Circular Economy of Timber Buildings

Our GW4 research community is proud to announce the launch of the AHRC GTE project on Transforming Housing and Homes for Future Generations. The team is working with and for communities in Bristol and Swansea to transform homes built in the 1920s-1940s to be net zero carbon, nature positive, climate … More GW4 success in Transforming Housing and Homes for Future Generations

TRANSFORMING HOMES Workshop : Transforming Homes & Energy retrofit – Mapping of gaps in retrofit and skills. Full agenda below:

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Design Competition ‘Reimagine a future built environment with UK timber’. 1st Prize: The Positive+ Collective by Adrian Campbell from change building , Flo Collier from humblebee and Patrick Usborne from Perpendicular Architecture. PositiveCollective-A2Board 2nd Prize: PH15 – Reimagine Timber Construction by … More Design Competition-Announcement of Winners

The first workshop of the GW4 research community on the Circular Economy of Timber Buildings was successfully completed on 12th July. A detailed summary of the themed group discussions can be found here. A few key take-aways can be listed below. The government should implement afforestation strategies and we need … More Workshop 1 – Summary of outcomes

The agenda for the workshop can be found in the link below: Workshop 1- Programme  

Meet the team

Project Summary The benefits of biogenic carbon storage together with a renewable supply chain mean that greater use of timber, and other plant-based materials, in construction is essential if the UK is to meet its net zero carbon targets by 2050. A GW4 interdisciplinary research community was built between the … More Overview