Are century-old timber beams as serviceable as new ones?
It looks as though they might be. According to SINTEF, many of them exhibit properties that are at least as good as new timber. This is good news for materials reuse.
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News
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Projects
Sum4Re
Creating material banks from digital urban mining
Global Impact - Gemini Center
In the Gemini Center 'Equitable Partnerships for Global Impact', SINTEF and NTNU have joined together to better address the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda’s imperative of “Leaving no one behind”.
HeriTACE
A transdisciplinary project addressing the deep energy renovation of heritage buildings.
Ti-ReX
Framework for smart condition reassessment of Reclaimed Timber to eXtend the service life of long-lived wood products using non-destructive testing and automated data postprocessing
