Montagskolloquium 2024

MainWood project:
Development of sustainable scenarios for a bioeconomy in timber construction

05 February 2024, 14:15–17:15
Hörsaal CHN C14, Universitätstrasse 16, ETH Zürich

This Monday colloquium presents ongoing work from the MainWood project and related projects. The MainWood research team works along the entire forest-timber supply chain, addressing climate change impacts on forest dynamics, resource provision, new wood-based building materials, innovative design and construction, and life cycle assessment. In the colloquium we will present:

1) future scenarios of forest growth and wood production in Switzerland under expected climate and forest management conditions,

2) directions for promoting hardwood, and,

3) a new wood material concept and discuss these from different perspectives.

PROGRAM

14:15-14:25 - Introduction
Jaboury Ghazoul & Eva Lieberherr (ETH Zurich, MainWood)

14:25-15:05 Future scenarios of wood production
Eugénie Paul-Limoges (WSL, MainWood) 
Andreas Rigling (ETH Zurich, MainWood) 
Michael Reinhard (BAFU)

15:05-15:45 Directions for promoting the use of hardwood outside the energy sector
Astrid Zabel (Uni Bern, MainWood)
Paolo Camin (Waldschweiz)

16:15-16:55 A new wood material concept based on split rods
Ingo Burgert (EMPA, MainWood)
Olin Bartlome (S-Win)

16:55-17:15 Discussion