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The future of economic activity is of course, always uncertain, including within it, items such as risk and the appetite for taking it. As a concept, uncertainty is unable to be observed direc…
The future of economic activity is of course, always uncertain, including within it, items such as risk and the appetite for taking it. As a concept, uncertainty is unable to be observed direc…
It is time for Australia and New Zealand to jointly develop a longer term solution for timber design life and durability with a call for $12.5 million over five years from industry and governme…
Australia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was a satisfactory but unremarkable 3.0% in calendar year 2015, growing soundly from the 2.2% recorded for 2014. However, just below the surface, f…
The research aimed to obtain new data to inform opportunities to further improve the thermal efficiency of light-weight, timber framed, small to medium scaled buildings. The principle t…
Presented by Pollinate (market research) on Wednesday 16th March, 2016. This presentation reports the results of a recently completed FWPA funded project designed to understand the driv…
Dr Mark Dewsbury, of the School of Architecture and Design UTAS, presented on a recently published FWPA funded project (PNA289-1213). The research aimed to obtain new data to inform oppor…
The research institutes Innventia and Swerea SICOMP have worked together to develop the first carbon-fibre composite demonstrator based on 100% wood lignin. The lightweight, fuel-effic…
Researchers at Linköping University’s Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Sweden, have developed power paper – a new material with an outstanding ability to store energy. The material co…