Tomorrow's Timber Talk - Why Build With Timber?
Tomorrow's Timber Talk - Why Build With Timber?
Construction event
Explore the newest trends in timber construction in the latest Tomorrow's Timber Talk, designed for professionals in the built environment.
PEFC UK joins forces with PEFC Netherlands and Dr. Pablo van der Lugt, to show why timber stands out as THE sustainable building material.
Timber is renewable, demands less energy for production, and contributes to climate change mitigation by sequestering carbon. Its beauty and sustainability make it a favoured choice among architects and designers.
What you will learn:
- Innovations in mass timber and offsite manufacturing
- Health and wellbeing benefits of timber buildings
- Timber’s role in a circular economy
- Timber vs. carbon-intensive materials
- Principles of bio-based construction
- Latest engineered timber products
- Importance of specifying certified timber
- Future of timber construction
The speaker
Architectural engineer Dr. Pablo van der Lugt is a senior sustainability consultant in the wood- and bamboo industry and lecturer in biobased building at Delft University of Technology.
He is the author of five books on biobased building, including ‘Tomorrow’s Timber’, and regularly publishes his research findings in popular magazines and scientific journals.
He has been a speaker at several formats, from TED and Pecha Kucha talks, to keynote presentations at high-level international conferences, including the International Climate Conferences COP 21 and COP 24.