Woodbuilding

New wood products for sustainable construction

Summary

The project aims to advance knowledge and technology for producing engineered structural elements made of glued laminated timber from national species (Maritime pine, Eucalyptus, and Cryptomeria) with characteristics suitable for the construction of sustainable buildings.

Main Activities

Research, Development & Innovation

Productive Investment

Contributes to PPS

Results

– new mapping services – land cover map for 2022, bi-monthly land use and land cover change maps, maps of vegetation cover in fuel management strips;

– new artificial intelligence (AI) models: stock classes (eucalyptus and maritime pine), estimated age classes (eucalyptus and maritime pine), post-fire landscape evolution, occurrence of pests (eucalyptus and maritime pine);

– rural fire risk warning and forecasting platform.

Coordination

Friendly Geometry

Participants

Sonae Arauco, TechMinho