A timber based Clwyd Alyn social housing project in Llanbedr near Ruthin constructed by Williams Homes surpasses the embodied carbon target set down by RIBA in their 2030 Climate Challenge campaign. An embodied carbon analysis undertaken by Eilidh Forster of Woodknowledge Wales to a measurement methodology agreed by RIBA and RICS returned a value of […]
Home Grown Homes
From garden sleeper to beautiful window. Challenging perceptions about Welsh timber
Custom Precision Joinery rose to the challenge laid down by Dainis Dauksta at a Woodknowledge Wales knowledge event on Developing the Welsh Joinery Sector – Barriers and Opportunities for Windows by offering to make a demonstration window from (1) local Welsh timber (2) to a specification acceptable to housing associations and (3) have it ready […]
Timber Cladding Videos from RIBA
These three RIBA videos by Swedish Wood aim to help you understand and learn about the following topics: – Understand how to design using timber as an external cladding and the design effects that can be achieved – Understand how to ensure the sustainability of timber cladding and the procurement of legal and sustainable timber – […]
Welsh Timber Frame Capacity Report. March 2019.
This report was commissioned to update the research carried out during the summer of 2017, to revisit the impact of Timber Frame house building in Wales. This paper is prepared to highlight to the Welsh Assembly and the Housing Market in particular that the Timber Frame sector is strong and active throughout Wales. The report notes […]
Prosperity for all: A low Carbon Wales
Prosperity for All: A Low Carbon Wales. Was published by Welsh Government on 21 March 2019. It sets out how WG will meet their first carbon budget (2016-2020). The Plan sets out 100 policies and proposals, broken down by all portfolios, which demonstrate the collective Cabinet commitment to accelerate the transition to a low carbon […]
ASBP – The Multiple Roles of Insulation
This Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP) briefing was published on the ASBP website in 2018 as is part of a planned series of ASBP industry briefing papers aimed at generating a greater understanding of the roles and capabilities of natural fibre insulation (NFI). The aim of these briefing papers was to enable industry to deliver better buildings […]
Grŵp Cynefin video about benefits of building with timber
Video from Grŵp Cynefin explaining the benefits of choosing to build with timber. In this video see the project under way at the former Buckley Medical Centre, in the town centre. The £2.2m two-storey timber-framed building will comprise 14 two- and ten one-bedroom apartments and is being developed in partnership with Flintshire County Council.
