Diesels in london

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The timber used in the design was cross laminated timber panels which unfortunately are primarily made in Austria

Yeah, we seem to have gone down the route of buring it as "biomass" rather than using it for anything useful.
Unfortunately the Uk has a legacy of not having faith in wood as a construction material.
Probably not helped by garden sheds and a need to paint them every couple of year, but rot out regardless

Treated timber will have an expected minimum lifespan of 60 years however as old houses have proven if the timber is kept dry (less than 20% moisture content) it'll last for years and years. So seeing a 100 year lifespan isn't impossible which is a ruddy long time and there's a good chance the building could be decommissioned in that time which provides another benefit being that the timber could be reused if its dissembled panel by panel or burnt for fuel a feature not found on concrete

That's the problem with timber. For a house such a lifespan is very short.
But then there are timber houses in some places in the world that are many hundreds of years old with the majority of their timber original.
Is this specifically a problem in the UK?
I do agree that a 9 storey building is more likely to be redeveloped at some stage.
If the construction costs were significantly cheaper than concrete then that could well be a consideration.

There is a structure in london built the same way called murray grove, which is where i got the initial idea from. Just wanted to prove it is a viable solution and maybe work on something similar myself someday.

I want to build my own place. recently in my area there was an expo for an area of land that a developer wants to provide reasonable plots to people to build unique houses on. it seems the caveat being that one must use their building company, but also that it must be made from wood.
meanwhile I wish to build my own garage. I'm looking at blocks or wood and blocks are winning because despite not being able to brick lay yet, they are mush more hard wearing than a timber alternative and wont need much maintenance over the life of the building. Plus resale of the property I believe will be easier if it is bricks than wood.

I'm quite into the idea of eco but it's purely a financial thing. I'm not going to pretend to be a greenie, I want lower bills.
Hence veg oil and solar DHW and WMO boiler conversion.



The solution to electric cars now seems to be towing a diesel genset for range.
Which goes back to someone said above, having a diesel gen running in peak efficiency, charging the batteries or supplying direct to the motors.