Toolkit

Product sample case

The product profiles show you more about the most important wood construction product groups in comparison with other construction product groups. This can serve as basic information for the use of wood in your buildings. product profiles

Find Low Carbon Timber products in the Alps purchasing options.

There is wood in every private house, even if it is only in the roof truss. For climate and region it should always be wood of short distances (Foto: HOLZ VON HIER)

Object database in the Alpine region

The Alpenraum property database shows properties and buildings that have been awarded the new innovative price Alpine Space Regional Timber Award

Awarded objects can be found directly here: Locations of awarded objects

Even in multi-storey timber construction, wood from short distances can come to the ice. Building with HVH certificate (Foto: HOLZ VON HIER)

Environmental label

Environmental label are of central importance to the EU for sustainable construction, purchasing and procurement. Product diversity is becoming more and more extensive and production chains increasingly global and confusing. Their use is recommended by the EU. Here you can find a comparison of the most important environmental labels label comparison . More information under label profiles.

Nature is more than the sum of its parts. Sustainability aspects are also manifold (Foto: HOLZ VON HIER)

Sustainable building certification

In the report below you will find information on the most important building evaluation systems and a comparison of the statements and criteria.

Open the report: Sustainable building certification.ogg

All buildings serve a purpose, here and in nature, but sustainable construction can only be built with nature and not against it. (Foto: HOLZ VON HIER)

VON HIER short info

HOLZ VON HIER : (1) environmental label, (2) non profit initiative (3) open network of companies that manufacture, trade and install products made of wood that is demonstrably climate-friendly and environmentally friendly.

Flyer which HOLZ VON HIER provides in several languages for customers, companies, planners and local authorities can be found here: Flyer HOLZ VON HIER.

Kundenflyer-HvH-DE.ogg (DE). PLANER-Flyer-HvH-DE.ogg (DE). Flyer-Betriebe-HvH-DE.ogg.

Contact points im Alpine Space siehe Kontakte

Learn more about HOLZ VON HIER and its tools (Foto: HOLZ VON HIER)

VON HIER Tools

HOLZ VON HIER addresses planners, local authorities, companies, customers and the general public. We provide you with comprehensive information material and tools. Why not take a look at our website.

more Info you find here

HOLZ VON HIER for Customers

HOLZ VON HIER for planners

HOLZ VON HIER for communities

HOLZ VON HIER for companies

HOLZ VON HIER for forest owners

discover HOLZ VON HIER (LOW Carbon Timber) (Foto: HOLZ VON HIER)

CO2 comparisons

CO2 comparisons for the most important wood building material groups make it clear how important products made of wood of short distances are for climate protection.

Country-specific CO2 saving potentials for Germany, Austria, Italy, Slovenia and France show that the climate impact would be enormous if wood of short distances were consistently implemented.

CO2 comparisons

Many trees react sensitively to climate change, here a lime blossom (Foto: HOLZ VON HIER)

Basis Help Desk

Im Basis Helpdesk for planners and municipalities you will find the following information:

Report Construction or Renovation.ogg

Legal opinions, judgements, regulations

Best Practice examples in guidelines and subsidy programmes

FAQ

Checkliste Einsatzbereiche Holzprodukte

Building with wood from the Alps in the Alps is the pinnacle of sustainability, but look for evidence of wood of short distances. Picture Mont Blanc summit (Foto: HOLZ VON HIER)

CaSCo trainings

Information on training in the Alpine Space about the CaSCo (Carbon Smart Communities) project in the European Interreg programme in the Alpine Space can be found on the platform CaSCo (https://www.alpine-space.eu/projects/casco/en/home). Partners from Italy (lead), Germany, Austria, France and Slovenia have developed basic training packages for planners in the field of timber construction in their regions, partly supplemented by country-specific programmes.

Logo des EU Projektes CaSCo (Foto: HOLZ VON HIER)

Low Carbon Timber Schulungen

Within the CaSCo project, training modules have been developed that enable planners and decision makers to implement low carbon timbers in a targeted manner. Materials and contact persons in your country can be found here: LCT trainings.

Demonstrably domestic wood the short way arrives at the customers. LCT training courses not only give you further training points, but also advantages for the customer. (Foto: HOLZ VON HIER)

Planners nework in the Alps

Here you will find planners in the Alpine region who have experience with wooden buildings.

open Karte Planer Alpenraum

In planning, more can be done with climate-friendly wood of short distances than one might think. Picture elevator shaft made of wood for a building in which all constructive structures were awarded an HVH certificate (Foto: HOLZ VON HIER)

Climate friendly Communities in the Alpine region

Here you will find municipalities in the Alpine region that are committed to climate protection and their region through timber constructions of short distances.

open Karte Klima Kommunen Alpenraum

Low Carbon Timber - Tendering climate-friendly wood from short distances means supporting your own region (Foto: HOLZ VON HIER)

Purchasing options

Here you will find woodworking and wood processing companies in the Alpine region that also offer wood products with HOLZ VON HIER certification and/or regional label: purchasing options.

Domestic companies in the timber industry are innovative and environmentally conscious. The technical values of their products are usually much better than legally required, which is good for the environment and the customers' wallets during the use phase. Picture: television at a wooden window manufacturer who has switched its production from the typical EU window wood Meranti (tropical wood) to HOLZ VON HIER (Foto: HOLZ VON HIER)

Forest owners

Here you will find addresses of relevant forestry organisations in the Alpine region.

open forest organisations

The forests in our regions are as diverse as their owners. From the state forest, to municipalities with forest ownership, to large and small forest owners, all sizes of forest ownership are represented. And the forest in Europe is more diverse and even more species-rich than one might think. Picture: protected lady's slipper in the forest of a private forest owner, who lets it grow without his forest being a nature reserve, just for fun (bravo!) (Foto: HOLZ VON HIER)