Using renewable, natural materials like wood, hemp, or straw in construction, promoting sustainability, reducing carbon footprints, and enhancing environmental resilience and resource efficiency.
This course empowers aspiring entrepreneurs to transform their sustainable construction ideas into actionable Minimum Viable Products (MVPs). Through a concise, expert-led lecture, learners will grasp the essential steps and strategies to validate and prototype their concepts effectively. Real-life ...
The Introduction to Shipbuilding course opens the doors of wooden boatbuilding to adult learners who already have woodworking expertise and want to expand it into new career paths.
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Developed through Erasmus+ projects All Hands on Deck and All Hands on Deck360, it adapts skills from carpen...
The programme's objective is to create an initial framework for entering the design and construction of industrialized buildings using wood, geared toward the various professionals who can participate in the design and construction of this new generation of buildings that follow the criteria set by ...
These 8 webinars focus on the use of wood in the building sector, covering the characteristics, development, production, and utilization of wood-based construction materials. It provides insights into various European structural wood types, their mechanical properties, strength and durability classe...
This course introduces the fundamentals of circular economy principles within the construction and real estate sectors. It emphasizes the shift from traditional linear models to circular approaches, focusing on extending the lifecycle of materials and products through maintenance, reuse, and recycli...
This free, 30-minute digital course introduces the concept of vertical extensions using timber construction. It explores the opportunities for urban densification by adding new floors atop existing buildings, thereby extending their lifespan and reducing the need to utilize undeveloped land.
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Wood First is a digital training program designed to support Swedish municipalities and regions in developing, updating, or following up on timber construction strategies or roadmaps for climate-neutral building.
The program is divided into three sessions:
Initiate – Increase knowledge and cre...
This course introduces the fundamentals of modern timber construction, including key timber building systems, their advantages and limitations, and the specific characteristics of wood as a building material.
Participants gain insight into sustainability criteria such as life cycle assessment (LCA...
Innovations in architecture, engineering and manufacturing make it feasible to construct almost any building in timber, including high-rise structures. Discover how this way of building could help solve our climate, resource and housing related challenges.
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Sustainable forest management al...
A hands-on workshop exploring the potential of seaweed red algae (Gelidium corneum) as an insulation construction material, including risk management and specification/supply chain, Lifecycle analysis and scope 3 emissions, for wall in-fill construction, acoustic absorption and insulation applicatio...
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Design and delivery of a series of training modules on the interventions in built environment and professional input with view to map the current practices and case studies and test these against the topics of the triple transitiongreen, social and digital (EU COM’s 2024-29 priorities), with particu...
This training focuses on developing and disseminating knowledge and skills related to biobased design within architecture and engineering.
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Learning Objectives
The ultimate goal of this two-day training is for architects to gain the knowledge and experience to involve their clients and c...