The use of timber in the built environment – is it beneficial?
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 …
Bound water in small wood samples investigated by low-field nuclear magnetic resonance
Bound water states in small wood samples were investigated by means of time-domain nuclear magnetic resonance. A bench-top low-field NMR instrument (Bruker minispec mq20) with a proton resonance frequency of …
The environmental impacts associated with wood modification balanced by the benefits of life extension
Wood modification results in environmental impacts in addition to those associated with the production of the timber alone. In order to determine these impacts a search was made of the …
Method optimization for measuring water in solid wood samples using low-field nuclear magnetic resonance
Understanding the relationship between wood and water is essential to improving the lifespan and durability of wood products. This study investigates the use of low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (LFNMR) as …
Sorption behaviour of torrefied wood and charcoal determined by dynamic vapour sorption
Moisture is the most important variable in biomass supply chain. It increases costs and emissions in transportation and reduces the heating value in combustion. During storage, moisture promotes the biological …
Water clustering in the cell wall of natural materials
Adsorption of water in the cell wall of wood is believed to involve the attraction of the sorbed water molecules to the OH groups of the cell wall polymers. These …
Opportunities of wood science online courses
Since the past decades, teaching staff for wood science at Aalto University (and within the whole of Finland) has decreased drastically due to changes in university policies and staff structure. …
Determining the Organisational Carbon Footprint of a Sawmilling Enterprise – A Case Study of Vastern Timber
The presentation will describe the process involved in determining the organisational carbon footprint of a sawmilling enterprise. JCH Industrial Ecology were contacted by Vastern Timber and requested to undertake this …