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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by Alina Koger Fairventures Worldwide has partnered with Löffler_Schmeling architects and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) to implement a pilot project made out of a lightweight timber construction based on wood from reforested areas. The goal was to develop a sustainable wood construction system for the use in tropical countries made with locally available […]
After the development of an engineered wood production line of glue laminated (Glulam) and finger jointed timber in Uganda, the interest in application of these products has increased in the country and the region. This has been evidenced by the number of people reaching out online and the physical invitations […]
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 […]
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 world wood market will continue to grow along with the increase in the number of human populations. Lightwood, such as Sengon and Jabon are in demand on the international market as raw materials for construction and furniture, whose needs will increase in the future. Seeing this extraordinary market opportunity, […]
Date : November 15th, 2021Location : Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, IndonesiaTotal Participants : 50 participants (offline) & 30 participants (online) On November 15th, 2021, Fairventures Worldwide (FVW) in collaboration with the Ministry of Trade, Republic of Indonesia, recently conducted a Round Table Discussion and Match-making event with the topic “Building […]
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 […]
Wood is regarded as an ecologically very sustainable material and usually has a negative CO2 balance, since it serves as a natural carbon pool. Especially in the construction sector, for example in comparison to aluminum, steel or lightweight concrete, which have relatively high CO2 emissions[1] per m3, wood can offer […]