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More circular approaches and improved resource efficiency is particularly needed in the building sector due to its high waste production e.g., around 37% in the EU. Despite growing research efforts …
Year: 2024
Tags: circular economy, Construction and Demolition C&D sector, Reusability, Wood Resource, wood waste
Authors:Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) in the near-infrared (NIR) range is a non-destructive technique that can be used for material characterization and several other applications. Different wood species exhibit characteristic spectral signatures …
Year: 2024
Tags: chemometrics, classification, HSI, NIR, wood species
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With health concerns about the use of commercial wood product adhesive, development of alternative solutions from renewable materials has been on the rise. One of such materials is seaweed. Seaweed- …
Year: 2024
Tags: brown algae, formaldehyde-free, lignosulfonate, particleboards, wood adhesive
Authors:Wood stores CO2, which makes it a valuable material for reducing climate change. In essence, CO2 can be sequestered to a greater extent when more wood is used. Wood used …
Year: 2024
Tags: acetylation, durability, laminated veneer lumber (LVL)
Authors:Timber connections are crucial because they function to connect the timber elements together as a structural system. In large-scale timber structures, the structural elements are usually connected by means of …
Year: 2024
Tags: adhesively bonded connection, birch plywood, ductility, innovative timber connection, on-site adhesive-free assembly
Authors:The elusive wood-water relations have been studied for over a century and are among the most researched topics in wood material science. Wood-water relations originate from the polar hydroxyl groups …
Year: 2024
Tags: compression, moisture content, thermal imaging, water vapour adsorption
Authors:The recent increase in extreme weather events has made the progressing climate change clearly noticeable globally. With regard to forest ecosystems, abiotic and biotic influences often interact, which significantly increases …
Year: 2024
Tags: drought spruce stand, Harz Mountains National Park, Ips typographus (L.), Picea abies ([L.] Karst.), standing storage, stem breakage, year of mortality
Authors:We are quite used to sitting at timber conferences and listening to the familiar story – the use of wood in buildings is good for the environment, because it stores …
Year: 2024
Tags: built environment, climate change mitigation, harvested wood products, sequestered carbon
Authors:When wood is used for construction, furniture or other objects, the material is exposed to water in the form of liquid water (rain) or water vapour (air humidity). Some of …
Year: 2024
Tags: dvs, measurement time, moisture equilibrium, sorption, uncertainty
Authors:Wood properties are highly dependent on moisture. As a fact, undetected excessive moisture can lead to structural damage and decay. Nowadays, monitoring moisture in wood buildings is not a common …
Year: 2024
Tags: conductive adhesive, electrical properties, engineered wood, monitoring, wood moisture
Authors:The recent trend in climate has shown that UK temperatures are increasing. This varies from east to west and north to south, but in general summers are getting warmer and …
Year: 2024
Tags: climate, dendrometers, growth, Sitka spruce, soil moisture
Authors:The climate crisis places time at the heart of our thinking. 2050 (our net zero target year) is 26 years away. 1990 (the benchmark year that is used for progress …
Year: 2024
Tags: carbon storage, duration of storage, greenhouse gas, harvested wood products (HWPs), modelling
Authors:Current forestry practices often generate significant waste biomass in the form of bark and other non-timber components. This approach overlooks the potential value of these residual materials. This waste biomass …
Year: 2024
Tags: anti-UV, antifungal, forest management, sustainable, waste management
Authors:Changing from linear to circular type of production and consumption requires considering how value is created and captured among the value networks, and what new roles in business ecosystems can …
Year: 2024
Tags: circular economy, circular ecosystem, Intermediaries, wood construction
Authors:The construction industry is increasingly moving towards a circular economy to reduce carbon emissions and minimize material waste. Wood’s renewable nature and its ability to store carbon dioxide makes it …
Year: 2024
Tags: non-destructive testing, reclaimed timber, visual assessment
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