Laminated wood
| Nowadays, thanks to new drying and processing techniques, new uses are being found for E. globulus. One of these new applications is “laminated profiles”, formed by joining three sheets of wood previously cleaned of defects (knots, cracks, cracks…) and glued together. |
Advantages of glulam
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Applications
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Laminated applications
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In the “Atenha Report” produced by the Athena Sustainable Materials Institute in Canada, the environmental impact of a 223 m2 house was described on the basis of three different materials used in the construction of the house structure. These were the results:
| Wood | Iron | Concrete | |
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| Energy(Gj) | 255 | 389 | 562 |
| Amount of resources used (kg) | 121.804 | 138.501 | 234.996 |
| Global warming potential (kg CO2) | 62.183 | 76.453 | 93.573 |
| Critical air toxicity volume | 3.236 | 5.628 | 6.971 |
| Volumen de toxicidad crítica del agua | 407.787 | 1.413.784 | 876.189 |
| Solid waste (kg) | 10.746 | 8.897 | 14.056 |
The only value that wood is disadvantaged is the generation of waste, which has no impact whatsoever, as this waste is biodegradable or usable for the generation of energy (in the case of Villapol) or the manufacture of boards.
The use of this wood, apart from the already mentioned advantages that laminated wood brings to the environment, we will be contributing to reduce the deforestation of the tropical forests which, together with the sea, are the lungs of the earth.