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Volume 9, Issue 4
1 April 1991
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Research Article| April 01 1991

The ecowall timber frame system Available to Purchase

Geoff Pitts
Geoff Pitts
Deputy Chief Architect of the Timber Research & Development Association
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6844
Print ISSN: 0263-080X
© MCB UP Limited
1991
Structural Survey (1991) 9 (4): 390–392.
https://doi.org/10.1108/02630809110031637

Describes the development, application and benefits of ecowall, an evolutionary but innovative concept in timber frame walling designed by the Timber Research and Development Association (TRADA) in conjunction with the Gimson Timber Group. Explores the several ways in which ecowall redefines conventional timber frame and explores its environmental aspects.

Keywords:
Timber, Construction industry, Green issues, Environment, Insulation
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