Sustainability

designTimber: Introducing a new series of Wood Awards project talks

by Bryony Bodimeade|13 February 2323 March 23|Design, Sustainability

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...

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...

Wood Awards 2022 Summary

by Lucy Bedry|14 December 2214 December 22|Design, Sustainability

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...

Excitement builds for Wood Awards following ‘live’ session

by Lucy Bedry|07 November 2216 March 23|Design

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...

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...

The Current and Prospective Packaging Waste Regulations

by TDUK|21 October 2216 March 23|Build, Sustainability

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.

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...

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.

Wood – Building the Bioeconomy

by TDUK|21 September 2113 December 22|Supply, Sustainability

Wood - A vital resource for the planet

Global Forests Need Global Governance

by TDUK|21 September 2129 November 22|Policy, Supply

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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