Timber industry

Indoor Air

APA - The Engineered Wood Association
North American non-profit trade association with information on structural wood products.

AsiaTimber.net
B2B portal dedicated to timber and timber-related industries.

BRANZ
Building Research Association of New Zealand Incorporated

Building Research Establishment Ltd
UK centre of expertise on buildings, construction, energy, environment, fire and risk.

Composite Panel Association
Composite Wood Council in North America

CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products
The largest single organisation in Australia conducting research into forestry, wood and paper science.

EPF
European Wood Panels Industry

ForestDirectory.com
Links to wood product and wood-related manufacturers

Forest Research
New Zealand based research organisation offering research solutions for the forest industry.

Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association
(USA). The official gateway for information on hardwood plywood, veneer, and engineered flooring.

Healthy Buildings 2003
Conference in Singapore 7-11 December

LabCheck
Interlaboratory trials

New Zealand Forestry
New Zealand's most comprehensive forestry site ­- providing the latest information about the wood products industry

TimberTest
Mechanical and emission testing of bio-based products

Wood Panel Industries Federation
UK based trade body

Air Quality Guidelines
New Zealand Ministry for the Environment Publication

Air Quality Guidelines
State of California Air Resources Board

Blauer-Engel  (Blue Angel)
Environmental label (Germany) that offers industry, trade and crafts companies the opportunity to document their environmental competence.

Building Information Foundation
Finland based organisation providing an information service for the building and construction sector

Danish Society of Indoor Climate

EU Directive
Chemical Agents at work

Environmental Labels for Products
Light in the Jungle of National Specifications by Reinhard Oppl, Eurofins Danmark A/S (formerly called MILJÖ-CHEMIE), Denmark

Evaluation Procedure for VOC & SVOC
Committee for Health-related Evaluation of Building Products

GUT
(German Site with other language options) Gemeinshaft Umweltfreundlicher Teppichboden - An organisation dedicated to ensure environmental friendliness and consumer protection in carpet

Ministry for the Environment
New Zealand Air Quality Publications

Sick house issue
What is Sick house syndrome? Information from The Building Centre of Japan

The Federal Environmental Agency
(Germany) (Umweltbundesamt) information on Health-related Evaluation for Volatile Organic Compound Emissions (VOC and SVOC) from Building Products (2002)

Update on Formaldehyde
US Consumer product Safety Commission Publication (PDF)

Misc

Technical data

Product info

Report on Green Consumerism in Germany (PDF)

Australian domestic consumption of structural wood
from the Australian Bureau of Statistics

Humidity, temperature, and wood moisture content
Article by Stephen Smulski, Ph.D.
Wood Science Specialists Inc.
University of Massachusetts

Particle Floor Decking  -Technote 11
UK based Housing Association Property Mutual publication

SONAF 2002
Situation and Outlook for New Zealand Agricuilture & Foresty. (New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry)

Fletcher Building (NZ)
Wood panels pages.

FR Wood Network on High Fire Performance Wood Products
Fire retardent products page

Royal Forestry Society(UK)
Wood based panels info pages

UNECE/FAO Forest Products Annual Market Review, 2001-2002
Document about wood-based panels supply, trade and consumption

Urea-Formaldehyde Adhesive Resins
by Anthony H. Conner Forest Products Laboratory USDA Forest Service (pdf)