Wood In Architecture Issue 2, 2021

SUSTAINABILITY
we are seeing the use of PEFC-certified timber
from Europe for exteriors and interiors of
buildings.
The core business of APP Timber – which
operates throughout Asia – is the supply of
imported timber, veneers, surface materials and
panel products for the Asian timber industry and
the export of Asian-made products worldwide.
With its three major collections of pre-finished
veneered panels – Shinnoki, Belfipa, and
Querkus – APP Timber, together with their
Belgian partner Decospan, offers ready-toinstall,
PEFC-certified, natural veneer solutions
for projects of all sizes throughout South East
Asia.
They obviously see that PEFC-certified timber
– in this case from Europe – solves common
interior challenges and enables the integration
of wooden surfaces into a project, be it
residential, hospitality or commercial.
Interior use of hardwood oak in Smoked Arabica (Photo: APP Timber)
Architects are always challenged to design
a space thoughtfully, functionally and
aesthetically, APP Timber believes. This always
involves finding the right balance between
the client’s expectations, the architect’s own
creativity, budget, available materials and, last
but not least, the environmental impact.
Placing timber at the heart of a building is the
one practical way architects, builders and
property developers can go beyond Net Zero
and further than energy efficiency measures
and renewable energy solutions.
As the World Green Building Council tells us
that Building and Construction accounts for
at least 39% of global emissions of CO 2
and
greenhouse gas, the only way to drastically cut
emissions is to go all the way.
That means the WLC approach, which we
started with, by tackling the embodied carbon
in a building, as well as the carbon cost in its
construction – all materials included – along
with its disposal and its after-life.
Let’s finish with another acronym. WFG – Wood
for Good. WIA
Hotel room in Oak Vintage, described as “Intense Harlem” (Photo: APP Timber)
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