2024-11-08T04:41:25-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150164768/multi-story-timber-construction-receives-eu-funding-boost-to-tackle-climate-change Alexander Walter 2019-10-15T20:05:00-04:00 >2019-10-16T13:51:45-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/0d/0d77088add64723bfa96406253c58999.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Armed with &euro;10m in EU funding, a consortium of 21 European companies and organisations has formed to try and make timber the material of choice for multi-storey buildings instead of steel and concrete. Their aim over the next four years is to remove barriers to timber construction by developing standard, industrialised timber building systems, while documenting the environmental, economic and social benefits.</p></em><br /><br /><p>The multinational, pan European innovation project, called <em>Build-in-Wood</em>, aims to "make wood the common choice of material for construction of multi-story buildings," reports <a href="http://www.globalconstructionreview.com/news/european-consortium-forms-take-multi-storey-timber/" target="_blank">Global Construction Review</a>. <br></p> <p>"We&rsquo;re not trying to create the world&rsquo;s tallest wood building," project coordinator Niels Morsing from the Danish Technological Institute explains the consortium's long-term motivation, "we&rsquo;re trying to maximize our impact by targeting wood-based building systems for 3-10 story buildings, where European demand is highest."<br></p>