Are Seaweeds better than Trees? (Quote of the Month)
As a researcher, I read a lot. And it is not always of the entertaining kind. But sometimes I find interesting facts or quirky quotes […]
Brexit and standards update
We have pontificated on the direction and implication of Brexit on standards – and in particular on the British Standards Institution’s membership of CEN – […]
(Guest post) Sustainability in the built environment: timber & natural materials
This is a guest post by Dr Morwenna Spear. Dr Spear is a materials scientist at the BioComposites Centre at Bangor University, specialising in timber. […]
A view on sustainability of the built environment
(by Dan Ridley-Ellis 14/05/2021) The Environmental Audit Committee is launching an inquiry into the sustainability of the built environment. It will look at the best […]
Wood science videos
Aalto University in Finland, has produced a series of short wood science videos featuring Callum Hill. The cover an introduction to wood as a material, […]
Intro to wood structure and grading
We have not resolved the issue with embedding Sketchfab models into our WordPress deployment so what you see here will likely appear broken in one […]
Pallet it go
As I write this, the first Covid vaccines are being delivered in the UK. Somewhere along the line you can be sure that this achievement […]
How should we build today…?
I recently started looking for a new flat in Edinburgh, and finding a good one wasn´t easy. I viewed cold, damp and overpriced flats, but […]
Guest post – WoodSimulatR
This is a guest post from Andreas Weidenhiller from Holzforschung Austria. Simulating values from destructive strength testing – the R package WoodSimulatR Holzforschung Austria recently […]
What’s known about home grown?
Perhaps you arrived here from the article on pages 38-40 the December issue of Confor’s Forestry and Timber News (currently for members only). If so, […]