by Juliet Nanyonga & Simon Bosch In 2018, the Mass Timber Construction Project (MTCEA) was launched with the goal of creating pathways for sustainable mass timber construction in East Africa. This project included research into the timber value chain in Uganda and the development and improvement of sustainable mass timber […]
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This Event was held at Serena hotel Nairobi on the 28th of June 2022 hosted by Gatsby Africa. Representatives from the forestry sector, furniture industry, and government institutions from Kenya and Uganda were in attendance. The event was organized into various sessions representing sections of the wood value chain from […]
The overall construction industry is responsible for more than a third of global resource consumption, 40% of energy consumption, 36% of CO2 emissions and 1/3 of all wastes in EU . This sends a clear message that the construction industry must enhance the transition towards more sustainable construction materials. Wood-based […]
Due to the high population growth rate in East Africa and the widening poverty gap emphasized by the COVID-19 pandemic, the shortage of decent housing has increased. This is evidenced by the expansion of slums on the peripherals of most urban regions in Uganda. This has created the need for […]
The Project What you can see in the picture below is an artistic demonstration of what fast-growing timber can be used for, right behind two of our amazing colleagues. This construction was built by Fairventures Worldwide in 2019, as a first showcase of just one application of the so-called “Glulam” […]
Paraserianthes falcataria L. (also: Albizia falcataria L.) is a pioneer tree species, which is able to make soils usable again and enrich them with nitrogen due to its characteristic as a legume. Paraserianthes f. (Sengon) is already widely processed on Java, but mainly into standard products such as plywood, other […]
Timber construction is experiencing a boom. Due to its sustainability characteristics but also due to other aspects such as higher productivity and higher well-being, wood is going through a renaissance phase. In the past century or so, wood has been considered as a material that is not durable – if […]