The European wood sector represents a combined direct and indirect economic weight of 17.5 million jobs, €1,114 billion turnover and 7% of GDP (FHP 2023). It is a major opportunity to strengthen a competitive, domestic sector: European companies are global leaders in sustainable construction products and buildings, pushing the limits of engineering with tremendous versatility. Wood architecture offers solutions for all types of buildings and decisive advantages for affordable housing and social benefits, in rural and urban areas. A pan-European policy coordination is needed.
The conference highlights the vital role of the wood sector as a key driver of future competitiveness in housing and the climate debate, encouraging greater recognition and support from the new EU Commission and EU Parliament. It showcases the latest state-of-the-art in building design with wood and how the public sector can support more biobased construction to combat climate change.
The conference is organised by the German Free State of Bavaria, together with Wood4Bauhaus Alliance, Bioregions, woodPoP European Wood Policy Platform and Holzcluster Steiermark. About 150 participants are expected to attend.
For more information, visit the Wood4Bauhaus website
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