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A bio-based translucent wood material for sustainable construction applications
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Identification
Woodoo has developed a process that turns wood into a low-carbon footprint, high-performance material, opening new opportunities for its use in construction, automobiles and aeronautics.
By removing lignin from the material's cellular scaffold and replacing it with a bio-based polymer, Woodoo has overcome the properties in wood that make it unsuitable for demanding applications in the construction industry – low durability, limited mechanical resistance, recurring maintenance costs – to create a molecularly enhanced translucent wood material that is weatherproof and fire-resistant, three times more resistant than native wood, low maintenance, and market competitive.
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Label Date
May 2018
By
WOODOO
From
France
Maturity stage
Prototype testing in the real world
Looking For
Funding, collaborations, industrial partners, and impact driven individuals to join their team.
Sectors - Value chain - Application
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Applications
Design, Power & Produce
Package & Distribute
Use & Efficiency
Valorize & Restore
Value Chain Steps
- Video
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- Images
Woodoo
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The environmental benefits
- •Weatherproof and fire-resistant, 300% stronger than native wood, low maintenance
- •Carbon negative: 400kg of CO2 emitted per m3 during manufacturing and 700kg of CO2 stored in the material
- •90% made from renewable resources.
- •formaldehyde-free material
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The Financial benefits
- •Cost competitive: quicker to build, less energy expenses, less maintenance costs
- •50% less energy needed than concrete, 1700% less than glass, 13000% less than metal cladding. Carbon tax return
- •Will stimulate the sustainable wood industry and create jobs in rural areas.
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Labeled Solutions in the news!
Transparent wood that is ‘lighter and stronger than glass’ could create energy-saving windows
Scientists have developed a method for producing a form of transparent wood. The material is both lighter and stronger than glass and provides better insulation than glass. Researchers from the University of Maryland said the process alters a structural component of wood called lignin that prevents light from passing through the material.
Woodoo: augmented wood to build a healthier and carbon-neutral city
Timothée Boitouzet is the founder of French company Woodoo. He has developed a new material that will reduce our environmental impact. Woodoo uses a bio-based resin to make the wood more solid, rot-proof and surprising the chemist, it becomes translucent. The wood can also respond to gestures, picking up a movement to trigger a command.
Construction: transparent wooden windows instead of glass
Transparent wood to replace windows. Chemical treatment removes one of its components, lignin.
Woodoo: wood that resists water and fire
Woodoo aims to re-enchant the urban environment by preserving nature. It was invented by Timothée Boitouzet, a young 32-year-old French architect. After the prototyping phase, this fall we are going to open our 900 square meter production unit in Troyes.
French start-up Woodoo bets on augmented wood
Woodoo was founded by Timothée Boitouzet, a young architect trained in Japan. The start-up extracts lignin, a kind of glue that attracts insects while making the wood rigid and putrescible. Woodoo then replaced it with an ultra-resistant polymer, in order to obtain a rot-proof, malleable, translucent and fire-resistant augmented wood.
Augmented wood: Woodoo accelerates and launches industrial production
Golden Coast. The Dijonnais Woodoo reveals a preview of a video screen wall made of wood
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Company Profile
Headquarters
75005 Paris, France
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