@inproceedings{486af1ff6bb24c948b375423864f03d2,
title = "An evaluation of offsite timber frame manufacturers in wales, UK",
abstract = "The Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarship two (KESS2) doctoral project undertaken by the first author has contributed research towards work package 4 (WP4) of the Home-Grown Homes project (HGHP), focused on disrupting the challenges that can lead to a supply chain of home-grown timber (UK) for high performance and healthy homes. This paper discusses the element of research within WP4 that has evaluated the manufacturers of timber frame (TF) construction systems manufactured offsite. The Welsh Government{\textquoteright}s Innovative Housing Programme introduced in 2017 is helping to immensely incentivize the shift to offsite manufacturing (OSM) in Wales where increased systemization is requiring a profound re-think of how Wales conceives and delivers and shifts towards nearly zero-energy dwellings, from 2020. Context to the UK need to drive efficiencies in housing supply and performance is given, highlighting the current and future drivers for the development of OSM. This paper will be of interest to researchers engaged in projects to disrupt conventional thinking and investigate the challenges of using softwood timber, grown and processed offsite, for their own country and for the export markets within Europe.",
keywords = "Building performance, Offsite manufacturing (OSM), Performance gap, Timber frame, Welsh timber frame manufacturers",
author = "F. Zaccaro and Littlewood, {J. R.} and R. Lancashire and G. Newman and D. Hedges",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.; 11th International Conference on Sustainability and Energy in Buildings, SEB 2019 ; Conference date: 04-07-2019 Through 05-07-2019",
year = "2019",
month = oct,
day = "27",
doi = "10.1007/978-981-32-9868-2_61",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789813298675",
series = "Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "723--733",
editor = "John Littlewood and Howlett, {Robert J.} and Howlett, {Robert J.} and Jain, {Lakhmi C.} and Alfonso Capozzoli and Jain, {Lakhmi C.} and Jain, {Lakhmi C.} and Jain, {Lakhmi C.}",
booktitle = "Sustainability in Energy and Buildings - Proceedings of SEB 2019",
}