September 14, 2017

50-years old timber frames turned into brand new windows

Landfills are usually the final spot where window frames come to rest after the end of their lifetime, if they are not re-processed and converted into new products. The resource efficient reuse of post-consumer wood products have been studied in the project Cascading Recovered Wood (CaReWood) and fully demonstrated by its ReWin window, a prototype […]

March 7, 2017

4.2 Indoor environment and functional furniture

​Rationale Combining partly unique mechanical properties, excellent cost/performance properties, a great versatility and a sense of familiarity for users, wood products deliver added value to living environments from many points of view. The new generation of wood products for interior use meets strict demands for a healthy and safe environment and satisfies a host of […]