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Partners
- Forestry Commission Scotland
- Aberdeenshire Council
- Aberdeen City Council
- Cairngorms National Park Authority
- Moray Council
- The Highland Council
- The Prince’s Foundation
Using local timber contributing to sustainable construction: - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Using local timber contributing to sustainable construction: - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Using local timber contributing to sustainable construction: Guidance for North Scotland Partners Forestry Commission Scotland Aberdeenshire Council Aberdeen City Council Cairngorms National Park Authority Moray Council
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Purpose
To help promote the use of local timber in order to deliver more sustainable development projects
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Sustainable choices
Specifying materials Sourcing materials
Building standards
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Audience
Development Industry Developers Architects & Agents Builders Planning Officers General Public Elected Members Building Standards Officers
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Government Policy
- Sustainable Economy
- Low Carbon Future
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National policy context
- Low carbon building standards strategy for Scotland
- Scottish Climate Change Programme
- UK Shared Sustainable Development Framework
- Timber Development Programme
- Climate Change (Scotland) Act
- Scottish Forestry Strategy
- Scottish Planning Policy
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Local policy context
Development Plans
- Structure Plans
- Local Plans
- Forestry and Woodland Strategies
Additional policies and guidance
- Scotland’s Climate Change Declaration
- North East Scotland Climate Change Partnership
- Highland Council Climate Change Working Group
- A low carbon National Park
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Contents of the guidance
- The local timber resource
- Designing with local timber
- Procuring local timber and certification
- Benefits of using timber
- Building regulations
- Sources of further information and advice
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The local timber resource
Scotland = 7.1Mm3
- N. Scotland = 2.4Mm3
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12 18 20 155
How is our softwood used?
70 50 60 90 70 10 160 535
Sawlogs
465
Small round wood
1000 m3 100
Brash/lop & top
285
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Processing
- 21 active sawmills
- 449,000m3
- 46% used in construction
- 70% Sitka Spruce
- 15% Scots Pine
- Larch
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A timber sourcing hierarchy
Grown and processed in North Scotland Scottish grown and processed UK grown and processed European Rest of the world
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Forestry Commission Huntly
HRI Architects
- Home grown timber
- Structural – Douglas fir
- Composite I-beams
- Cladding – untreated larch
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Private house Golspie
Anta Architecture
- Home grown larch
- Local sawmill
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Russwood offices Newtonmore
Dualchas Building Design
- Variety of timber
- Laminated oak windows
- Larch cladding
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Scotland’s Housing Expo
Brennan and Wilson Architects The Whole Life House Joseph Thurrott Architects Twin Peaks Scottish larch cladding
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Albyn Housing Society Glenmore
John Gilbert Architects
- Robust social housing
- Max Scottish timber
- Min energy use
- Min CO2 emissions
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