Wood and biomaterials for construction: a path to decarbonisation and circular economy

Timber and biomaterials are an increasingly strategic resource for green building and for fighting climate change thanks to their ability to replace products from fossil sources, to recover waste biological materials, and to improve the energy performance of the environments built, and above all carbon storage over time.

Although the prospects of the sector have been discussed for several years, the diffusion of such buildings is still very limited, except in some specific contexts, and this is also in relation to the lack of specific policies and measures for the green building sector. A situation that could see an evolution also thanks to the definition of the carbon farming certification system for wood products; also considering the sensitivity of citizens on the issues of sustainability and health linked to biomaterials in construction.

Starting from these elements, the objective of the conference is to analyze with representatives of the world of research, associations, professionals, local administrators, etc., the strengths and weaknesses of the sector, at a national level, for a reflection on what levers should be activated to spread a model of housing and construction with lower impact, greater efficiency, and more linked to the resources of our territory, at competitive costs. This with reference to the different biomaterials and dispelling some myths about the safety of buildings made with biobased materials.

Programme

10.15 Greetings
Enrico Allasia, Confagricoltura
Emilio Gatto, Difor

10.15-10.45 Introduction and moderation
Marco Marchetti, Fondazione Alberitalia - Sapienza Università di Roma

10.45-11.00 Collaboration between science, industry and architecture 
Claudiu-Nicolae Sonda, Policy Officer. Construction & Sustainability CEI-Bois

11.00-11.15 The supply of raw materials for construction in Italy
Alessandra Stefani, President of National cluster Forestry-wood

11.15-11.30 The role of the forestry doctor in silvicultural planning for the purpose of supplying wood assortments for construction
Daniele Gambetti, Conaf

11.30-11.45 Report of wooden houses in Italy
Ugo Terzi, FederlegnoArredo

11.45-12.00 Building decarbonization: from strategies to implementation
Mariadonata Bancher, Agenzia CasaClima

12.00-12.15 Wood market and supply chain: the views of enterprises
Angelo Luigi Marchetti, Filiera Legno

12.15-12.30 Case studies and experiences 

The experience of Panguaneta 
Nicoletta Azzi

The short, certified and sustainable supply chain of Magnifica Comunità di Fiemme
Andrea Bertagnolli, Ilaria Zorzi - Magnifica Comunità Fiemme 

The experience of Consorzio ReLUIS

The LIFE Be-WoodEN project: building with wood and enhancing the supply chain to achieve sustainability in the construction sector by following the principles of the New European Bauhaus

The poplar supply chain in the PNNR MICS project: valorization of by-products in production processes and experimentation with new digital manufacturing approaches

13.00 Conclusions
Davide Pettenella, University of Padua