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New TDUK technical paper focuses on embodied carbon
As the world’s focus was brought firmly onto the carbon issue at COP26 in Glasgow, Timber Development UK (TDUK) is bringing clarity to how to account for embodied carbon in timber construction with a newly released technical paper. ‘Assessing the carbon-related impacts and benefits of timber in construction products and buildings’ explains how to account for carbon in timber buildings and Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) by rigorously applying the latest British / European Standards.
It aimed at building designers, clients, and contractors when assessing the embodied carbon associated with buildings and other structures, as well as product manufacturers and suppliers in demonstrating the carbon impact of their products.
Lathams extends reach in Northern Ireland
James Latham plc has bought Sarcon Ltd and its subsidiaries for £4m. Sarcon’s trading subsidiary, IJK Timber, traded as IJK Timber and Northern Hardwood and operated from two sites in Belfast and Dungannon, in Northern Ireland, offering a comprehensive range of panel products, softwoods and hardwoods. The business, which had a turnover of £8.8m and EBITDA of £507,000 for the year ended September 30, 2020, was founded in 1799 as Irvin Sellers. “We see a great opportunity to further grow and develop our products in Northern Ireland, which will complement our Abbey Woods business in the Republic of Ireland and the business we do into Ireland from Leeds,” said Lathams. “We have known the IJK directors, Graham Knox and Peter Elwood, for many years, and are excited to be working with them and the whole IJK team and welcome them to the Latham family.”
emissions, and a significant proportion of this is through embodied carbon accumulated within the construction and manufacturing process,” said Charlie Law, sustainability director at TDUK.
“The construction and built environment sector is responsible for nearly 40% of global CO2
He said the regulatory and professional focus in recent decades had largely focused on operational carbon, such as heating in buildings, while embodied carbon emissions have been overlooked. “Across the built environment professions there is rising wave of awareness that if we are to build to net-zero carbon we need to tackle how we account for embodied carbon.
“This paper seeks to help unify how we account for embodied carbon within
Grafton says trading in good shape
Grafton Group plc is projecting a full year profit of £265m-£270m for 2021 after reporting continuing strong trading conditions.
Its trading update for the period from July 1 2021 to October 31 2021 shows the positive revenue trends experienced in the first half were sustained in the period, supported by good underlying demand in the Group’s markets and further normalisation of trading conditions as Covid-19 restrictions were lifted. The company said it had an encouraging performance despite supply chain pressures and heightened price inflation for building materials.
Group total revenue from continuing operations, which excludes the traditional merchanting business in Great Britain that is being divested, increased by 28% to £1.76bn in the ten months to October 31, 2021 from £1.37bn in the same period in 2020 and by 27.1% from £1.39bn in the same period in 2019. “We expect to exit 2021 in good shape,” it said. and well
□ Stewart Milne Group is selling its timber systems business – Stewart Milne Timber Systems (SMTS) to focus on investing in the growth of Stewart Milne Homes across Scotland and north-west England. □ Confor has welcomed the global leaders’ declaration to protect global forests at COP26 – and urged the UK to take greater responsibility for its own future wood supply. More than 100 world leaders pledged to end (and reverse) deforestation by 2030.
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timber buildings and structures so we can better understand, measure, and address these emissions in order to reduce their environmental impact.” “Along with the likes of Part Z and the Climate Emergency Design Guide this paper seeks to help build understanding and drive forward low-carbon construction, and set the standard for measuring embodied carbon in timber construction” TDUK worked with Jane Anderson of ConstructionLCA to develop the paper, the first technical paper from this newly formed membership organisation which is aiming to bring together the entire timber supply chain.
Timber Development UK was formed in
2021 by the merger of the Timber Trade Federation (TTF) and the Timber Research and Development Association (TRADA).
TDUK urges wood use in construction
Timber Development UK (the trade association formed from the merger of the UK Timber Trade Federation and TRADA) is calling for world and industry leaders to recognise the pressing need to use wood in construction.
With the built environment responsible for nearly 40% of global CO2
emissions,
TDUK says using low-carbon renewable materials such as timber is essential for limiting the impact of global heating. This call comes on the back of the Time for Timber Manifesto and Tropical Timber Accord launched by the global timber industry over the last two weeks which lay out the case for building with wood. “While it has been excellent to see the essential role global forests play in preventing climate change recognised in the first week of COP26, we must connect this work with the sustainable and circular economy for forest products such as timber – and this should happen today,” said TDUK chief executive, David Hopkins. “Our built environment is responsible for nearly 40% of global CO2
emissions,
yet often it has been sorely missed as an area of focus for emissions reductions. We can applaud the inclusion of our built environment in COP26, but now the role of timber should take centre stage.” Sustainable timber production ensures forests are maintained, he added.
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