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, […]
Wood use in the UK & worldwide – can we continue like this?
By Dan Ridley-Ellis and Marlene Cramer Most people think about wood as an abundant, renewable material – and, as long as we replant, the more […]
Insights in Timber Recycling and Demolition
Dan Ridley-Ellis and I visited and interviewed a number of companies in the last few months. We wanted to find out what happens to timber […]
Forest products on the Handmade podcast
The Handmade podcast (previously known as ‘rial talk) has covered wood and wood-based materials a few times from different perspectives. March 23rd 2018 “Wood” with […]