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Conservation is the careful management of change it’s time for wood

Conservation is the careful management of change it’s time for wood. Rob Jarman Head of Environmental Practices National Trust rob.jarman@nationaltrust.org.uk. Alfriston Clergy House 1895. Alfriston Clergy House 1995. Reducing our environmental footprint. Doing more whilst using less.

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Conservation is the careful management of change it’s time for wood

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  1. Conservation is the careful management of changeit’s time for wood Rob Jarman Head of Environmental Practices National Trust rob.jarman@nationaltrust.org.uk

  2. Alfriston Clergy House 1895

  3. Alfriston Clergy House 1995

  4. Reducing our environmental footprint Doing more whilst using less

  5. Our ‘environmental footprint’ • Energy • Water • Carbon • Materials, waste • Compliance • Water • Sewerage • Fuel & oil stores

  6. Carbon stewardship • reduce our emissions (CO2 and methane) • increase our capture and storage of carbon – in land, biomass and structures • carbon stewardship – Wallington pilot • peatlands • soils • wood • Country house technologies…

  7. Typical woodland carbon dynamics

  8. Product displacement

  9. Product displacement - spoons

  10. Use less…!!

  11. Non-compliant oil tanks on NT properties

  12. Biomass (woodchip/pellet/log) Boilers: 25 • Sudbury Hall [mansion/vis facils] EM • Dudmaston [estate office] WM • Croome Park [visitor recep/tea room] WM • Upton House [holiday cottage] WM • Brownsea [activity centre] WX • Borrowdale [Bowe Barn estate base] NW • Duddon [Low Hollins House] NW • Malham [Mount Pleasant Farm] Y&NE • Gibson Mill [info centre] Y&NE • Scotney Castle [mansion/vis facils] SE • Greenway D&C • Penrose [estate office/hol cott] D&C • Arlington [Coombeshead farm] D&C • N Devon [East Titchbury Farm] D&C • Bedfordshire [Chilterns Gateway centre] EE [not NT?] • Sheringham [visitor centre] EE • Westley Bottom [regional office] EE • Dinefwr [accomm] Wales • Dinas [offices/accomm] Wales • Hafod y Llan [offices] Wales • Pontbrynmydyr [holiday cottage] Wales • Gilfach Goch [basecamp] Wales • Penlanwen (holiday cottage) Wales • Cefngaros (holiday cottage) Wales • Mathry (wardens base) Wales

  13. Penrose estate woodfuel

  14. Gibson Mill power stationsolar thermal & PV on listed building

  15. The chimney now serves the log fired boiler – the mill pond serves the hydro-electric generators

  16. 60kW output downdraught log boiler with hopper feed to supply 1200litre stainless steel accumulator tank

  17. Stourhead timber, sawn and strength graded, for use in the restoration of Barrington Model Farm Buildings, without any loss of custody, for FSC purposes

  18. “We were looking to source the timber from NT High Peak estate, but were unable to obtain in time”… •  all the wood used was FSC certified • Shingles were From CSSB Cedar Shake and Shingle Bureau Supplied by Rawnsley Woodland Products, Wadebridge Cornwall • Structural timbers and larch cladding provided by Arnold Lavers, Chesterfield; and Timber Specialists, Sheffield.

  19. SUSTAINABLE USE OF WOOD • Wood products from reclaimed and/or recycled sources will be preferred to new wood products when appropriate. • All new wood and wood products to be used in NT operations/retailing must come from certified Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) or equivalent sources. • NT estate-grown wood will be preferred to other sources (all NT woodlands are FSC certified). • NT wood energy schemes will be based primarily on properties which can provide their own wood (security of supply) • Locally grown FSC/equivalent certified wood will be preferred, to avoid transport impacts.

  20. Use of hardwoods grown in the UK, i.e. indigenous species and long established species such as sweet chestnut and sycamore, will be promoted. • Use of durable softwoods grown in the UK will be promoted for construction projects. • Imported wood will only be used when there is no viable UK-grown alternative. • New wood supplied from rare or declining species or forests will not be used other than in the most exceptional circumstances e.g. restoration of rare joinery etc.

  21. All wood products used by the NT must have been processed in such a way as to minimise energy use, pollution and waste. • Wood products used by the NT must be capable of being re-used or recycled i.e. not have been treated with toxic/hazardous chemicals such as CCA (unless absolutely necessary), not glued or not nailed in ways that would prevent re-use. • Imaginative use of wood for solid and/or processed products will be promoted, as alternative to artificial/highly processed materials.

  22. Next steps • Regional wood strategies – adaptation compliant • Stock maps (Plans of Ops!!) • NT Conservation Plans • Site sensitivities – +/- constraints = resource mapping • Out-turn forecasts – primary + by-products • Product displacement – procurement skills/info • Internal trading – within/between estates/regions • Energy strategies, case studies, trusted info • Skills & training – specs, management, fuel quality • Plant & equipment – technol innovation, maintenance • Contractors, farm tenants… • Approved plans, certification, monitoring, reporting • Green Dragon EMS…

  23. OIL–off!

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