Na Florenci 7-9, BCIN 1685-1686
111 71 Prague 1
ID: 00014125
Tax ID: CZ00014125
date mailbox: v8zvffd
About company
Timber Institute (Timber Research and Development Institute, Prague, s.e.), independent certification institution with a tradition since 1951, certification, testing, diagnosis and wood preservatives.
Billing information
Timber Research and Development Institute, Prague, s.e.
FIO Banka – account No. 2900972576/2010
IBAN: CZ8720100000002900972576
BIC/SWIFT:FIOBCZPPXXX
IBAN: CZ8720100000002900972576
BIC/SWIFT:FIOBCZPPXXX
INDEPENDENT CERTIFICATION BODY
Authorized Body no. 222 on conformity assessment and certification of products entering the Czech market. The Notified Body no. 1393 commissioned to assess the products placed on the European market. Testing laboratories for testing products and whole buildings.
Research for MIT – evaluation and energy savings of natural materials in the construction industry
/0 Comments/in News /by Ivana DuchoňováSince 2021, the Timber Research Institute has been conducting an assessment of energy saving opportunities in the construction industry using domestic renewable and secondary raw materials for the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The analysis included an assessment of the environmental impact of their use throughout the life cycle of the building.
The evaluation of the selected construction systems also took into account the energy and costs required not only for the operation and heating of the buildings, but also for the construction itself. A comparison was made of the CO2 emissions in the production of the assessed building materials against other conventional building materials. The results were prepared with the financial support of the State Programme for the Promotion of Energy Saving for the period 2017-2021, Programme EFEKT II. The project was closed at the end of 2022.
The whole research was divided into five stages:
Brief conclusions from the research can be found in the attached article.
Salon of Wooden Buildings and Yearbook of Architecture
/0 Comments/in News /by Ivana DuchoňováIn the second half of April, the opening evening of the Wooden Buildings Salon took place at CAMP, a project combining modern wooden buildings, architecture and responsible lifestyle. The Timber Research Institute was once again the expert partner of the event.
A video recording of the evening, including lectures by the excellent international guests Helmut Dietrich (NO) and Reiulf Ramstad (AT) can be viewed here.
The exhibition on a wooden installation is open until 17 May 2023 at nám. Václav Havel in the centre of Prague.
If you want to learn more about the exhibited projects, read interviews with foreign and domestic architects and have a closer idea of what awaits wooden architecture in the coming years, you can buy the publication WOOD ARCHITECTURE ANNUAL ´23.
More on the organizer’s website
What prevents wooden buildings from expanding in the market?
/0 Comments/in News /by Ivana DuchoňováThe analytical company CEEC Research has prepared a Quarterly Analysis of the Czech Construction Industry Q1/2023, in which it dealt with the market share of wooden buildings and barriers to their expansion.
12% of construction companies are involved in timber buildings. The majority of construction companies (67%) consider wood construction to be more environmentally friendly. According to the respondents, the purchase costs of wooden buildings are roughly the same as those of conventional buildings. According to the construction companies involved in timber buildings, the spread of these buildings is mainly limited by the low awareness of their good quality.
Eduard Muřický, Deputy Chief Director of the Economy Section of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic commented on the situation in the study:
“The Ministry of Industry and Trade has long supported work to update the standards applicable to timber buildings to remove potential barriers to the increased use of wood-based materials. In this context, it cooperates with the University Centre for Energy Efficient Buildings of the CTU and in the field of standards development with the Czech Agency for Standardization. The University Centre is working on the creation of normative conditions for fire safety for the increased use of wood in the construction industry.
The Timber Research and Development Institute is working on a project on the use of wood in relation to the life cycle of buildings, energy consumption and environmental impacts for the future use of wood as a building material.
The MIT together with the Ministry of Agriculture is also cooperating at European level to create conditions for the use of wood-based products in the construction industry.”
Read more in the CEEC Research press release.