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Treesource
Wildfires are personal. They threaten your home, your favorite campsite, maybe even your entire city. So it's easy not to look up during the onslaught of fire and smoke to see that you are not alone in confronting what one western Montana firefighter recently called "the beast." But 2017's ferocious wildfire season is, in fact, a global phenomenon playing out from the American West to Portugal, Spain, France and Greece.
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FPS
Practical Failure Analysis Techniques for Wood Based Products
Tuesday, Oct. 24
12:30-3 p.m.
REGISTER HERE
Easy to perform methods and some forensic thinking are often superior to complicated scientific methods of failure analysis. The distribution of features, the shape of cracks or indicators for the moisture content in the past are often key elements in nailing down the root cause for defective windows, floors, facades or furniture. The workshop shows several simple but powerful techniques that can be used by every expert for failure analysis. It also offers some theory, lots of examples and practical demonstrations, as well as time for discussions, questions and case presentations by participants. The techniques presented in the workshop will speed up and improve your future failure analysis.
Fundamentals of Moisture-Induced Swelling in Wood and Impact on Bond Performance
Tuesday, Oct. 24
3:30-5 p.m.
REGISTER HERE
The swelling and shrinking of wood with moisture drives many wood degradation mechanism and places enormous stress on wood adhesive bonds. This workshop reviews the fundamental phenomena that drive wood swelling, and how this understanding can be used to diminish swelling or mitigate its impacts in wood-adhesive bondlines. To maximize the practical utility of the information, time for questions will be included.
Only $160 per person. One price includes both workshops! You can attend either, or both.
FPS
Students (only) are invited to tour Georgia-Pacific Chemicals' Research Laboratory in Decatur, Georgia. Transportation and breakfast will be provided. Meet in the Sheraton Main Lobby at 7 a.m.
Chemicals R&D Laboratory
Thursday, Oct. 26
7-10:15 a.m
Dress code requirements: Long pants and closed-toe leather shoes. Safety glasses will be provided.
IMPORTANT: You must SIGN UP for the Georgia-Pacific Chemicals Laboratory Tour in advance of the Conference. Capacity is limited to 55, so reserve your spot early. Send an email to Anna Utzig, Event Coordinator, to reserve your spot!
Deadline to sign up for the G-P Chemicals tour is Friday, Oct. 6.
We look forward to seeing students at the 11th International Conference on Wood Adhesives. Because this conference only happens every four years, this may be the only one you attend as a student, and we want it to be a great experience for you. Have a look at the other student activities here.
Missoulian
Many residents of Missoula, Montana, will never forget recently watching the Lolo Peak fire race along its namesake mountain. From a computer's perspective, the outbreaks on Aug. 17 and 18 look no less impressive, if somewhat detached from the drama of after-dark evacuations and homes burning to the foundations. And thanks to the expanded real-time capabilities of modern mapping, fire behavior specialists have magnified their ability to turn yesterday's progression into tomorrow's prediction.
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Biomass Magazine
Tony Tooke was sworn in as chief of the U.S. Forest Service by Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Sept. 1. Tooke, who became the 18th chief of the Forest Service, has worked for the Forest Service for 37 years, since age 18. He most recently served as regional forester for the southern region. Tooke replaced former Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell, who announced his retirement in August.
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Webinar Portal
Introducing Green Value, a tool being adapted for use by its developers, the Earth Innovation Institute (EII) and the USDA Forest Service. Dr. Shoana Humprhies and Dr. Thomas Holmes will introduce webinar participants to this tool designed to support the needs of family forestland owners and conservation land managers. It will also be of benefit to consultants or agency personnel assisting private landowners. This webinar is supported by USDA Renewable Resources Extension Act funds.
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Resource
Groups from across the waste industry have warned that proposed Environment Agency changes to waste wood classification could reduce the U.K.'s recycling rate by two to 6 percent a year. In a letter to the Environment Agency, the groups suggest that changes to how waste wood is treated could be "catastrophic."
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ZH Architects
Designers who are passionate about Passive House design are all too conscious that the environmental challenges to face are immense. They are well aware of our obligation to combat rising greenhouse gas emissions and carbon dioxide production in the face of a rapidly urbanizing world. As architects, what can be done to change this?
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