With its clear and ambitious approach to climate action what better place for Time for Timber to raise awareness of its latest campaign to promote the use of timber as a low carbon building material, than Manchester.
The team will be at the city’s Manchester Piccadilly train station on Tuesday 1 November 2022 (2-4pm), handing out trees for people to take home and plant.
The purpose of the tree giveaway is to raise awareness through the media and the public, that by planting and growing more trees, we can capture and store more carbon.
The aim of the Time for Timber campaign, and specifically with this tree giveaway event, is to educate and promote the use of timber as a vital solution to building more houses, schools and offices in a way that supports the UK’s net zero commitments.
England alone needs around 340,000 new homes annually, with the Manchester Housing Strategy setting a target of delivering 36,000 new homes by 2032, and just under a third of these (10,000) over the next ten years.
These facts, combined with the ambitious targets set for the UK to reach net zero by 2050 mean timber frame construction, will help to address some of the biggest challenges facing the construction industry and the country in general.
Right now, though, there is a real risk that these targets won’t be met unless we all take action.
To find out more about Time for Timber, visit https://timefortimber.org/take-home-the-future-of-construction/
