Wood construction for any environment on earth

The Vacuum Insulation System (VIS) is a novel wood construction technology that has great potential to play a major role in the future of carbon neutral construction. In addition, VIS paves a way to combine wood construction and vertical farming to cut down the constructional CO2 emissions of urban food production of the future.

VIS technology relieves the possible moisture problems inside a wood construction element that may stay invisible for years or even decades, leading to structural weakening of wood and indoor air quality problems. The inventive step demonstrates the possibility to remove unwanted extra moisture onsite before the biodegradation process kicks in without the need for demolishing any structures or replacing materials. 

Learn more about VacuumWood.tech – commercializing company

Working Group, Technology  

• PhD student Pasi Herranen, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems
• Senior University Lecturer Jouni Freund, Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Research Fellow Alp Karakoc, Department of Communications and Networking
• Professor of Wood Material Science Lauri Rautkari, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems  

Working Group, Vertical farming

• Post-doctoral researcher Vahid Arabzadeh, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems 
• Panu Miettinen, Commercialization, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems
• Professor of Water and Environmental Engineering Matti Kummu
• Senior Scientist Titta Kotilainen, Natural Resources Institute (LUKE), Finland

Partners

• VVR Wood Oy (Element Manufacturer)
• Wiiste Oy (IoT Sensor Provider)