Growing timber for revenue diversification on Welsh farmland
Resources
Case Study: Circular Economy 2
With its sights on creating the world’s first circular economy for high-quality recovered wood fibres from waste, MDF Recovery has developed a process to recycle medium density fibreboard (MDF)
Case Study: Placemaking
A series of case studies illustrating embodied and operational
carbon impacts of masterplanning decisions at development
level.
Boosting domestic timber production to strengthen UK economy and housebuilding
New roadmap to get Britain building with the use of sustainable and low carbon building materials
Pentan Architects win 2025 MacEwen Award for Severn View Park Care Home
Celebrating design excellence in socially responsible architecture and sustainable timber construction in Wales
Healthy Buildings Conference & Expo 2025
Wed 26 Feb 2025 | 9:30-17:00, The Human Rights Action Centre, London EC2A 3EA
Tai ar y Cyd – Delivering Net Zero Project Launch
This landmark event will reveal a standardised pattern book on January 15, 2025 · 9:45am – 4pm GMT, online and live at the UWTSD, Swansea
Bontnewydd School to showcase reuse of materials in construction
The project embraces the “cascading” principle, which emphasises reusing materials with minimal reprocessing to preserve their value and reduce energy consumption.
The Secret Campsite honoured for sustainable design excellence at the Scottish Structural Awards
Embracing the principles of a circular economy by prioritised material reuse not just at the end of the building’s life but from the very beginning led to a remarkably low-carbon and low-cost building
Cross Laminated Cascades in Cardiff
Social Housing Developers Community of Practice get the chance to visit the Cascade’s seven-storey CLT structure to see how much progress is being made by Linc Cymru and Cardiff Council
