CARTREFI O BREN LLEOL/ GWYBODAETH AM Y PROSIECT
Gwybodaeth am y Prosiect
Mae gan Gymru’r potensial i ddod yn genedl o goedwigoedd gwerth uchel. Gallai creu cartrefi newydd fforddiadwy, uchel eu perfformiad o gadwyni cyflenwi coed yng Nghymru helpu i ddatrys yr argyfwng tai, creu mwy o swyddi a gwell swyddi yn nes gartref, gwella gwydnwch cymunedau a lliniaru newid yn yr hinsawdd.
Lansiwyd y prosiect er mwyn edrych ar amrediad o ddewisiadau ar gyfer newid drwy gadwyn gyflenwi ar gyfer adeiladu â choed o’r goedwig i’r cartref. Ei nod oedd gwella’r achos busnes ar gyfer adeiladu â choed mewn ffordd sy’n mwyhau gwerth economaidd, gwerth amgylcheddol a gwerth cymdeithasol i Gymru. Er mwyn cyflawni hyn, roedd yn manteisio ar gydweithrediad unigryw Cymru gyfan rhwng darparwyr tai fforddiadwy a’r sector diwydiannau coedwigoedd yng Nghymru.
Hyd: Ebrill 2018 – Rhagfyr 2020
Tîm y Prosiect
Rheoli’r Prosiect, enghreifftiau o brosiectau, atebion adeiladu carbon sero, rhaglen hyfforddiant, digwyddiadau a chyfathrebu (pecynnau gwaith 1, 2, 6, 7).
Robin Aldridge, Dainis Dauksta, Martin Davies, Eilidh Forster, David Hedges, Christiane Lellig, Ceri Loxton, James Moxey, Gary Newman, Francesco Zaccaro
Mesur perfformiad yr adeilad – datblygu’r achos busnes ar gyfer adeiladwaith o bren.
Carolyn Hayles, George Karani, John Littlewood, Diana Waldron, Tony Whyman
Gweithgynhyrchu pren – gwella perfformiad tai o bren sy’n cael eu gweithgynhyrchu oddi ar y safle.
Gavin Fidler, Robin Lancashire, Adam Moring, Lewis Taylor
Coedwigaeth a phren – datblygu’r achos busnes ar gyfer plannu a rheoli coed yng Nghymru. (work package 5).
Gareth Davies, Graham Hilton, Dylan Jones
Ymgynghorwyr annibynnol
Julie Godefroy, Julie Godefroy Sustainability; Susie Diamond, Inkling; Jane Anderson, ConstructionLCA; Katherine Adams, Simon Corbey, ASBP; Julian Brooks, Good Homes Alliance; Prof. Fionn Stevenson, Sheffield University; Rajat Gupta, Oxford Brookes University; Richard Jack, Luke Smith, Build Test Solutions; Zachary Gill, Soap Retrofit; Bruce Arnold, Ray Faulkner, iRed; Miles Thomas, Hazelvale; Robert Thomas, Hiraeth Architecture (formerly R+M Studios); Beth Williams, Build Collective; Kasper Maciej, Toby Cambray, Greengauge; Peter Wilson, Timber Design Initiatives.
Llywodraethiant a Chyllid
Darparwyd mewnbwn ac archwiliad yn chwarterol gan y Pwyllgor Llywio gyda chynrychiolwyr o Tai Cymunedol Cymru, CLlLC, Cyngor Sir Powys, Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru a Llywodraeth Cymru. Cyllidwyd y prosiect hwn drwy Cymunedau Gwledig Llywodraeth Cymru – Rhaglen Datblygu Gwledig Cymru 2014-2020, a ariennir gan Lywodraeth Cymru a’r Gronfa Amaethyddol Ewrop ar gyfer Datblygu Gwledig.
Allbynnau’r Prosiect
Cynhyrchwyd amrywiaeth gyfoethog o allbynnau gan y Prosiect Cartrefi a Dyfwyd Gartref. Crynhoir y canfyddiadau a’r argymhellion allweddol yn yr ▸▸ adroddiad terfynol. Yn ychwanegol, datblygwyd offer a chanllawiau ymarferol ar gyfer datblygwyr tai cymdeithasol, penseiri a pheirianwyr, gweithgynhyrchwyr fframiau coed a phroseswyr coed, rheolwyr coedwigoedd a thirfeddianwyr. Gellir gweld rhestr lawn o allbynnau’r prosiect isod.
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