Using Wood Well: Better Metrics for Better Use

The Using Wood Well (UWW) project investigates the use of timber in construction, with the aim of improving material efficiency and supporting circular economy principles. The project analyses building data at multiple scales, ranging from whole-building timber volumes to frame- and floor-level material composition, and develops metrics for assessing the use of wood and other plant-based materials in construction. The three developed metrics are: Wood Use Intensity (WUI), Use to Renewal Ratio (URR), and Bio-based Percentage (BIO). The project is a collaboration between ICD at the University of Stuttgart, Change Building and Waugh Thistleton Architects and is funded by Built By Nature.

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Multi-Level Dataset of Using Wood Well Metrics on 695 Timber Buildings Oct 5, 2026 Svatoš-Ražnjević, Hana; Ogle, Alastair; Menges, Achim, 2026, "Multi-Level Dataset of Using Wood Well Metrics on 695 Timber Buildings", https://doi.org/10.18419/DARUS-6284, DaRUS, V1, UNF:6:9FwDXyFvibojJ7iSAbHOFw== [fileUNF] The dataset consists of three related CSV files representing the results of metric development and application on timber buildings within the Using Wood Well project, which brings together a large international sample of building projects. The Level 1 (L1) dataset examines Wood Use Intensity (WUI-Project) across 695 timber building projects from 25...
L1_data.csv Oct 5, 2026 - Multi-Level Dataset of Using Wood Well Metrics on 695 Timber Buildings Tabular Data - 189.9 KB - 35 Variables, 695 Observations - UNF:6:NHtvJtvLYXuJTPx9r5hbMA== L1 data on 595 timber projects. Main UWW metric result: WUI-Project.
L2_data.csv Oct 5, 2026 - Multi-Level Dataset of Using Wood Well Metrics on 695 Timber Buildings Tabular Data - 19.0 KB - 36 Variables, 56 Observations - UNF:6:olfF/M/b2we7IQkit4I3aw== L2 data on 56 multi-storey timber building projects. Main UWW metric results: WUI-Frame, WUI-Floor, BIO (volume % for frame and typical floor), URR (minimum), URR (average).
L3_data.csv Oct 5, 2026 - Multi-Level Dataset of Using Wood Well Metrics on 695 Timber Buildings Tabular Data - 480 B - 71 Variables, 1 Observations - UNF:6:tjSTyUy2Fsh9yroxtP9oyg== L3 data on the Black and White Building. Main UWW metric results: WUI-Build, BIO (volume % overall / substructure / structure / skin / separation), URR (minimum), URR (average).
Assumed Data for Building-Level Use to Renewal Ratio (URR) Assessment Oct 5, 2026 Campbell, Adrian, 2026, "Assumed Data for Building-Level Use to Renewal Ratio (URR) Assessment", https://doi.org/10.18419/DARUS-6285, DaRUS, V1, UNF:6:nJ9F7oB78uCopW8xU59T9w== [fileUNF] This dataset provides lookup harvest time period data to support building-level Use-to-Renewal Ratio (URR) assessments for bio-based and other renewable materials. It consists of two main complementary files: a formatted XLSX material group and product lookup table, and a machine-readable CSV containing the lookup data for wood species used in the...
URR_HarvestData.xlsx Oct 5, 2026 - Assumed Data for Building-Level Use to Renewal Ratio (URR) Assessment MS Excel Spreadsheet - 26.0 KB - MD5: 047f0e83c086fdc62e6437f06ac750cc This file contains an overview of Use to Renewal Ratio (URR) values and indicative ranges for a selected number of example materials across a variety of resources and products in construction.
URR_LookUp_data_with_glossary.xlsx Oct 5, 2026 - Assumed Data for Building-Level Use to Renewal Ratio (URR) Assessment MS Excel Spreadsheet - 21.3 KB - MD5: 053a8c00af8aa0cfe986db801f4b61df An accompanying file with a glossary describing the fields used in the CSV URR_LookUp_data file, along with an abbreviation list.
UWW_LookUp_data.csv Oct 5, 2026 - Assumed Data for Building-Level Use to Renewal Ratio (URR) Assessment Tabular Data - 4.3 KB - 11 Variables, 53 Observations - UNF:6:nJ9F7oB78uCopW8xU59T9w== This CSV file contains the underlying data used for the building-level URR assessment, specifically covering the wood species represented in the 56 UWW Level 2 timber building case studies. It includes information on biological or wood type, abbreviations, harvest values, material groups, species commonality, product mappings, and notes on data sou...

Multi-Level Dataset of Using Wood Well Metrics on 695 Timber Buildings

Oct 5, 2026

Svatoš-Ražnjević, Hana; Ogle, Alastair; Menges, Achim, 2026, "Multi-Level Dataset of Using Wood Well Metrics on 695 Timber Buildings", https://doi.org/10.18419/DARUS-6284, DaRUS, V1, UNF:6:9FwDXyFvibojJ7iSAbHOFw== [fileUNF]

The dataset consists of three related CSV files representing the results of metric development and application on timber buildings within the Using Wood Well project, which brings together a large international sample of building projects. The Level 1 (L1) dataset examines Wood Use Intensity (WUI-Project) across 695 timber building projects from 25...

L1_data.csv

Oct 5, 2026 - Multi-Level Dataset of Using Wood Well Metrics on 695 Timber Buildings

Tabular Data - 189.9 KB - 35 Variables, 695 Observations -

L1 data on 595 timber projects. Main UWW metric result: WUI-Project.

L2_data.csv

Oct 5, 2026 - Multi-Level Dataset of Using Wood Well Metrics on 695 Timber Buildings

Tabular Data - 19.0 KB - 36 Variables, 56 Observations -

L2 data on 56 multi-storey timber building projects. Main UWW metric results: WUI-Frame, WUI-Floor, BIO (volume % for frame and typical floor), URR (minimum), URR (average).

L3_data.csv

Oct 5, 2026 - Multi-Level Dataset of Using Wood Well Metrics on 695 Timber Buildings

Tabular Data - 480 B - 71 Variables, 1 Observations -

L3 data on the Black and White Building. Main UWW metric results: WUI-Build, BIO (volume % overall / substructure / structure / skin / separation), URR (minimum), URR (average).

Assumed Data for Building-Level Use to Renewal Ratio (URR) Assessment

Oct 5, 2026

Campbell, Adrian, 2026, "Assumed Data for Building-Level Use to Renewal Ratio (URR) Assessment", https://doi.org/10.18419/DARUS-6285, DaRUS, V1, UNF:6:nJ9F7oB78uCopW8xU59T9w== [fileUNF]

This dataset provides lookup harvest time period data to support building-level Use-to-Renewal Ratio (URR) assessments for bio-based and other renewable materials. It consists of two main complementary files: a formatted XLSX material group and product lookup table, and a machine-readable CSV containing the lookup data for wood species used in the...

URR_HarvestData.xlsx

Oct 5, 2026 - Assumed Data for Building-Level Use to Renewal Ratio (URR) Assessment

MS Excel Spreadsheet - 26.0 KB -

This file contains an overview of Use to Renewal Ratio (URR) values and indicative ranges for a selected number of example materials across a variety of resources and products in construction.

URR_LookUp_data_with_glossary.xlsx

Oct 5, 2026 - Assumed Data for Building-Level Use to Renewal Ratio (URR) Assessment

MS Excel Spreadsheet - 21.3 KB -

An accompanying file with a glossary describing the fields used in the CSV URR_LookUp_data file, along with an abbreviation list.

UWW_LookUp_data.csv

Oct 5, 2026 - Assumed Data for Building-Level Use to Renewal Ratio (URR) Assessment

Tabular Data - 4.3 KB - 11 Variables, 53 Observations -

This CSV file contains the underlying data used for the building-level URR assessment, specifically covering the wood species represented in the 56 UWW Level 2 timber building case studies. It includes information on biological or wood type, abbreviations, harvest values, material groups, species commonality, product mappings, and notes on data sou...

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