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Pam Hinton :: Pam is the Executive Director of the Timber Frame Business Council. The Timber Frame Business Council is a nonprofit organization providing information and resources to support and strengthen the timber frame industry. TFBC not only serves our members but seek to provide those interested in owning a timber frame home realize their dream as well as provide builders and contractors with information on the building process.

The mission of TFBC is to strengthen the timber framing industry through professional and public outreach, professional development, education, and major industry initiatives.

Home page: http://www.timberframe.org

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Pam Hinton :: What Makes Timber Framing Sustainable?

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May 27, 2010
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The sustainable movement is like a tidal wave that is bringing change to how we live and how we do business. This has spurred a surge of interest from clients and their architects and designers to incorporate 'green' elements and techniques into their timber frame projects. The sustainable nature of timber framing is not always readily apparent to them but it is actually one of the most sustainable building methodologies available on the marketplace. Key to that sustainability is looking at timber framing as a holistic process that begins with a good, solid, complete design and carries through the selection of wood to finishing the project. So what is sustainable about timber framing? It all starts with the wood. [ . . . ]
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Pam Hinton :: Timber Frame Enclosure Methods

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May 19, 2010
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This article is a summary of comments from a survey conducted by the Timber Frame Business Council in August 2009.  (The annual survey for FY2010 is underway and available in June.) Although Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) are commonly used to enclose contemporary timber framed structures, other [...]
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