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Publication: Sustainability impacts of increased forest biomass feedstock supply

7. June 2019 /0 Comments/in , /by

Sustainably managed forests provide renewable raw material that can be used for primary/secondary conversion products and as biomass for energy generation. This paper Tuomasjukka et al from EFI evaluated the economic, environmental and social sustainability impacts of making the potentially available timber available with current and technologically improved value chains. Their publication ‘Sustainability impacts of […]

T4E Bucking App ready for download

15. May 2019 /0 Comments/in , /by

Two years of development and a lot of testing by Latschbacher and the Institute of Forest Engineering of BOKU led to this mobile device based application for value-optimized motor-manual bucking. Get our T4E Bucking App now for free from GooglePlay Store! More information in our Results section! http://www.tech4effect.eu/results/bucking-app/

Field test: Controlling of cable yarding operations

28. March 2019 /0 Comments/in , /by

BOKU and Konrad are working on enabling advanced operation progress monitoring and performance evaluation through pooling sensor information on cable yarders. The first field test has taken place during a downhill yarding operation with a Konrad Mounty 4000 yarder to test the system under real-life conditions, contributing to work package 3 – harvesting. Stay informed […]

Newsletter March 2019

27. March 2019 /0 Comments/in /by

Just out! Read our latest newsletter: TECH4EFFECT NEWSLETTER MARCH 2019 Consortium meeting and field trip T4E Bucking App to assist motor manual bucking Prize for oral presentation to TECH4EFFECT partners SGGW field trip for silvicultural case study Publication:  Decreasing fuel consumption of excavator-based harvesters with machine control system Publication: Spatial distribution of the potential forest […]

6 – 10 October 2019, FORMEC – COFE, Sopron, Hungary

13. February 2019 /0 Comments/in /by

The 52 edition of the symposium ‘Forestry Mechanization’ or FORMEC will be held together with the 42 edition of the Council on Forest Engineering (COFE). This is the first time for a COFE meeting taking place in Europe – in Sopron, Hungary. Join also the field trip to Forchtenstein in Austria to attend AUSTROFOMA, the […]

29 September – 5 October 2019, IUFRO, Curitiba, Brazil

13. February 2019 /0 Comments/in , /by

The 25th world congress of the International Union of Forest Research Organizationstakes (IUFRO) takes place in Curitiba, Brazil, and focuses on Forest Research and Cooperation for Sustainable Development. Congress themes include: Forests for people Forests and climate change Forests and forest products for a greener future Biodiversity, ecosystem services and biological invasions Forests, soil and […]

26 – 27 June 2019, KWF Thementage, Richberg, Germany

12. February 2019 /0 Comments/in /by

This years KWF Thementage focus on the topic of ‘Forest access today – novel ways in logistics’. Franz Holzleitner from BOKU will give a presentation on ‘Smart sensing technology to monitor road bearing capacity’. Don’t miss this chance to meet TECH4EFFECT partners and pick up our project flyer in the KWF info desk. Have a […]

Publication: Spatial distribution of the potential forest biomass availability in Europe

11. February 2019 /0 Comments/in , /by

European forests are considered a crucial resource for supplying biomass to a growing bio-economy in Europe. This study aimed to assess the potential availability of forest biomass from European forests and its spatial distribution. We tried to answer the questions (i) how is the potential forest biomass availability spatially distributed across Europe and (ii) where […]