LAMPETER-based eco construction co-operative Tŷ Pren recently met with Ceredigion MP Ben Lake at their work-shop to discuss sustainable housing, and timber security.
Mr Lake is Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Forestry and Tree Planting at Westminster.
Jamie Miller, founder of Tŷ Pren. said: “A large portion of the larch that has been felled by NRW and the Forestry Commission - due to Phytopthora Ramorum - is being chipped for biomass, although Ramorum disease does not affect timber quality if the trees are felled quickly enough after infection is detected.
“This is a great loss of a valuable resource which could be used to build sustainable, homes that are actually affordable for the local community.
“Ben was very interested in the potential that timber-framed buildings have to help Wales meet its target of net zero carbon by 2050.
“A single 3-bedroom sized roundwood timber frame can capture up to 30 tonnes of carbon.
“Building with roundwood is a sustainable future-orientated enterprise with lots of scope for local job creation.”
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