Specialists from Poland, Finland, Norway, Latvia, Slovenia and Spain are joining forces to reduce carbon emissions in the construction industry and reduce the need for new raw materials. The Polish part of the Ti-ReX project is headed by Dr Jan Pełczyński of the Faculty of Civil Engineering at Warsaw University of Technology (PW), and coordinated by Dr Katarzyna Ostapska, a representative of the Norwegian organisation SINTEF and a graduate of PW. 

The team is planning to develop a comprehensive and reproducible methodology for assessing the condition of wood used in construction. It is intended to be applicable to both entire buildings and their components.

This is a step towards the creation of a European certification system for reclaimed wood, which will help to increase its use and thus reduce the consumption of valuable resources and the emission of harmful substances into the atmosphere.

The TiREX project (‘Strategy for intelligent assessment of the condition of reclaimed wood to extend the life of long-lived wood products using non-destructive testing and automated data processing’) has received funding under the ForestValue2 Call 2023.