New laws

21.02.2021

On January 1, 2021, several regulations and laws came into force that favor wood construction. The CO₂ Ordinance requires that global warming be kept below 2 degrees Celsius. The BöB is a return to quality competition - where timber construction is ahead of the game.

New laws

On November 25, 2020, the Federal Council enacted the revised CO₂ Ordinance into force as of January 1, 2021. This extends key climate protection instruments until the end of 2021. The Paris target, of keeping warming below 2 degrees Celsius and, if possible, limiting it to 1.5 degrees Celsius has finally been enshrined in law. To achieve this goal Switzerland aims to halve its emissions by 2030, with three quarters of this reduction to be quarter of this reduction is to be achieved domestically. The goal is to be to be climate neutral.

An alliance of the oil and automotive industries has launched a referendum against the CO₂ Act. This means that Switzerland will vote on the bill on June 13, 2021. vote. Timbatec supports the CO₂ law and is part of the committee "Swiss Economy for the CO2 Law."

Read more atwww.co2-gesetz-jetzt.ch

Construction industry under obligation
Depending on the source, up to 40 percent of global CO₂ emissions are attributed to construction. are attributed to construction. The construction industry therefore has a duty to reduce its CO₂ emissions. Adopting the bill is not enough. More is needed: doing away with steel and concrete is a first step in the right direction. right direction. After all, buildings made of steel and concrete cause a massive CO₂ emissions during their production. Cement production alone is responsible is responsible for five to eight percent of global CO₂ emissions. One cubic meter of reinforced concrete produces around 500 kg of CO₂ emissions.

The situation is quite different with wood: The naturally renewable building material This naturally renewable building material requires only solar energy and water for its production. During its tree converts CO₂ into oxygen thanks to photosynthesis. In every cubic meter of wood stores around one ton of CO₂ in the long term. Anyone who wants to contribution to climate protection today is to build with wood.

BöB
The new public procurement law (BöB) has also been in force since January 1. (BöB) has been in force since January 1. Here, a paradigm shift is taking place towards more sustainability and quality competition. The BöB applies to public building authorities. They have an annual order volume of around 40 billion Swiss francs. And it has an impact on the entire economy, because it sets a new standard for procurement. for procurement.

Procuring good quality is a benefit for everyone. Too much price weighting has inhibited suppliers from offering innovative solutions. New award criteria such as "innovation" make it possible to reward good solutions. The BöB is thus an opportunity for even more timber construction projects and innovative technologies like TS3. Let's seize it!

The city of the future is made of wood

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