Naturally:Wood

Wood in Transportation Video

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:30:05 +0000

Watch naturally:wood's latest video on structural design and transportation featuring the Brentwood Town Centre Station, Lansdowne Station and the Kingsway Pedestrian Bridge. The architects and engineers take us through their journey of concept and design for these public spaces, to construction.

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CEU: Wood Scores A+ in School Construction - Sponsored by WoodWorks and reThink Wood

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:03:32 +0000

This CEU discusses how wood has been used as a structural and finish material in schools and highlights the effects of wood on human health and well-being in an educational environment. It describes the environmental and economic advantages wood brings to school construction and explains how wood contributed to a school's green building goals. Click here to view.

Carbon Calculator

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:00:55 +0000

A new Carbon Calculator by U.S. WoodWorks helps quantify the benefits of using wood in non-residential buildings. The tools shows you how wood products continue to store carbon absorbed by the trees during their growing cycle, keeping it out of the atmosphere indefinitely. The tool also demonstrates how using wood in place of fossil fuel-intensive materials such as steel and concrete also "avoids" greenhouse gases that would have been emitted during manufacturing. Click here to visit the Calculator and to learn more.

Enter the Words on Wood Competion - Win an iPad 2

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:21:22 +0000

How has wood inspired or made an impact in your life? What story can you share with us about wood?

Tell us why wood is your material of choice and how it impacts the project and environment you create. Learn more here.

CEU: Environmental Product Declarations - Sponsored by Western Red Cedar Lumber Association

hannah.lee — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:01:52 +0000

This CEU is a primer on the latest step in that direction: environmental product declarations (EPD), which seek to provide relevant, verified and comparable information about the environmental impacts of goods and services. Under discussion will be the basics of EPDs—the information they contain, their evolution, status in North America, and how they offer real evidence of a product's environmental footprint. Examples of EPDs will be presented with a focus on the wood industry, as will a discussion of how architects can use EPDs along with other environmental rating systems in designing more sustainable structures.

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WoodSourceBC.com

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:06:51 +0000

WoodSourceBC.com was created to provide anyone who works with wood and those that create wood products, an opportunity to network with each other. The idea is that the more people talk with each other, the more opportunities people have to accomplish what they set out to do. Whether that is selling logs, buying lumber, building homes, or creating fine furniture, the website offers the chance to make new business relationships closer to home and in others parts of the world. Click here for more info.

CEU: A Natural Choice (Part 3 of 3)

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:10:39 +0000

This CEU is the third of a three-part series. It documents accepted definitions of sustainability, discusses ways in which wood contributes to sustainable design, explains the trends behind the increased use of wood as an environmentally sound building material and evaluates the impact of building rating systems and codes on environmentally sound design. Click here to view Part 3 - A Natural Choice.

Click here to view Part 2 - Materials in Action.

Click here to view Part 1 - Materials Matter.

Greenbuild 2011

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:01:22 +0000

Attending Greenbuild 2011 in Toronto, October 4-6, 2011? Come visit reTHINK WOOD: The North America Wood Products Showcase to learn about innovative new products, like cross-laminated timber, that come from the sustainably managed forests of North America. Also come to discover design options for your non-residential projects. Participants include:

Organizations:

Canadian Wood Council (booth 5642S)

CSA-SFM User Group (booth 5839S)

Forest Products Association of Canada (booth 5542S)

naturally:wood (booth 5544S)

US WoodWorks (booth 5840S)

Western Red Cedar Lumber Association (booth 5739S)

Manufacturers (booth 5539S):

CST Innovations

Nordic

StructureCraft

Structurlam Innovative Wood Specialist

Towards a Culture of Wood Architecture

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:01:27 +0000

This book, written by Jim Taggart, brings together ideas and insights gained from more than a decade of research, writing and lecturing on the role of wood in contemporary architecture, both in North America and abroad. To purchase a copy click here.

Symposium on Wood Engineering, Architecture and Construction

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:10:30 +0000

This 2 day event, being held at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst on September 8 and 9, 2011, will cover topics such as net-zero energy technology, environmental benefits of using wood and new, innovative wood building systems. Two afternoon workshops will focus on detailing essentials such as thermal, moisture and acoustic issues, air tightness, and indoor air quality and ventilation. In addition, an exciting new wood product out of Europe, called Cross Laminated Timber (CLT), will be showcased. Experts from both North America and Austria will present the essentials in achieving energy efficiency and sustainability in wood construction. Click here for more information.