Case stories
23 August 2016
Mäihä: leading the way for PEFC project certification in Scandinavia
Project certification
The first building awarded with PEFC project certification in Scandinavia, Mäihä, a wooden apartment block, was unveiled at the Seinäjoki Housing Fair in Finland, 2016.
4 August 2014
Simon: putting wood in the spotlight
Furniture & homeware
Simon is an industrial group made up of 25 companies throughout the world, and a specialist in products and services that enhance the customers’ comfort, safety and energy savings. The company now uses PEFC-certified beech as part of it Detail 82 range of bases for light switches.
14 January 2014
Kingsgate House: scoring UK sustainability first
Project certification
Kingsgate House, a seven-story residential project in London, was the first major construction project in the world to achieve PEFC Project Certification.
18 October 2013
Winter Universiade welcomes PEFC Project Certification
Project certification
PEFC-certified forests provided the backdrop to the Winter Universiade, which took place in Trentino, Italy in December 2013. The project was the second in Italy to receive PEFC Project Certification.
22 August 2013
Center Parcs - PEFC at the heart of one of the UK’s most sustainable holiday destinations
Construction
Center Parcs, a large scale tourism destination in the UK, chose PEFC-certified, solid timber glulam beams for its new Subtropical Swimming Paradise.