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| Plaudits at the end of NRP 66 "Resource Wood" |
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The motto of the closing event of NRP 66 was "Wood has added value". The well-attended event took place on 7 November 2017 in the Berner Eventfabrik. |
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| How do we go on after NRP 66? |
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What recommendations of NRP 66 should S-WIN focus on in the future? This was the key question discussed by the around 90 experts who met at the Gurten in Bern to outline the "Agenda 2018". |
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| Continuation of newsletter thanks to S-WIN |
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The end of NRP 66 also spells the end for the joint newsletter with S-WIN. S-WIN will not only maintain the dialogue platforms, it will also continue to produce the newsletter. If you are interested, please get in touch with S-WIN. |
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| Suurstoffi 22: first multi-storey timber building in Switzerland |
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In Risch-Rotkreuz in the canton of Zug, the first ten-storey timber building is being built in Switzerland. The office block, built by wood construction company Erne, is 36 metres high. As a wood-concrete hybrid construction, it combines a number of visionary innovations. |
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| Sinking timber harvest in 2016 |
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At the end of July 2017, the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) published the Swiss forestry statistics for 2016. The first conclusion: declining timber harvests continue in 2016. |
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| Call for projects of Timber Action Plan 2017-2020 |
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The Federal Office for the Environment FOEN offers financial support to projects that are promoting the increased use of Swiss timber. |
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| S-WIN training course in Weinfelden: modern timber buildings - efficient, protected and long-lasting |
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The 49th training course of the Swiss Wood Innovation Network S-WIN, held in cooperation with Bern University of Applied Sciences on 24/25 October 2017, provided an overview of current expert knowledge on this subject. |
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| S-WIN training course 2017 in Mendrisio: timber construction for working, teaching and living |
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Timber construction is ideally suited to residential buildings - but not only. The second training course of the Swiss Wood Innovation Network (S-WIN), organised in cooperation with federlegno.ch at the Accademia di architettura in Mendrisio, showed that timber buildings are also offering convincing solutions for service companies, offices and schools. |
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| Call ForestValue (follow-up of WoodWisdom) |
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The ForestValue Research Programme is launching a transnational call for proposals for research, development and innovation in the forest-based sector. |
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Publication "Ressourcenpolitik Holz" (Wood Resource Policy)
With "Wood Resource Policy" the government presents an updated programme that will help to increase the demand for Swiss wood. The programme, jointly published by the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) and the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO in 2017, aims to provision, process and use Swiss wood sustainably and resource-efficiently. "Wood Resource Policy" contributes significantly to forestry, climate and energy policies. It will be implemented according to the "Aktionsplan Holz" (Timber Action Plan) and its three focus areas: "optimised cascaded use", "climate-adapted construction and renovation" and "communication, knowledge transfer and collaboration".
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Publication "Global Wood Pellet Industry and Trade Study"
The study, published by the International Energy Agency (IEA), offers an overview of how the pellet market has developed in over 30 countries. The growing demand has led to a rapid increase in production volume of/by 26 million tonnes in 2015/2016. With a share of 54 per cent, the EU is by far the biggest producer of pellets. Professor Daniela Thrän, engineer and author of the study, emphasises the importance of creating unified framework conditions and a sustainable climate roadmap in each country for the development of a global industrial market for wood pellets.
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