Case stories
19 May 2017
William Perkin Church of England High School
Construction
Changing from a concrete frame to a PEFC-certified cross laminated timber (CLT) and glulam construction, William Perkin High School has reduced the embodied carbon of the superstructure by 1,500 tonnes of CO2.
19 May 2017
Ickburgh Special Educational Needs School
Construction
Ickburgh Special Educational Needs School for pupils with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) consists of a three-storey CLT superstructure made from PEFC-certified wood, that enabled the building time to be reduced by 20%.
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.