Pontrilas is well-positioned to meet the growing demand for Welsh-grown timber in construction and could be instrumental in supporting Wales’s first Timber Industrial Strategy
Resources
Case Study: Circular Economy 1
The UKs longest established manufacturer of wood-based panel products is adopting the three principles of resource circularity – reduce, reuse and recycle – at its north Wales manufacturing plant
Case Study: Farmer
Growing timber for revenue diversification on Welsh farmland
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.
