Tag: timber
Forestry Speed Dating: Circular design of wooden building materials
The second series of Forestry Speed Dating events organised by EFI Bioregions Facility is going ahead with new meetings. These events focus on the...
The environmental impacts of a large-scale transition to timber cities
Researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) carried out a study on the building sector's transition towards bioeconomy in an article...
Forestry Speed Dating: high-performance wooden building materials
EFI Bioregions Facility is organising a second series of Forestry Speed Dating events to facilitate exchange of ideas on the topic of bio-based solutions for sustainable...
Key challenges and innovation opportunities for wood construction
EFI Bioregions Facility is starting a new series of virtual Forestry Speed Dating events. This second series will feature Bio-based solutions for sustainable construction....
The New European Bauhaus: fostering healthy, climate-positive building with wood
Embraced by sounds of wooden musical instruments, Wood4Bauhaus will hold a Reflections event on 12-13 June 2022, inviting participants to discuss future innovation needs...
The Future is Bright – The Future is Wooden: CEI-Bois 70th...
The European Confederation of the Woodworking Industries (CEI-Bois) is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year! CEI-Bois has much to celebrate and is keen to...
Wood industries engaged in the transition to a resilient, greener, and...
“If we want to keep the effects of man-made climate change to within tolerable limits, we need to choose materials and products with a...
Alliance to advance innovative mass timber building research
Climate change is increasing pressure on the built environment and building sector to transform from a major contributor of greenhouse gas emissions to a...
Wood sector alliance for the New European Bauhaus
The European wood-based sector launched the wood sector alliance for the New European Bauhaus (Wood4Bauhaus.eu) to establish an open platform of stakeholders. This newly...
Energy and material substitution of wood products for climate change mitigation
The article "Climate mitigation by energy and material substitution of wood products has an expiry date" was recently published in the Journal of Cleaner...
Hotter, drier, more fire-prone: how climate change will reshape wildfire hazard...
In 2025, more than one million hectares burned across the EU. In Sardinia, the Mediterranean's second-largest island, just 0.6% of fires cause over half...
