The Resilient Timber Homes program has a clear value proposition:
- Develop and test a better method to design and construct, with respect to business-as-usual and minimum Code requirements, in order to
- Be beneficial to both the program partners and the home owners/users (i.e. lower risk, future-proof real estate values, reduced maintenance costs, lower Council rates…).
The program is:
- Designed and measured based on partner’s inputs and KPIs
- Organised with projects, tasks and deliverables to suit specific targets
- Able to generate both private and public IP, that will be dealt with accordingly.
And it is organised in 2 phases.
PHASE 1 will:
- describe the current state of the art with a Design Guide
- generate new, meaningful ideas through a Design Competition
- inform and support further RD&E initiatives with a Technology readiness Assessment and a Cost Benefit Analysis of selected Design Competition submissions
- disseminate the results by updating the Design Guide and organising other initiatives
- establish a network that supports collaborations and accelerates the adoption of the solutions being developed.
PHASE 2 will organise and perform:
- laboratory/model testing (with Research Partners + Research Providers)
- full-scale prototypes and tests with Councils/Developers/Builders
- IP sharing (general, unbranded + branded, commercial)
- extension initiatives (Go-to-market, communication, surveys...)