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Seminar presentations now available

10/12/2019

 
You can find the 'Mainstreaming wood in urban buildings' seminar presentations here.

Follow the seminar online

2/12/2019

 
If you cannot make it to the 3 Dec 2019 'Mainstreaming wood in urban buildings' -seminar in person, don't worry! You can follow the program online by opening the stream below.

Final call!

18/11/2019

 
Registration to the 'Mainstreaming wood in urban buildings - A matter of strengthening collaboration and creating new connections?' is open at https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/100561/lomake.html

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Register before November 29th and ensure a seat in the seminar!
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Save the date

1/9/2019

 
The final seminar of KäPy and Wood Vision 2025 projects will be held December 3rd in Helsinki. Registration for the seminar titled 'Mainstreaming wood in urban buildings - A matter of strengthening collaboration and creating new connections?' opens in October. Stay tuned!
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"How to use wood to build good living?"

25/2/2019

 
Article written by KäPy-researchers Noora Miilumäki and Minna Autio has been published in Wood -journal (Puu-lehti, 1/2019). The article can be found at www.puuinfo.fi/articles/puu-lehti-12019. See page 59 for the English version.

Role of sustainability in driving wooden multi-storey construction?

11/5/2018

 
A recent paper by the KäPy-team published in the Journal of Forest Economics (available here) presents results from a two-round Delphi study focusing on the relative strength of environmental concerns in driving wooden multi-storey construction in Finland and Sweden.

The issues related to sustainable development appear to have grown in importance in the marketplace, but more driven by the changing regulation reflecting societal needs than echoing from individual consumer needs.
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Towards 2030, the likelihood and desirability of sustainability as a megatrend in housing was perceived to gain further impetus, and to be associated with two things: consumer demand for sustainable living and wood construction as a modern way of urban living.

Researchers and actors busting the myths of WMC

19/3/2018

 
The KäPy-project mid-term seminar Deconstructing Myths in Wooden Multi-Storey Construction was held on the 12th of March 2018 at the University of Helsinki Think Corner. The seminar gathered representatives from construction, government and research organizations to discuss wooden multi-storey construction (WMC); its myths and research needs in both Finland and Sweden.

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Deconstructing Myths in Wooden Multi-Storey Construction

12/2/2018

 
You are warmly welcome to our mid-term seminar to learn from recent research on Wooden Multi-Storey Construction (WMC) in Finland and Sweden, and to network and exchange ideas with representatives from companies, research organizations and policy-makers operating in this field. The seminar will take place on Monday the 12th of March at the University of Helsinki Science Corner (Yliopistokatu 4).

The seminar is free of admission, but the space is limited.
Please sign up by 21 February, 2018 at: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/86317/lomake.html

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University of Helsinki magazine: Fin­land´s forests gave it its prosper­ity. What will the coun­try do in a post-pa­per world?

11/10/2017

 
In 60 years, a poor, northern backwater became an international success story. What will be the next chapter in the story of Finland’s forests? The University of Helsinki magazine recently wrote about this on their website. We are part of the story. 

Read the full story at 
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/finlands-forests-gave-it-its-prosperity.-what-will-the-country-do-in-a-post-paper-world.

Press release: Wood-based building sector requires focus on consumer needs and efficient networking

22/12/2016

 
Contact for additional information: Ritva Toivonen, Adj. Professor, Research Coordinator, University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Sciences, +358-(0)40-526 8412, ritva.toivonen@helsinki.fi
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University of Helsinki launches a new research project focusing on consumer needs and development of innovative business networks
In September 2016, University of Helsinki started a three-year research project in order to unfold the consumer needs in relation to industrial multi-storey building in housing. The focus of the project is assessing and developing innovative and efficient models for networking in the wood-based building. “The study, conducted between 2016-2019, innovatively combines academic research and three construction projects”, tells Ms. Ritva Toivonen, Adjunct Professor and the Project Coordinator at the Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki. The study is financed by TEKES, Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation, and seven private companies.

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