University of Wales Trinity St David’s Construction Wales Innovation Centre welcomed delivery of two new building performance test pods designed specifically to provide hands-on learning around fabric-first building performance
Housing
Free Technical Timber Webinars 2024 from BM TRADA
Webinars run throughout the year
Wales Net Zero 2035 Challenge Group: evidence submission
Woodknowledge Wales has submitted evidence on how could Wales heat and build homes and workplaces by 2035
Making Wood Work for Wales
Register now for Wales Climate Week zoom session, 11:15-12:15, 6 December
Circular wood use for accelerated global decarbonisation
New research calls for cross-sectoral coordination to maximize net zero benefits of wood recycling
Why invest in woodfibre insulation manufacturing in Wales | Policy Briefing
Why invest in woodfibre insulation manufacturing in Wales Report
£4.6 million for GW4 Alliance-led project to retrofit UK homes based on designs to push beyond Net Zero
A project led by the Universities of Bath and Cardiff will work with communities in Bristol and Swansea to co-design energy efficient and low carbon housing A research project led jointly by the University of Bath and Cardiff University will work with communities in Bristol and Swansea to co-design energy efficient and low carbon housing […]
Wood Fibre Insulation – Specification Guidance
A building’s thermal performance is now as important an aspect of the building’s design and construction as its structure. Energy prices and climate change are often cited as the principal reasons for the increased energy and CO2 reduction standards required of our built environment. Less known is the fact that insulation can also play a major role in our health, safety, comfort and wellbeing.
Zero Carbon Homes—Zero Carbon Timber Solutions for Wales
What is the zero carbon timber housing solution for Wales? This document proposes a range of timber build solutions. Results are based on the analysis of an appropriate and future proofed definition for ‘zero carbon’, followed by design and calculation to develop an understanding of the quantifiable factors of embodied and operational carbon. Using a […]
5 Essential Strategies for an Emerging Forest Nation
Wales is not a forest nation. Wales is a sheep, beef and dairy nation. Wales is a steel nation. Like many nations, Wales is the economic country it is, not by political design but largely because of historical accident. And there has never been a better time or more reason to change. We have left […]
