COP26 Wood for Good conference Scotland, BE@COP26 sustainable construction, CSIC Event 2021
COP26 Wood for Good conference
28 Oct 2021
Location: Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC)
UK needs to grow back better to build back better, timber conference to hear
COP26 Wood for Good conference at Construction Scotland Innovation Centre
28th October 2021 – A focus on sustainable forestry from the ground up could be the key to building back better, one of the leading voices on timber architecture and construction has said ahead of the Wood for Good conference running alongside COP26 next week.
Andrew Waugh – co-founder of Waugh Thistleton Architects and a pioneer of low-carbon design – said that managing our homegrown timber resources from the forest floor up is critical to supporting growing demand from the construction sector as it looks to more widely adopt sustainable materials. Andrew Waugh Architect:

He said: ?Forest practices need continuous improvement, and we need to work to ensure that the industry achieves the lowest carbon processes possible. More than 50% of European timber is still burned as a ?green? fuel and this is a travesty. We need to shine the light of thorough life-cycle assessments across the construction industry ? timber included.?
UK timber has traditionally been used for non-structural applications, such as fencing materials and pallets, but emerging innovation in the sector is beginning to pave the way for the greater use o...