Building with Wood
The role of timber in improving the sustainability of the built environment
18 September 2007 10am-4.30pm
The Peter Chalk Centre, University of Exeter

A major one-day conference looking at the use of timber in the built environment, and in particular the positive role timber can play in improving the sustainability of buildings.

The conference will feature:

* Presentations from the architects and engineers behind some of Europe’s most stunning timber buildings, demonstrating how the use of timber in buildings is evolving in ways that are both very exciting and highly efficient.

* A wide selection of CPD seminars covering issues such as design, procurement and sourcing, affordable housing, the latest engineered timber products, sustainability and zero carbon buildings and the quality and quantity of timber available in the South West.

* An interactive session focusing on a vision for the future for timber use in the region and further afield, kicked-off by an inspiring and thought-provoking presentation by acclaimed award-winning designer Wayne Hemingway.

* Trade stands covering timber framing, wood energy, timber flooring, doors and windows, timber cladding and shingles, engineered timber products such as glulam and SIPS, timber producers and millers, architects and designers and sustainable construction.

* The stunning photographic exhibition Inspiring Futures - European Timber Architecture for the 21st Century, featuring twelve of the most inspirational timber buildings in Europe.

This conference will both inform and inspire delegates – clearly showing how timber can be used to deliver modern buildings that are strikingly beautiful and highly sustainable.

If you’re involved in designing, specifying, constructing or refurbishing buildings, this conference is not to be missed.

It will be of interest to:

* Architects and designers
* Quantity Surveyors and specifiers
* Builders and Developers
* Clients and commissioners
* Councillors and Politicians
* Local authority officers
* Structural engineers and other building professionals
* Housing enablers
* RSLs and Housing Associations

This event may be accepted as five hours towards your CPD requirements.

Cost: Remaining places available at half price - £75 (+VAT) instead of £150 (+VAT)
To book a half price ticket contact Julie Bayliss at South West Forest on
01409 221896 & quote ref BWW1809

For further information please see the conference brochure at www.sustainablebuild.org/documents/BuildingwithWoodbrochure.pdf or contact Julie Bayliss at South West Forest on julie.bayliss@devon.gov.uk or 01409 221896.

The Building with Wood conference is organised by Woodfair South West and the Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World (CCANW), with valuable support from the Devon Sustainable Building Initiative (DSBI), the Devon Strategic Housing Group and representatives from the architectural and building industries

To find out more about the organisers:
Woodfair South West www.woodfairsouthwest.co.uk
Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World (CCANW) www.ccanw.co.uk
Devon Strategic Housing Group www.dshg.org.uk
Devon Sustainable Building Initiative (DSBI) www.sustainablebuild.org