Impact/Purpose:

• To develop contemporary green (un-dried) oak construction techniques for the US building market that will allow currently underutilized heart centers of logs to be used as an extremely low energy, carbon friendly, beautiful, and high value wood product – as structural members in sustainable buildings.
• To develop technical documentation necessary for the construction of a demonstration project that will further acceptance of this abundant, renewable regional resource.

Description:

Technical documentation necessary for a project demonstrating the viability of green oak as a contemporary structural material. These will include material grading guidelines, mechanical testing, architectural construction documents and details, specifications, engineering calculations, and lessons learned from the construction of full scale mock ups.

Record Details:

Record Type:PROJECT( ABSTRACT )

Start Date:08/15/2013

Completion Date:08/14/2014

Record ID: 260244

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Related Organizations:

Role :OWNER

Organization Name :UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE – KNOXVILLE

Mailing Address :Circle Park Dr

Citation :Knoxville

State :TN

Zip Code :37996



Role :OWNER

Organization Name :UT INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE

Mailing Address :Circle Park Dr

Citation :Knoxville

State :TN

Zip Code :37996

Project Information:

Cost :$14,977.00

Research Component :Pollution Prevention/Sustainable Development

Cost :$14,977.00

Research Component :P3 Challenge Area - Built Environment