Building with
beech wood
Hardwood For The Home
LIFE HAYA combines close-to-nature forest management with innovation in beech wood to improve the adaptation of beech forests to climate change, enhance biodiversity, and promote sustainable construction.
The Project
The LIFE Haya – Hardwood For The Home project aims to improve the climate change mitigation capacity of Spain’s beech forests through a silvicultural model based on CLOSE TO NATURE FORESTRY. It will focus on climate change adaptation and the promotion of biodiversity in 10 demonstration stands across four regions of Spain (Castile and León, La Rioja, Navarre, and the Basque Country), generating 250 metric tons of wood to be used for innovative products and the construction of a sustainable pilot building based on the“Hayabitat”construction system, which is certified under PEFC,“Passivhaus,”and LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) standards within the Level(s) framework.
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Latest News
Here you'll find up-to-date, firsthand information on the most important events, interesting articles, and the latest news from the LIFE Haya project.
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Our partner, Grupo Gámiz, is modernizing its sawmill and driving the processing of beech wood
Grupo Gámiz, a partner in the Life Haya project, has launched a new industrial phase at its plant in Santa Cruz de Campezo (Álava), which directly supports the objectives of our project:to highlight the
30 de July de 2026
LIFE HAYA presents its progress on the durability grading of beech structural lumber at the 12th Hardwood Conference 2026 in Hungary
From June 17 to 19, 2026, the LIFE HAYA (Hardwood for the Home) project participated in the 12th Hardwood Conference, one of the leading international conferences on research and innovation in hardwoods, held at
26 de June de 2026
Latest Events
Don't miss out on the activities we are organising! Here you will find all the details about the upcoming days, workshops, talks and volunteering opportunities. Every occasion is an opportunity to learn, share and collaborate in building a greener and more sustainable future.
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V JORNADA DE COMITÉ DE EXPERTOS LIFE HARDWOOD FOR THE HOME
The next 5th LIFE HAYA Committee of Experts will be held on 30 January in Navarre, and we will take a guided tour of the facilities of the Asterbide sawmill, an example of generational
13 de January de 2025
IV DAY OF THE LIFE HARDWOOD FOR THE HOME EXPERT COMMITTEE
On the 19th of September, the 4th Committee of Experts of the LIFE HAYA Project will take place, in which we will learn about the opportunities of beech wood applied to construction and the
2 de September de 2024
GEOGRAPHICAL VIEWER OF THE PROJECT
Cartographic tool designed to facilitate consultation and analysis of the main forestry aspects related to the management and valorisation of beech forests in northern Spain.
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Here we can see some of the results obtained thanks to the development of this project.
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