Project description
Innovative solutions for sustainable wood construction
The construction industry accounts for 40 % of CO2 emissions, 50 % of all extracted materials and 35 % of waste. The EU-funded TIMBERHAUS project aims to develop innovative circular solutions for sustainable wood construction, supporting the European Commission’s carbon removal certification framework. The project will leverage advanced wood processing technologies, driven by machine learning and AI, to prototype innovative construction products using underused and post-consumer wood. In collaboration with European cities, it will design holistic and circular blueprints for multi-story buildings that incorporate local cultural traditions and prioritise human health. Additionally, the project will establish a European observatory for wood construction and develop localised as well as EU-level decarbonisation strategies.
Objective
The construction sector is responsible for 40% of CO2 emissions, 50% of all extracted materials, and 35% of waste generated. TIMBERHAUS will contribute significantly to decreasing these numbers and reaching Europe’s climate policy targets by developing innovative circular solutions for sustainable wood construction. TIMBERHAUS will use the considerable expertise and innovation power of the multi-actor consortium consisting of key stakeholders across the value chain to realise the full circular and sustainable potential of wood construction. Game changing wood processing technologies based on machine learning and artificial intelligence will be developed and used in the prototyping of innovative wood construction products incorporating currently underutilized wood resources and post-consumer wood. Supporting the New European Bauhaus, holistic and circular wood building blueprints for multi-story buildings incorporating local cultural traditions and design languages as well as human health and well-being aspects will be co-created and demonstrated as digital pilots together with European cities and their stakeholders. New knowledge on the quantitative limits and opportunities of wood as a resource will be generated to give valuable input to forest and climate policy development. To support the European Commission’s framework for carbon removal certification, TIMBERHAUS will develop a robust and cost-efficient methodology to quantify the carbon removal benefits of wood construction products and other materials. A European observatory for wood construction will be established to provide best practise guidelines and monitor statistics and market uptake. Localised and EU-level decarbonisation strategies for buildings will be developed along with roadmaps for mainstreaming multi-story wood buildings. Based on project learnings, policy recommendations will be provided along with recommendations for new or updated European harmonised technical specifications and Eurocodes.
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestrysilviculture
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
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2630 Taastrup
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N1 6HB LONDON
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
021154 Bucuresti
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
1018 DC Amsterdam
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1021 KL AMSTERDAM
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1021 KL AMSTERDAM
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4600 KOGE
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00100 Helsinki
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10707 BERLIN
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13405 Berlin
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1017 AZ Amsterdam
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12161 Berlin
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
430311 Baia Mare
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01110 Sta. Cruz De Campezo
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
26900 Lodi
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6460 Imst
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1165 Kobenhavn
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53100 SIENA
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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
8600 Dubendorf
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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
8092 Zuerich
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