The increasing contamination of water with inorganic elements, such as heavy metals (e.g., Pb, Cu, Cd), metalloids (e.g., As), and nutrient ions (e.g., PO₄³⁻, NO₃⁻), poses a significant environmental and …
In the last two decades, timber construction has experienced a resurgence further supporting the wood products industry and innovation in the sector. This is in part due to ambitious policies …
Wood and bio-based materials are easily fouled by microfungi (molds) if they are exposed to relative humidities as low as 70 or 75%. This is very low compared to the …
Although the world has come to the realization that exploitation of non-renewable materials are not sustainable, (Petrillo et al, 2018) there has been a limited interest in fully utilizing natural, …
“Green” buildings constructed by bio-based materials have been considered as a strategy to battle the climate changes. In this regard, engineered wood such as cross-laminated timber or glulam is increasingly …
Recently the development and use of bio based materials is targeted in a lot of industries addressing the private and public sec-tor. When thinking about combining wood and plastic usually …
