BUILDING WITH WOOD PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE USE OF WOOD IN CONSTRUCTION

BUILDING WITH WOOD PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE USE OF WOOD IN CONSTRUCTION

The European Commission has developed the Roadmap document to a Resource Efficient Europe developed a roadmap with the aim of transforming the European economy in a sustainable economy by 2050, which includes a series of measures including the promotion and sustainable use of wood in construction.For all the emphasis on strengthening existing policies to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy use in buildings.

In this context the European Commission requires that by 2020 the renovation and construction of buildings and infrastructure are made with high levels of efficiency of resources, which will take place incentives to reward efficient buildings and promote the sustainable use wood in construction, since it is the only material that helps mitigate climate change effects in their training because it absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and its processing, transportation and installation, uses minimal amounts of energy.Here are some of the main demands that the project Building with Wood, led by the Spanish Confederation of Wood (CONFEMADERA), is demanding in the context of the European Wood Roadmap developed by the European employers CEI-Bois.

In the road map, submitted to the European Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, it is stated that a better use of the building in the European Union would affect 42% of the total consumption of energy used , 35% of greenhouse gases and more than 50% of extracted materials.This is one of the basic lines of action included in the European Roadmap Wood, implementing the European employers CEI-Bois to turn wood into one of the reference materials in construction, decoration and interior design.

Building With Wood project, promoted in Spain by the Spanish Confederation of Wood (CONFEMADERA) is a major strategic projects of the sector for the coming years.

Building with wood is an Integrated Project under the Spanish Council for Promotion of Wood, a consortium that brings together the various efforts and advocacy initiatives developed by the timber industry.

Building With Wood proposes, among its objectives: to increase the use of wood and wood products in construction, end the institutional, technical, economic and perceptions that exist on this material, create tools and aids for enhanced use of wood; involve the entire supply chain initiatives in the different proposals, training and information, developing activities aimed at specific interest groups (specifiers, architects and customers), to transmit to society the values ​​and qualities of wood as a material construction: sustainable, durable, reliable storage of CO2, etc..