With the sponsorship of the Cívitas-UGR Chair of Sustainability, Innovation and Development and the College of Quantity Surveyors and Technical Architects of Granada, the second edition of the Diploma in Calculation of Wood Structures Applied to Projects, organized within the framework of the LIFE Wood for Future project under the umbrella of the International Graduate School and the School of Building Engineering of the University of Granada, was successfully completed this April. The official Diploma of 8.5 credits was attended by 19 students in this second edition, coming from different degrees in the field of Architecture, Building Engineering and Civil Engineering.

The Diploma was structured in 5 modules taught by professors from the Universities of Granada and Santiago de Compostela-PEMADE: Sustainability applied to wood; Physical properties of wood as a structural material with laboratory tests; Theoretical introduction and calculation software (Dlubal); Seismic-resistant project in wood; Structures in bars; Structures of cross-laminated timber and light-framed timber.

The course has been framed within the dissemination and transfer activities of the LIFE Wood for Future project, having as main challenge the training of future professionals and technical prescribers in the field of construction with technical wood in southern Spain, in order to converge towards a low carbon and healthier construction, based on the use of natural materials such as local wood from Andalusia. The use of wood as a structural material promotes sustainable forest management of our forests and gives life to the forest and serves as an effective tool in the fight against depopulation.

With this second edition, LIFE Wood for Future has already trained a total of 34 students.