Embodied Carbon: Developing a Client Brief – UK GBC With the increasingly successful reduction of operational energy (and thus carbon emissions) in the built environment, the industry’s next challenge is to reduce the carbon intensity of the structures themselves (embodied carbon). We know that clients will play a critical role in this work as what […]
Making the Grade
The aim of this guide is to encourage greater use of UK grown hardwoods. It provides information on the range of quality available from our sawn hardwood timber and highlights the special features of UK grown hardwoods that are often difficult to obtain from imports. Making the Grade
Nail Laminated Timber
Research in the USA has led to the production and publication of a new guide – Nail Laminated Timber – US Design and Construction Guide 2017 Part of the family of mass timber products, Nail-laminated timber (NLT) is mechanically laminated to create a solid structural element. NLT is created by placing dimension lumber (nominal 2x, […]
New knowledge
We undertake and communicate leading research. We look outward to other regions to forge knowledge sharing and collaborative partnerships
New ideas
We are a think-tank to provide a reference group for Welsh Government and others to challenge orthodoxy and identify opportunities for sector growth
Skills
We support the development of the skills base essential to drive sector growth
Creating value
We are a collaborative network of members, supporters and delivery partners enabling collective action and joint ventures
Market development
We encourage the expansion of the wood-based sector through research, technical support, information exchange and promotional events
Professor Callum Hill’s update on the positive environmental impact of wood 2016
In a review of the environmental impact of wood products, leading Welsh wood scientist, Callum Hill shows that timber products lock-up more carbon than is used in their production. The study also shows that generic embodied carbon data quoted from independent databases such as the Inventory of Carbon and Energy (ICE) tend to underestimate the […]
Welsh Softwoods in Construction – Revised edition, March 2016
This research was undertaken by Woodknowledge Wales to identify the range of timber construction systems or techniques that are available for use in Wales and to identify the extent to which Welsh-grown softwoods could be utilised in their production. Download
