Apr 26 2007
As part of its drive to promote the sustainability credentials of timber windows, the British Woodworking Federation (BWF) and the TWA (Timber Window Accreditation) Scheme are hosting ‘21st Century Timber Windows’, a one-day conference to be held at the iconic LSO St Luke’s Hall in London on Wednesday 16 May. With a programme designed for architects, specifiers and contractors, the conference will be chaired by Ruth Slavid, editor of AJ Specification.
The focus of the conference programme is to highlight the sustainability credentials of timber windows in the context of government initiatives such as the Code for Sustainable Homes and changes to Part L of the Building Regulations. The line-up of speakers will include a leading architect, research experts from BRE and representatives of the public and private sectors. And the conference will provide a stage for the unveiling of brand new life cycle assessment studies.
Says Richard Lambert, chief executive of the BWF: “This is going to be a high profile event, bringing together all the powerful evidence we have compiled to demonstrate that timber windows are the best environmental choice and why”.
New research commissioned by the BWF and wood for good and undertaken on our behalves by BRE, will be launched at this event, heralding the beginning of an exciting new phase of our campaign to promote timber windows more actively than ever before. We’ll use all the evidence we now have to support the proposition that 21st Century timber windows meet all the rigorous requirements of today’s specifiers”.