The research group UIMA (Structural Wood Research Unit of Andalusia) of the University of Granada is currently developing two parallel research projects, in which the incorporation of local Andalusian poplar and black pine wood into EcoTimberCell box girders or cells is being analysed.
The Institute of Construction Technology of Catalonia (ITeC), as a partner of the LIFE EcoTimberCell project, actively participated in the latest edition of Construmat, the construction fair held in Barcelona.
LIFE EcoTimberCell project partners met this week to review the actions carried out in the After LIFE plan, highlighting a continued focus on the promotion and development of sustainable solutions in the timber construction industry.
Last week, PEMADE visited Maderas Hermanos Castro and ENPEZAS companies to present the EcoTimberCell structural systems, developed in the LIFE EcoTimberCell project, in search of allies willing to incorporate this innovative proposal into their production lines.
The University of Santiago de Compostela presented the EcoTimberCell project at the Biocultura fair in A Coruña on 2 March.
LIFE EcoTimberCell was present at the international congress SmartCity 2023, represented by ITEC.
The spin-off of the University of Santiago de Compostela “TimberSoul” has ceased its activity due to operational issues of the Cándido Hermida SL Group. Unfortunately, the company that emerged from the LIFE project cannot continue with its business journey.
ITeC, as a partner of the LIFE EcoTimber Cell project, represented this initiative at the Barcelona construction fair Construmat 2023, an event in which 210 exhibitors participated and which had 15,000 attendees.
Students of the Carpentry and Furniture Vocational Training Cycle of the Rosalía Mera centre in A Coruña learn about the LIFE EcoTimberCell project.
Students of the Dual vocational training cycle of Interior Works, decoration and rehabilitation, of the CIFP Coroso Ribeira, visited the facilities of PEMADE.
ITeC takes LIFE EcoTimberCell to its stand at the international congress
The exhibition can be visited until 16 December at the Didac Foundation and subsequently in other cities in Galicia.
The workshop is part of the Sustainability and Circularity of Materials Cycle.
The Galician Innovation and Materials Pool could not miss the great event RetosRIS3 held in Marín.
At the stand of innovative products, EcoTimberCell was present among the complete selection of new materials created in the Galician countryside, which also represent innovative and sustainable solutions to global challenges.
LIFE Wood for Future Conference on the use, industrial transformation and new uses of Andalusian wood.
The LIFE EcoTimberCell project establishes exchange mechanisms with new initiatives and entities to facilitate the replicability and transferability of the results obtained.
You can now download the Layman´s report of the LIFE EcoTimbercell project.
You can now watch the video of the EcoTimberCell demonstration prototypes designed as part of the LIFE project.
The vice-rector of Academic Organisation and Lugo Campus of the USC, Francisco Fraga; the director of the EPS of Engineering, Rosa Romero; the coordinator of the Plataforma de Ingeniería de Madera Estructural (Pemade), Manuel Guaita, and the director of the Galician Agency of the Forest Industry (XERA), Jacobo Aboal, close the project LIFE EcoTimberCell that promotes sustainable construction in wood and with low carbon footprint.
The LIFE EcoTimberCell project has come to an end, but we will continue to work to enhance the results achieved.
This video shows the assembly of the first real demonstration of EcoTimberCell products.
On the 23rd June we will present the results and main conclusions of the LIFE EcoTimberCell Project in the EPSE auditorium at Campus Terra (Lugo) - 10:00h.