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FPS
Forestprod.org has a new look. FPS is excited to unveil its brand new website offering our members and visitors a much easier and more robust experience. Members will still have access to our expansive Knowledge Base of documents as well as FPS publications and journals. All active members of FPS will receive email instructions on accessing the new member portal.
Questions about the website? Email memberconnect@forestprod.org.
FPS
Call for proposals for the PTF BPI 2020 is now open. Click here to submit an abstract for the 6th Biennial International Conference for Process Technologies for the Forest & Biobased Products Industries.
PTF BPI 2020 is dedicated to the exchange of information and ideas about research on process technologies, quality control and process improvement. Academic scholars will overview the latest research in forest and bio-based materials including nanotechnology and solid wood. Leading manufacturers will highlight advancements in chemical technologies, supplier audits, product innovation and continuous improvement.
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FPS
Save the date: 2020 International Conference
June 22-25, 2020
Hyatt Regency Portland (Portland, Oregon)
The Society's premier event for forest products professionals. More information to come.
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The Investor
Timber buildings are grabbing headlines around the world, as developers race to meet tenant demands for sustainable, wellness-oriented office spaces. But it's Canada that is leading the charge, providing incentives for investors looking to wood.
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Fast Company
In 2017, Leers Weinzapfel Associates constructed a building completely out of timber at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Lauded for its energy-saving radiant flooring and storm water roof runoffs that redirect water back to the Connecticut River, the John W. Olver Design Building not only won the architecture firm several awards, but would inspire a string of sustainable and wood-based buildings.
Now the firm, in collaboration with Modus Studio, Mackey Mitchell Architects, and OLIN, has finished its second mass timber building: Adohi Hall at the University of Arkansas. This grand piece of timber architecture is now officially the largest mass timber building in the country, and it paves the way for other architects to adopt this new — and yet old — material.
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Xinhua.net
China's forestry sector has seen continuous expansion in recent years, an official with the National Forestry and Grassland Administration said Tuesday.
The gross output of the industry in the first three quarters of the year hit 5.13 trillion yuan (about $730.5 billion), up 5.3% year on year, said the head of the administration Zhang Jianlong.
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NPR
This industry relies on government subsidies, based on the idea that wood pellets are a tool in the fight against climate change. Some European governments are offering financial incentives to burn these pellets instead of, say coal. As a result, about seven million tons of wood pellets were shipped to Europe in 2018 as fuel for power plants, and these exports are growing.
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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland via Phys.org
VTT researchers were able to transmit light in wood-based fiber. Optical fiber made of cellulose is best suited for sensors that benefit from the biodegradability of the material. In the future, optical cellulose fiber may allow detecting changes in the moisture level of buildings.
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Building.co.uk
A government ban on using combustible materials in external walls of high-rise residential towers could stymie the use of innovative products such as photovoltaic panels and green walls, according to a leading designer. The ban was introduced a year ago in response to the Grenfell disaster in 2017 in which 72 people lost their lives.
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