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Do you remember our SirkTRE webinar with Eero Nigumann from Timbeco? We are not surprised to hear that he got awarded as Young Civil Engineer of the Year 2024 in Estonia! Congratulations!!!

🎥 #Reblåkk in action! 🌱🏗️ At Omtre, sustainability and innovation are at the heart of everything we do. In this video, watch as our team assembles a wall using #Reblåkk —demonstrating its ease of use, strength, and environmental benefits. By repurposing CLT cut-offs, we're not just building walls; we’re helping to build a more sustainable future. Key benefits of #Reblåkk: Eco-friendly: Made from CLT cut-offs, reducing waste and lowering carbon footprint. Efficient: Quick and easy assembly for both residential and commercial projects. A special thanks to our intern, Even Olaus Seeberg, for showcasing how #Reblåkk brings sustainability and performance together in the construction process. 🌍✨ #Reblåkk #SustainableConstruction #CLT #EcoFriendlyBuilding #InnovationInConstruction #CircularEconomy #GreenBuilding

Another European “daughter” project started this month. In the RAW project - an EIC Pathfinder Challenge project - Omtre is leading a work package in RAW. One of the objectives of SirkTRE (Global) is to help create more European and Norwegian research and innovation projects - to create more consciousness, capability and confidence in #woodcircularity. We are happy to see so many initiatives emerging. This is a real #indication that policy makers, public funders and researchers believe and trust in #woodcircularity as a way forward. Other European projects with SirkTRE partners: CIRCULess, WoodStock project, InnoTLT and Drastic SirkTRE is co-funded by Norges forskningsråd, SIVA and Innovation Norway.

🌎 Can we make business with reclaimed timber? How can policy help companies in the circularity transition ? 🏫 Wood4Bauhaus published the slides of the presentations of Kristine Nore and Wendy Wuyts of Omtre in an open access library. 🇪🇺 On November 7th, they participated in the Wood Policy and Innovation Event in Brussels. This event was attended by European and national policy makers and representatives and other innovators in the timber construction. 🏗️ Kristine focused on Sirkte while Wendy shared what she has been learning thanks to the Drastic project, co-funded by the European Union. ✏️ Wendy shared also some insights of the policy analysis by #Circwood PhD candidate Shumaila K. and her supervisors. Contact Shumaila K. if you want to learn more about her policy analysis on wood circularity at the European, Norwegian and local level. Contact Kristine Nore, the project manager of SirkTRE, to discuss business opportunities with reclaimed timber. Their slides can be found here: https://lnkd.in/daVwZ_wn https://lnkd.in/dT5g7nQw #timberconstruction #woodpolicy #wood4Bauhaus #innovation #builtbynature #biobasedconstruction

#ScientificPublicationAlert enhancing the reuse of structural timber in construction 🌍 Dag Pasca, Angelo Aloisio, Yuri De Santis, Hauke Burkart and Audun Øvrum published a paper about the science behind the Norwegian standards for wood reuse - supported by the Sirktre project. 🌿🏗️ 🔍 Timber, when dismantled, often shows signs of its previous life—think connector holes from screws or dowels, and paths for internal piping and cabling. These marks can weaken the wood's structural integrity. To address this, these researchers have introduced a groundbreaking visual-based method that classifies recycled timber by assessing the impact of these "scars." 📊 Leveraging a stochastic mechanics-based numerical model, they can now predict how these imperfections affect timber's bending strength. This model helps us create a robust dataset to train data-driven models that can swiftly determine the reduction in strength—crucial for ensuring safety and efficiency in timber reuse. 🤖 By employing machine learning and conditional classification models, they have achieved over 80% accuracy in identifying beams whose strength has diminished by more than 20%—a key threshold in structural grading. This simple yet effective method involves comparing the total diameters of holes in strategic beam areas to a predetermined threshold. 🏛️ This work not only supports better recycling practices but also bridges a crucial regulatory and methodological gap in the construction industry, promoting safer and more sustainable building methods. 🤝 Let’s build a more sustainable circular bio-based future together! #Sustainability #ConstructionTech #MachineLearning #TimberReuse #CircularEconomy #InnovationInConstruction #BuildingMaterials #SustainableDevelopment Reference and copyright image: Pasca, D.P., Aloisio, A., De Santis, Y., Burkart, H. and Øvrum, A., 2025. Visual-based classification models for grading reclaimed structural timber for reuse: A theoretical, numerical and experimental investigation. Engineering Structures, 322, p.119218. Involved SirkTRE partners: Norsk Treteknisk Institutt (Norwegian Institute of Wood Technology), Standard Norge

Vi i Resirqel brenner for ombruk!  🔥 Flammer er ikke bare til stede i et brennende engasjement, men de er i dag også den vanligste skjebnen for trevirke fra rive- og rehabiliteringsprosjekter, i form av forbrenning. Her har vi en stor mulighet for mye ombruk. Ombruk av trevirke gir forlenget levetid og muligheten til å lage karbonbanker og lagring av CO2 helt uten høyteknologi- fordi trevirke tar opp i seg CO2 når det vokser, men slipper det ut først når det brennes.  Ta en titt på vår hjemmeside og les hele historien om hvordan over 90 år gammelt konstruksjonstrevirke unnslapp flammene, med en iherdig innsats fr MMW arkitekter AS, bistått av #OsloByggentreprenører, OMBYGG og oss i Resirqel.  I dagens arbeid med ombruk av trevirke er Sirkulær Ressurssentral SirkTRE Norsk Treteknisk Institutt (Norwegian Institute of Wood Technology) viktige når det gjelder det meste som skjer #ombruk #sirkulærebygg #Sirktre

The interior of TRÆ is, as you might expect, all about wood(træ) and reuse The floors are assembled using residual and waste production wood and the acoustic wall panels are made from discarded wood and PET plastic bottles, both produced by a:gain [again]. The lamps once illuminated Netto stores, now, thanks to Fischer Lighting, they’ve been refurbished to align with today’s regulations. 💡 Pictures by Anders Nymann Wejse #SustainableDesign #WoodInteriors #CircularEconomy #TRÆ #ReclaimedMaterials #InteriorDesign

On 26 May 2025, HS Timber Group powered by Evergreen Privatstiftung, will award 300,000 EUR to scientists with an outstanding research project focused on: ✅ New materials and products derived from wood ✅ Innovations derived from forest biomass ✅ Solutions using reclaimed timber 🔗 How to apply: Submit your application via our website https://lnkd.in/d2GmpRNW 📅 Deadline: 15 December 2024. Don't miss this opportunity to drive innovation in sustainable materials and shape the future of the industry! 🌳 #ResearchFunding #Sustainability #WoodInnovation

This week, I had an opportunity to visit to Sirkulær Ressurssentral, a reuse center where used building components are collected, stored and resold. This was a timely visit to observe a variety of building elements that matched my survey data as well. Overall, it is promising to see some positive market acceptability for circular products. Thank you Michel Wolfstirn for giving us an informative tour and patiently answering our endless questions! Kristina Bringedal Gedde, Nhat Strøm-Andersen, @Tom-Erik. #SirkTRE, #CircWOOD

🌍 Vi er på plass med den norske næringslivsdelegasjonen på FNs klimakonferanse #cop29 i Baku for å bidra med norske løsninger som kan ta oss nærmere målene i Parisavtalen. Her presenterte blant annet Kristine Nore i SirkTRE og John Jacobsen i Oppsirk sine løsninger på et arrangement på den nordiske paviljongen. Begge er en del av Grønn plattform-satsingen, som forvaltes av oss, Norges forskningsråd og Siva SF og som skal akselerere den grønne omstillingen av næringslivet. 👉 SirkTRE gjør treavfall om til bærekraftige byggematerialer, med mål om å oppfylle åtte prosent av Norges forpliktelser i henhold til Parisavtalen innen 2030. 👉 Oppsirk skaper byggeprodukter av stål fra utrangerte skip og oljerigger, som reduserer karbonavtrykket til byggesektoren betydelig. For å løse klimakrisen trenger vi næringslivets investeringer, teknologiske innsikt, innovasjons- og skaleringsevne. I Baku skal vi diskutere løsninger og finansieringsmekanismer innen fornybar energi, karbonfangst- og lagring og utslippsreduksjon innen maritim sektor. Les mer: https://lnkd.in/d5PbFXfN 📸 Andreas Omvik The Nordic Council of Ministers and The Nordic Council / Innovasjon Norge Altera Infrastructure | DNV | Equinor | Norges forskningsråd | Hurtigruten Group | Norsk Hydro | Höegh Autoliners | Norwegian Shipowners' Association (Norges Rederiforbund) | Ruden AS | Statkraft | SKM Market Predictor | SLB Capturi | Worldview International Foundation