More than 2,500 metres up in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, USA, sits
an environmentally friendly building designed to
create a truly sustainable home, characterised by its ability
to give back to the environment and look good. Its
owner, Alan Moffat, reports.
Phil Evans and Iain MacDonald from the Department of Wood Science in the
Faculty of Forestry at University of British Columbia in Vancouver,
Canada explain the development of a new suite of courses aimed at the
wood finishing industry.
Wood is not known for its conducting ability, yet researchers at the
University of Texas are using loading analysis and finite element
modelling techniques to unlock its properties. Dr Dan Wheat applies the
current thinking.
Wood’s properties are key to its potential applications, with density
variation often a limiting factor. Finto Antony, Assistant Research
Scientist from The University of Georgia, USA, outlines a comparison
study in lobolly pine explaining earlywood-latewood demarcation methods
within an annual ring.
David Jones and Michael Barnes of Mississippi State University, USA, explain the wood
treatment process and safe handling and disposal of treated wood.
Global Forest Information Service Coordinator Eero Mikkola and FORNIS
Webmaster Stella Britwum Acquah outline the online Forestry Research
Network for Sub-Saharan Africa.
A profile of Professor
Bohumil Kasal, Director of The Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research in
Braunschweig, Germany, who has travelled far and wide working in
the R&D of wood structures.
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