During the day was presented in an exhibition in the gardens of the school, one of the first structural products of wood and concrete brand Andalusia, developed by Pemade and the Wood Research Unit (UIMA) of the UGR under the LIFE project Wood for the Future, which will be placed on the market through the spinoff of the UGR Iberolam Timber & Technology, germ of the first Andalusian industry in the industry.

Developers, builders, architects and technical architects participated last Friday, September 13, in the conference Industrialized sustainable construction. A driving industry for Andalusia, which has shown how this building system, which in Spain represents only 1.5% of the market, far below the most advanced countries in Europe, can solve some of the problems that afflict the construction sector, such as lack of labor or high carbon footprint.

Developers in Granada see industrialized construction as an opportunity for the necessary “change of model” in the sector. More comfortable, safe and qualified employment, less waste and CO2 emissions, faster and more efficient building, among the advantages of a digitized prefabrication system that in Spain represents only 1.5% of the market. This Friday, the School of Building Engineering hosted a conference organized by the LIFE Wood for the Future project in which developers, builders, architects and public administrations participated.

The eighth edition of the LIFE Wood For Future Newsletter is now available, where you can consult the latest news of the project.

The LIFE Wood For Future project and IFAPA researchers have studied for two years the temperatures in different poplar groves in the Vega in comparison with urban green areas, to study whether its implementation in these environments would be beneficial.

The Spanish Association for Standardization (UNE) and the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) have recently approved the inclusion of poplar clones MC and Luisa Avanzo of Spanish origin in the list of sawn timber suitable for structural use in buildings.

The heads of the LIFE Wood for Future and Be Wooden projects met for the first time to get to know these projects first hand. This meeting has served to confirm the many points in common that these projects have and above all the complementarity between them.

The Pemade team of the University of Santiago de Compostela at the Lugo Campus has carried out the first bending tests of the first full-scale wood-concrete composite slab prototype manufactured by Iberolam Timber & Technology in Granada.

The LIFE WOOD FOR THE FUTURE project has participated in the Sustainable Development Forum of the Guadix Region, held on July 4 at the Mira de Amescua Municipal Theater, presenting the progress of the project and the potential of poplar cultivation and its industrial products as a driving force for the development of the region.

During the month of July 2024, 16 students have been trained in 3D modeling of wooden structures thanks to the collaboration between the company Cadwork Ibérica and the LIFE Wood for Future project.