Developing new demand for wood in mid- and high-rise buildings to promote carbon sequestration in cities
The national challenges facing Japan today - carbon neutrality by 2050, regional sustainability, and resource self-sufficiency. These [...]...
Cypress Sunadaya, a group company of Obayashi Corporation, and Chubu Electric Power Company will build one of the largest lumber mills in Japan in Kushiro City, Hokkaido, and two [...].
In the third installment of our survey on attitudes toward wooden condominiums using sei-katsu-sha questionnaires, we focus on the factors that cause anxiety about wooden condominiums [...].
Hokkaido has established a system to certify houses made of Hokkaido timber as "HOKKAIDO WOOD HOUSE," and in June [...]
The second installment of our survey on attitudes toward wooden condominiums using a sei-katsu-sha questionnaire is titled "Q. Reinforced concrete construction in general (hereinafter referred to as [...]").
The Platinum Initiative Network's vision is to "convert new buildings of 9 stories or less to wood construction and wood materials by 2050" [...].
The "Nonresidential Wood Construction Fair 2025," which brings together the latest technologies and solutions for "wood and wood construction" in nonresidential buildings, will be held on June [...]...
Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd. has completed a six-story mixed wooden company housing complex in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, and began using it on June 1. With a total of 46 units, this company [...].
R.C.CORE, which develops the BESS brand of log houses, has announced that it has developed a new paint removal system that eliminates the need to remove existing paint when repainting wooden structures [...].
Caption by Hyatt Kabuto-cho Tokyo, an urban hotel under construction in Nihonbashi Kabuto-cho, Tokyo, will open on June 30 [...]
With regard to new demand for woody biomass, the increase in building materials due to the development of wooden cities should also be noted. Wooden cities are "the wooden construction of towns and [...].
The development of "Wooden Cities (R)" is one of the pillars of the forestry industry's revitalization, and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by turning cities into "second forests," or [...].