HOME for the future

Building homes in wood is one of the most impactful ways to take climate action and protect forests.

HOME for the future

HOME for the future is an ambitious initiative promoting the use of sustainable timber in social housing construction, aiming to reduce carbon emissions, protect biodiversity, and support responsible forestry practices. As part of the EU LIFE program, the project offers resources and education to stakeholders in the built environment, including a free online course on sustainable building with timber.

Creating timber homes means building a better future—for people and for forests.

Our goals for the social housing sector

Forests & HOME for the future

Building homes with wood is a powerful step toward climate action and forest protection. By choosing FSC-certified timber, you add value to forests, encouraging restoration and sustainable management through certification.
Forests are vital for society, offering clean water, fertile soils, and carbon storage. In FSC-certified forests, these essential ecosystem services are carefully safeguarded, ensuring a sustainable future for both people and nature.

Our Activities

Expand LCA data

We stimulate the use of timber in social housing by facilitating new and improved Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) data for frequently used timber products in the construction sector. The data will be accessible through the national enviromental databases in the Netherlands and Denmark.
Redefine value

We lobby for the integration of full sustainability aspects such as biodiversity, circularity and stored carbon in environmental impact calculations, in order to evaluatie the true impact of the use of building materials.
Building with wood course

We developed a 2-day course for Dutch social housing corporations to increase their knowledge on building with timber. The course modules vary from fire safety, to acoustics, contracting, total cost of ownership (TCO) and more.
Capacity building

To close the knowledge gap on constructing with timber, we build a network of ambassadors in the social housing sector. It takes different stakeholders to make changes in the traditional ways of building. Join us!
Educate future generations

In a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) TU Delft will join forces with VIA University College and Lister Buildings to make the knowledge on building with timber openly accessible for future project leaders.