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SUMMARY
■The current housing backlog is estimated at 4.3 million individual dwellings
■The design conference was hosted by TDUK, Swedish Wood and Built by Nature
■Bywater concluded a joint venture agreement with Sumitomo Forestry last year
■Built by Nature is currently supporting around £1.3bn of building developments
UK CONFERENCE SETS TIMBER BUILDING SIGHTS HIGH
The first UK Timber Design Conference acknowledged challenges facing timber construction, but highlighted its major benefits and potential. Mike Jeffree reports
With its rising population and shifting demographics, the UK urgently needs more homes. Centre for Cities (www.centreforcities) estimates that the current housing backlog is around 4.3 million individual dwellings. At the same time, UK construction and buildings in use account for 30% of the country’s carbon emissions. So new home building and renovation need to use more bio-based materials, notably wood, if the country is to meet its 2050 net zero targets. This was the clear message of the first ever UK Timber Design Conference (UKTDC). Held in London in June, the event was hosted by Timber Development UK (TDUK), Swedish Wood and not-for-profit sustainable construction facilitator Built by Nature. The conference, which TDUK announced will be held annually, looked at latest developments in timber-based building and how growth of the sector can be driven faster and further. The audience of over 200 comprised timber suppliers, architects, engineers, contractors, developers, designers and other specifiers. They included leaders in their fields, and many were TDUK members.
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PUTTING SUSTAINABILITY AT CONSTRUCTION’S HEART First on the UKTDC stage was keynote speaker Richard Walker. He’s perhaps best known ►
www.ttjonline.com | September/October 2024 | TTJ
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