07.11.2019
Today we mainly build with concrete. But it is not without risk: according to the latest estimates, cement production accounts for eight percent of global CO2 emissions. That's no small thing! Moreover, sand and gravel are not infinitely available.
Wouldn't it be practical if we could absorb the CO2 and build houses from it? That would finally be a good and convenient solution in the fight against climate change!
What sounds like a distant, unrealistic future scenario has been practiced for centuries: with timber construction! The CO2, which a tree extracts from the atmosphere for its growth, also remains bound in the wood used. The more wood is used, the more the timber construction actively contributes to the CO2 sink.
As part of a specialist presentation at Bau+Energie Messe Bern, we will be looking into the question of what timber construction can contribute to climate protection, what is possible in timber construction and where the limits are.
Switzerland:
Thun Branch
Timbatec Timber Construction Engineers Switzerland Ltd.
Niesenstrasse 1, 3600 Thun
Tel: +41 58 255 15 10
Zürich Branch
Timbatec Timber Construction Engineers Switzerland Ltd.
Ausstellungsstrasse 36, 8005 Zürich
Tel: +41 58 255 15 20
Delémont Branch
Timbatec Timber Construction Engineers Switzerland Ltd.
Avenue de la Gare 49, 2800 Delémont
+41 58 255 15 40
Bern Branch
Timbatec Timber Construction Engineers Switzerland Ltd.
Falkenplatz 1, 3012 Bern
Tel: +41 58 255 15 30
Austria:
Headquarters Vienna (A)
Timbatec Timber Construction Engineers GmbH
Im Werd 6/31a, 1020 Wien
Tel: +43 720 2733 01
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