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Designing Housing with Scottish Timber

A prototype house guide for designers, specifiers and clients based on locally sourced and produced construction materials.

28 Oct 2024 (Updated date)
PDF (1.96 MB)
Reports and report summaries

Green Oak in Construction

This document outlines the methods for successfully using green oak in construction. Green oak refers to oak that has been freshly cut. Green oak construction, therefore, involves crafting a building frame using these freshly cut oak members.

23 Jul 2025 (Updated date)
PDF (3.10 MB)
Forestry industry and business

The Carbon Benefits of Using Timber in Construction

This assessment compares the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions arising from the embodied energy of variety of different building materials that could be used in the construction of a 2 bed semi-detached house, a 3 bed detached house and a 4 storey block of flats. In addition this study quantifies the potential GHG benefits of increasing the timber content of the 3 types of accommodation.

28 Oct 2024 (Updated date)
PDF (412.71 KB)

Customer Representative Group - Notes and action points from meeting of 9 December 2021

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28 Jan 2025 (Updated date)
PDF (254.49 KB)

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