Promoting wood construction in the EU

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Promoting wood construction in the EU

• Aila Janatuinen
• Finnish Forest Industries Federation
• Strategies for the sound use of wood
• Poiana Brasov, Romania
• 24.-27.3. 2003

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Three targets

• What do we mean when we talk about
• wood construction?
• 2. Vision 2010 for the wood industries
• 3. How using of wood in construction can
• be supported on EU/European level?

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A wooden house can look like this
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Vision 2010 for the European woodworking
industries
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Vision 2010 for the European woodworking
industries
Wood-based products are the leading solution in
Europe in structural building systems and
interior system products.
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Frame structuresFloor bearing constructionPartit
ionsCladdingRoof structures
Packaging sector
Building with wood
Windows Doors Beams Wall elements
Living with wood
Floors Walls Ceilings Furniture Cabinets Stairs Ga
rden
Transport sector
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The stakeholders in reaching the vision
Industry
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The stakeholders in reaching the vision
Industry
Organisations
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The stakeholders in reaching the vision
Industry
National and EU authorities
Organisations
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Industrys role in reaching the vision

• Putting the structure in place
• -gt consolidation, partnerships, alliances...
• Definition of and commitment to common aims
• From products via product families to
• solutions and services
• Logistics, distribution in order
• Dont forget R D !

Industry
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Organisations role in reaching the vision

• Defining a long term action plan towards the
  vision
• Executing actions of common interest
• Key areas lobbying, competence, R D
• and promotion

Organisations
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Authorities role in reaching the vision

• Ensuring that the woodworking industries has an
• equal position with competing materials
• Eliminating the barriers for use of wood
• Adequate funding for R D
• Improving the operational
• preconditions especially the
• viability of SMEs

National and EU authorities
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How using of wood in construction could be
supported on EU/European level?
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Current activities on European level for
supporting wood construction

• Enhanced use of wood working group has
  identified four areas of action
• legislation and standards
• education and training
• information and tools
• research, development, innovation

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Competitive legislation and standardisation

• European building legislation and codes have
• to allow the use of wood-based products in a
• cost-efficient and competitive way!
• standardisation of wood-based products and
• structures has to improve their competitiveness
• in relation to other building materials!
• Action exposing and removing legislative
  barriers,
• advocacy in standardisation.

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Education, competence

• architects and designers need to know how to
  design wooden structures and interiors
• wood-based products should have an equal
  position in their education compared to other
  building materials
• Action a pan-European syllabus in education of
  architects and designers.

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New approach to European R D

• the industry needs to take the lead
• directing the (scarce) resources to focal areas
  for maximised synergy, away from scattered
  projects
• - the results shall efficiently be exploited
• Action industry cooperation in R D.

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Information and tools

• people need to have a positive perception of
  wood-based products
• wood-based products have to be known as an
  eco-efficient, reliable and economic building
  materials
• using wood should be easy
• Action tools (like CAD-programs) need to be
  available, need to create a pan-European building
  system based on the existing ones.

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2. Current activities on European level for
supporting wood construction

• European timber councils projects
• Environmental communication (CO2)
• European Wood Magazine
• Building Europe
• Research cooperation related to 6th framework
  programme of research (ERAWOOD, ADVANCEWOOD, etc.)

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With whom we are competing?
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Why should we win?
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energy-efficiency
sustainablility
carbon stock
recyclability
employment
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What (more) can we do in order to promote wood
construction in the EU?
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We should aim at

• linking our activities to the current policies
• sustainable development
• climate change
• health and quality of life
• economy, creating jobs at rural areas,
  supporting SMEs
• etc

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We should aim at

• promoting buildings that are
• environmentally friendly
• a pleasant living and working environment
• easily maintained and converted
• affordable
• creating EU-wide tools and frameworks for
  enhancing the use of wood
• creating a policy/programme to support our aims

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An action programme to increase the use of wood
in construction

• joint industry commitment to the vision
• a roadmap how the vision will be reached
• removing the barriers for increased use of wood
• using the good environmental message we have!
• making using wood an attractive option, not a
  strain!