Latest news
EXPO ORGANISERS URGE VISITORS TO BE ECO-FRIENDLY TRAVELLERS
As Scotland’s Housing Expo enters its last week as a public exhibition, organisers are urging visitors to support the eco-friendly ethos of the project by leaving their cars at home.
tell me more
EVENT DETAILS
SEMINAR - THE CARBON BENEFITS OF USING TIMBER IN CONSTRUCTION
Marquee
Forestry Commission Scotland and Wood for Good are co-promoting three afternoon seminars intended to cover a spectrum that ranges from the carbon benefits ensuing from making greater use of timber in construction, through current and pending legislative changes to the actual specification and procurement of home grown timber, the latter with examples from companies that have found strong commercial advantage in making full use of home-grown timber in their products.
The three Forestry Commission Scotland/Wood for Good seminars carry CPD endorsement and certification provided by Edinburgh Napier University’s Forest Products Research Institute.
Seminar #1: The Carbon Benefits of Using Timber in Construction
The carbon benefits of using timber come through application, both in terms of construction practice and through creative response to regulatory change The seminar explores two important routes to securing significant benefit from ‘thinking carbon’ in new housing design and development.
The Low Carbon Building Technology Gateway
This part of the seminar will describe the new SPIRIT-CIAC innovation support framework designed to assist future low carbon timber-based housing. This project forms the keystone for ISC’s low carbon building technologies gateway and the seminar will outline the ways in which product manufacturers and a wide range of SME’s can benefit from the project.
Speaker: Prof Sean Smith, Director Institute for Sustainable Construction (ISC), Edinburgh Napier University
Benefits of New Timber Frame Housing & Section 5: Noise 2010
This part of the seminar will highlight the forthcoming changes to Section 5: Noise Building Standards and its influence on future designs to achieve the required higher sound insulation targets. The focus will be on the main changes due in October 2010, i.e. performance levels and mandatory sound testing.
Speaker: Chris Steel, Senior Acoustic Consultant, RMP Acoustics
Next: Seminar #2: Off-Site and Modern Methods of Timber Construction – a sustainable approach 1:00pm, Thursday 12 August 2010
Booking
Attendance at the seminars is included in the price of your Expo ticket. To ensure your place at any of these three seminars, please contact Peter Wilson by email: pr.wilson@napier.ac.uk or telephone: 0131 455 2272 stating which seminar/date you wish to attend.
