One tonne living
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Managing Director of Building Envelope Evolution Ltd discusses how timber frame construction can play a major role in bringing our yearly CO² per person down from 7.5 tonnes to the 1 tonne necessary to combat global warming.
Article from the TRADA Timber Industry Yearbook 2012
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Zero-carbon Passivhaus is timber frame
Joe Martoccia, director of the UK Timber Frame Association, explains why timber frame is the preferred system for achieving the onerous Passivhaus standard for low-energy housing.
Timber frame is now regarded as the most efficient way of building truly sustainable, energy efficient homes and, while the traditional build sector...
01/01/2011 | Magazine Article
Tackle Climate Change: Use wood
It has been estimated that an annual 4% increase to 2010 in Europe's wood consumption would sequester an additional 150million tonnes of CO2 per year and that the market value of this environmental service would be about €1.8 billion per year.
Statistics such as these create very compelling environmental and...
01/01/2006 | Info from other organisation
Eliminating illegal timber
TRADA Technology's University Liaison Manager Elizabeth Turner discusses the impact EU Timber Regulation will have on timber specification and supply.
Article from the TRADA Timber Industry Yearbook 2012
01/01/2012 | Magazine Article
