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A new COFORD publication - Engineered Wood Products
in Ireland - edited by Bill Robinson, was launched
on 27 March 2008 by Minister Mary Wallace, TD, Minister
for Forestry at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries
and Food.
Engineered Wood Products (EWPs) - such as I-joists
and glulam - are manufactured from solid timber
and board products for structural applications. As they
have known strength properties, they lend themselves
to a wide range of domestic and multistorey construction
applications.
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They provide an environmentally sustainable approach to building
and the ability to address climate change by providing a carbon
store over a long period of years.
The COFORD report outlines the growing market share that
engineered wood products command and provides a valuable starting
point for companies looking at the EWP market. Companies considering
the manufacture of EWPs will, of course, have to consider
and investigate the issues discussed in the report in more
detail - particular types of EWP, the size of any investment,
whether it should be for the Irish market or for a wider European
market, the availability and size of the feedstock, etc.
However, the report will be their starting point in considering
these issues in depth.
Michael Lynn, COFORD Chairman, stated - “We must, of course,
be mindful of the trends in building practice and particularly
in the energy performance of buildings. The government’s policies
of reducing the level of fossil fuel use and CO2
emissions can only be good for wood products in general and
EWPs should have their place in this positive outlook.”
To download the report - Click
Here
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