Structural Timber News

The Structural Timber Association (STA) has welcomed the Government's Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener, which places a firm emphasis on reducing the embodied carbon of buildings by adopting more sustainable materials, such as timber. ...

Construction membranes from Glidevale Protect have been installed throughout a flagship low carbon newbuild development for social housing provider, One Manchester, helping meet stringent airtightness and energy efficiency targets. ...

Local authorities throughout the UK are facing great difficulty as they attempt to rapidly increase their housing stock and deliver affordable homes, whilst also meeting environmental targets. Here, Andrew Carpenter, Chief Executive of the...

Growing the use of mass timber in Canada It's not just the UK that stands to benefit from the wider adoption of structural timber building solutions. In fact, there are a number of countries which could also use the material...

Across the globe, there are many examples of countries that have embraced the use of structural timber, yet the situation in the UK is rather more complicated. The uptake of timber varies enormously between the home nations – with...

Q&A with Jake Concannon, Vice President of Gallagher Global In the second part of our Q&A with Gallagher Global’s Vice President, Jake Concannon, we learn more about how the insurance sector...

Q&A with Jake Concannon, Vice President at Gallagher Global Many nations across the world have adopted timber as their primary building material, yet the UK lags well behind. Over the coming months we will be asking why this...

Jess Hrivnak, Sustainable Development Adviser at RIBA, explains the changes that have been made to the 2030 Climate Challenge, in light of new performance data. Why is the RIBA's 2030 Climate Challenge important? The UK built...

Here, Paul Brannen, CEI-Bois & Chair of the Timber Sector Group planning for COP 26, looks at Europe's carbon capture and storage mechanism. As a climate warning, it could hardly have been starker; "I want...

The model for a sustainable future The Government's ambition to achieve Net Zero status by 2050 may leave many assuming that there is ample time to adjust our behaviours in order to make this a reality. However, the fact of...

In recent years, governments across the globe have taken steps to combat the greatest threat of our times: climate change. However, targets are at risk of not being met and the time left to act is rapidly...

Recently, the UK government reaffirmed its commitment to building more homes, as well as working to reshape the nation's economy. In this article, Andrew Carpenter, Chief Executive of the Structural Timber Association (STA) explains that whilst...

Despite concerted efforts from industry action groups and commentators to draw attention to shortcomings in the proposals, the Government's response to the Future Homes Standard consultation has fallen woefully below that which is required to...

A wise man once said that 'a lie can travel half-way around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.' Unfortunately, that statement has never been more relevant than it is today. From politics to pop...