Industry 5.0 in the wooden construction sector

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Tuairimí a glacadh on 27/02/2023 - Bureau decision date: 13/12/2022
Reference
CCMI/205-EESC-2023
Rapporteur
Martin BÖHME
Civil Society Organisations - GR III
Germany
Co-rapporteur
Rolf GEHRING
(Germany

The EESC:

  • stresses that the use of wood as a building material presents a great opportunity, as it is a sustainable and cost-effective alternative and complement to traditional building materials such as concrete and steel;

  • underlines that education, training and lifelong learning of the workforce in the field of timber construction is more important than ever;

  • sees significant opportunities for workers, especially in rural areas, in the development of the timber construction sector;

  • emphasises the fact that one of the biggest advantages of timber construction is that wood is a renewable raw material that produces lower carbon emissions than other building materials in the production of components and buildings, and over their life cycle, and

  • notes that the use of wood in the construction sector reinforces the view of the anti-seismic behaviour of wood and estimates that people living in earthquake-prone areas should be encouraged to use wood as a building material.

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