NRP66 project

Swiss National Science Foundation NRP 66 Resource Wood
In 2010 the Swiss National Science Foundation launched athe National Research Programme 66 to investigate the potentials of wood as a national resource. The team led by Prof. Hellweg investigated the ecological implications of wood use. The project had a budget of 1 million Swiss Francs and brought forward three PhDs. I was lucky enough to be one of those PhD students and my project looked into the ecological potentials of wood use in buildings.
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Tracking Construction Material over Space and Time: Prospective and Geo-referenced Modeling of Building Stocks and Construction Material Flows
Construction material plays an increasingly important role in the environmental impacts of buildings. In order to investigate impacts …
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Tracking Construction Material over Space and Time: Prospective and Geo-referenced Modeling of Building Stocks and Construction Material Flows
Building Inventory and Refurbishment Scenario Database Development for Switzerland
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Modelling environmental impacts of buildings – energy, material, and dynamics
Buildings are responsible for a considerable share of global environmental impacts. Therefore, the building stock is an important …
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Welches sind die ökologischsten Holzverwendungen?
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Environmental Impact of Buildings---What Matters?
The goal of this study was to identify drivers of environmental impact and quantify their influence on the environmental performance of …
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Influence of construction material choice and design parameters on greenhouse gas emissions of buildings
Wood has typically lower environmental impacts compared to other materials. However, it also has reduced capacity to store thermal …
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Ecological use of wood resources in Switzerland: an overview from the Swiss National Research Program (NRP) 66
Wood resources are scarce and can at the same time be used for many applications ranging from construction, components, pulp and paper, …
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