UK — The Building from England’s Woodlands project, funded by the Forestry Commission’s Woods into Management Forestry Innovation Fund, has demonstrated that England’s broadleaf forests could play a role in delivering low-carbon buildings, supporting biodiversity and strengthening domestic supply chains. The project, led by the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE), Edinburgh Napier University, Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST), Ecosystems Technologies and dRMM Architects, explored how English-grown timber can be used more effectively in modern building systems. It found that English hardwoods can play a significant role in structural applications when selected and specified appropriately. The project also developed hybrid engineered timber products that combine hardwood and softwood within the same structural element. …The use of hardwood in key structural zones also allowed for material savings of approximately between 10% and 15%. …A summary of the research by Timber Development UK is available here, and the full research here.