Timber Contacts

• British Woodworking Federation
• Wood for good
• Nordic Timber Council
• Forests forever
• Timber trade federation
• TRADA
• Forestry commission

Other Trade Federations

• Council for aluminium building
• SWA steel window association
• Plastic Window Federation
• British Plastic Federation
• Glass & Glazing Federation
• British Fenestration Rating Council

USEFUL SITES FOR LEARNING

Materials

• Forest education
• Institute of wood science

General Building Information

• BRE
• BSI (British Standards Institution)
• Construction products association

GOVERNMENT BUILDING REGS

Full Length

• FENSA window regulation
• Document A - Structure
• Document B - Fire safety
• Document E - Resistance to passage of sound
• Document F - Ventilation
• Document J - Combustible appliances
• Document K - Protection from falling, collision and impact
• Document L - Conservation of fuel and power
• Document M - access to facilities and buildings
• Document N - Glazing

Easy Read Technical

• Part E
• Part E for schools, hospitals etc.
• BRE Part L

ENVIRONMENTAL

Environmental issues

• Look out - your choice of window frame could seriously affect the health of our planet
• Greenpeace
• Building the future without PVC
• WWF

Build an environmental home

• Breeam
• Ecohomes
• Ecobuild
• Greenspec
• Energy saving trust

OTHER ORGANISATIONS

Building Trade Federation

• Interbuild
• Construction Index
• NHBC
• House Builders Federation
• National Federation of Builders

Other helpful organisations

• English Heritage