Climate-smart use of wood in the construction sector to support the New European Bauhaus

The construction sector is central to Europe's climate transition. At the same time, significant volumes of hardwood, residual wood, low-quality wood, and damaged wood remain until today underutilised. Unlocking this potential can reduce waste, strengthen local value chains, and create sustainable economic opportunities. The WoodStock grants support this transition by supporting one-year projects that combine innovation, circularity, and community engagement — embedding the New European Bauhaus (NEB) values of together, sustainable, and beautiful into practical construction solutions. Funding may be used for one or more of the following activities: • Demonstration: Prototyping, experimental set-up of innovations related to WoodStock. • Testing: Physical and mechanical validation, certification preparation. • Co-creation: Activities with local actors and users to improve the solution and embed them in the local value chain and community. • Training: Workshops to develop new skills and knowledge. • Dissemination: Communication about the solutions to a wide audience (including video production) (max. 20% of total budget)., Eligible expenses may include equipment, laboratory testing, materials, logistics, multimedia production, and staff costs related to the above-mentioned activities. Selected projects are expected to: • Develop climate-smart wood construction solutions beyond TRL5. • Jointly organise one co-creation session with a WoodStock Living Lab in the Netherlands, France, Slovenia, Poland, Ireland or Norway. • Document successful and unsuccessful innovation steps they have made, and lessons learned throughout the process. • Share experiences and lessons learned with the WoodStock consortium. • Contribute to the WoodBook and the European Wood Construction Observatory . • Align dissemination with the WoodStock communication partner and contribute to WoodStock communication materials by providing input. For questions about the call, please contact [email protected].