TIMBER POLICY - Understanding low carbon policies for timber construction

Across the world, countries are making significant progress in the promotion and incentivisation of timber and biobased, replenishable materials within construction. In January 2024, the EU launched the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, a provisional agreement to reduce the emissions and energy use of buildings across the union, including embodied carbon emissions. In this book we provide an overview of some of the policy and regulatory mechanisms that are being used. It is by no means an exhaustive study of global policy, but is intended to capture a ‘moment in time’ by giving a glimpse into this ever shifting topic to encourage further reading, investigation and ultimately greater policy change. This is the second in a trio of essential books. The first one, Timber Typologies, provides clarity on different timber systems. The final book in the series, Timber LCA, will demystify lifetime carbon analysis for timber buildings. Publication has been funded by Timber Development UK.