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Next October, the LIFE EcoTimberCell project has the honor of participating as a speaker in the Webinar "Climate neutral food and wood", organized by the Directorate General for Climate Action of the European Commission (DG CLIMA) and the Executive Agency for Small and Medium Enterprises (EASME), which will bring together for the occasion successful LIFE and Horizon 2020 projects in the areas of agriculture, food, forestry and bioeconomy. The four sectors receive financial support for research from both European programs and contribute to the fight against climate change and ensure the proper functioning of the food and wood value chains.

Considering the high variability of the characteristics and singularities of the wood, there is the necessity to carry out a process of classification that allows its characterization like structural wood. The recently published “Guía de suministro y caracterización de madera estructural” details this process based on the application of current regulations for the calculation of characteristic values and the assignment of qualities and class resistance to wood.

Wood has variability in its properties, not only depending on the species, as well for the local environment conditions and the silviculture techniques applied. It is therefore essential to know the particular properties of local wood from sustainable forest management, which will be used in the manufacture of EcoTimberCell structural systems.

We have published our third LIFE EcoTimberCell project newsletter. You can consult it in Spanish, Galician, Catalan and English, in the Resources section of our website.

Among the actions of LIFE EcotimberCell project have recently concluded the work of study and improvement of the hardboard made of wood waste fibers (TABLEX), an integral and fundamental element in the construction systems developed in the project, which stands out as a 100% biodegradable product in which the wood lignin itself works as a natural adhesive for the wood fibers union, avoiding the artificial binders use typical in other wood boards. 

The LIFE EcoTimberCell project publishes its new website to incorporate the new contents and advances in 4 languages, Spanish, Catalan, Galician and English.

During the 7th and 8th of February the I International Conference Wood 2020 will take place with the slogan Technology - Project, in La Coruña, at CESUGA's headquarters, with 3 sessions that link wood to the territory, architecture and furniture.

Among the tests required to develop the EcoTimberCell systems are the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) tests on the ecological lignin-based adhesive that will be used by LIFE EcoTimberCell.