Glueless Mass Timber for Healthy Communities

Solid wood building systems contribute to the success...

... of building healthy communities and facilities that are safe and void of toxic chemicals and VOCs. Holz100 is a natural and healthy mass timber building system that is inherently breathable - without glues; it is through and through wood – structurally stable by hydraulically injecting compressed wood dowels that expand and maintain a friction fit connection between the solid wood panels. ​

Project: Venlo  City Hall

Holz100 is 100% untreated wood that can perform as well as conventional construction methods or 3-5 times better, in terms of fire protection and thermal insulation.  Holz100 is the first building system to achieve GOLD Standard Cradle-to-Cradle Certification – sustainability that speaks to the core of the product; a closed-loop cycle without waste.  

​Using wood as a building material also means that the use of much more carbon intensive and non-renewable materials like concrete and steel can be reduced. One study for example identified that the total energy consumption in the manufacturing of steel beams is 2-3 times higher, and the use of fossil fuels 6-12 times higher, than manufacturing timber beams.  To learn more about the benefits of a wood structure, we recommend this article by Planet Ark.