtime talks will be...
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Architype timber
A practice that puts sustainability at the heart of everything
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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...
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Wood Awards 2022 Summary
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Timber Development is proud to be the lead organisers of the Wood Awards 2022 and going forward. This year Timber Development UK (TDUK) became the lead organisers of the Wood Awards after being a main sponsor and member of the steering group for previous years. TDUK is the largest, most...
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Wood Awards
Excitement builds for Wood Awards following ‘live’ session
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Around 40 built environment professionals were treated to a special evening session with talks exploring three of the shortlisted entries to the Wood Awards, as momentum builds towards the Ceremony on 23 November. Each of the evening’s projects came from the commercial section of the Wood Awards and made use...
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The road to net zero
Raise awareness of timber’s sustainability benefits
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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...
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Packaging Waste
The Current and Prospective Packaging Waste Regulations
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The current packaging waste regulations, under the principle of shared producer responsibility, is a complex system with which members of Timber Development UK interact at multiple junctures.
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Timber Development UK signs Anti-Greenwash Charter
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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...
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Assessing the Carbon-Related Impacts and Benefits of Timber in Construction
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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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Wood – Building the Bioeconomy
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Wood - A vital resource for the planet
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Global Forests Need Global Governance
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Tropical forests are in danger as never before. For the first time in human history, global forest cover has fallen below four billion hectares. This Tropical Timber Accord is a global call to action from the international forests and timber industry to COP26 to strengthen legal governance of forests and...
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