Celebrating design excellence in socially responsible architecture and sustainable timber construction in Wales
Building Performance
Pilot project explores the future of sustainable schools
A pioneering approach to empower young learners to design sustainable schools through creativity, collaboration, and innovation.
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
Housing’s better future
Social Housing Developers Community of Practice members enjoy a hosted tour to include both off-site creation of timber frame panels and on-site progress at the Gwynfaen Project
Building performance evaluation by Woodknowledge Wales
Woodknowledge Wales kicks of its building performance evaluation service at a Cardiff Council social housing scheme building site
New pods to bring built environment learners good fabric performance skills
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
Free Technical Timber Webinars 2024 from BM TRADA
Webinars run throughout the year
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 […]
July 13th 2022 – How to retrofit walls externally with natural insulation
‘How-to’ event introducing the use of natural insulation as a solution to the external insulation of walls. About this event The UK has 28.5m homes, and some of the oldest homes in Europe. Wales has 1.35m or 5% of UK homes and almost a third were built before 1919. Most are of solid wall construction […]
