Scottish Timber for Building Structure News
Greater use of home-grown timber in UK construction aided through a new demonstrator project at COP26 Glasgow, boost for Scotland’s economy and industry’s environmental impact
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Architectural Energy Depletion: Resources
Parallel to this reduction in oil supply will be a reduction, year by year, in our society’s ability to extract, manufacture, transport, communicate, sell and purchase resources at previous economic levels.
Architectural materials depletion: managing change
There is one problem that will affect everyone in the World. The age of cheap energy will decline after the year 2020. From 2020 the world wide oil supply will reduce.
Scottish timber house structure, Coldstone home
This is a delightful house made using Scottish oak structure and cladding, with a pool space set within a timber vaulted structure. If any readers have any further ifnormation on this property they are welcome to share it with us.
Scottish Slate Quarries in Scotland
Ballachulish slate quarries could be reopened: Historic Scotland is to publish a study into the viability of resuming mine operations. Apparently there is also commercial interest in this Argyll quarry with a huge demand across Scotland.
Scottish Timber Development Programme
Michael Russell, Minister for the Environment launched the programme at Napier University on 12 December. The publication, compiled and written by Peter Wilson in partnership with Forestry Commission Scotland, illustrates 90 exemplar projects in Scotland.