National Research Council of Italy
Trees and Timber Institute

"XS Ivalsa Prototype" is a single prefabricated 11 square meter housing module (2,40 m X 5,50 m base area; 2,80 m height) built with X-Lam solid timber panels .The module consists...>>

SOFIE – Construction System Fiemme – is a research project on sustainable buildings carried out by the IVALSA Institute of the National Research Council with the support of...>>

Ivalsa is involved in a important research project carried out by the Mobile Experience Laboratory of MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Sustainable Connected Home is...>>

MAI-Ivalsa Modular House – a research project on sustainable buildings carried out with the collaboration of Ceii Trentino and the supporto of Provincia Autonoma di Trento – is an...>>

The project aims to obtain the characteristic values for the Italian and French chestnut wood with wane, mainly  used for structural purposes. This activity is also important...>>

The research aims to identify new uses of Tuscan timber in the building industry, investigating the technological properties and the most suitable grading systems. In particular,...>>

The project aims to assess the technological characteristics, and therefore the suitability to timber production, of some Tuscan provenances of cypress resistant to cancer. A total...>>

The aim of the project was the development of a wood-based profile to be used in the manufacture of window frames, which can improve the thermal insulation of the product. The work...>>

European Union – FP7 – Marie Curie – Cofund – Progetto Trentino. SWORFISH (team 2009 incoming (CALL 2) and Trentino - PCOFUND-GA-2008-226070).The main goal of the SWORFISH project...>>

The project founded by Conlegno (Consorzio Servizi Legno Sughero) and in...>>

It is a project in cooperation with LOGICA H&S –italian company producing elctronic devices for process control about the develop of software and hardware of an intelligent control...>>

Läckö Castle in Southern Sweden is located on a small peninsula in Lake Vänern. The origin of the Castle is from medieval times but it present appearance is from the 17th century....>>

Internal stress in wood as a result of drying is an important factor that affects considerably the quality of the final product. Internal stress is inherently difficult to measure...>>

The process of wood thermal modification enhances wood durability and its dimensional stability without the use of chemical substances. The modified wood has been present in the...>>

The project considers the effect of extractives of selected angiosperms (cherry, oak, maple and beech) on discoloration of the bondline obtained by hot pressing commercial vinyl...>>

The project considers the effects of gluing wood by using radiofrequency on the main process parameters regarding applications on wood. These effects are quantified and compared...>>

Aim of the project is to verify the possibility of using carbon nanotubes for developing structural wood adhesives. Characteristics of nanotubes are potentially ideal for...>>

The Getty Foundation has funded a research project on the collection and cataloging of sculptures preserved in the Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia in Rome. As for the wooden...>>

The carved wooden artifacts, with particular reference to the statues, and marquetry are an important part of the Italian artistic heritage, but not until now been the subject of...>>

The project considers the comparative evaluation of a series of treatments for the conservation of wooden material from the roman ships found during the archaeological excavation...>>

The project provides the setting up of a methodology for the conservation of the fragments of a piece of furniture covered by ivory ornamented with scenes, found during the...>>

Large part of Venetian historical building foundations evidences a founding system based on wooden piles, which were plunged into soil in order to increase its mechanical...>>

The Swash Channel Wreck is a wreck of a ship, probably from the Netherlands, which was sunk during the sixteenth century just outside the bay of Poole in the south of England. The...>>

The project concerns the diagnostic characterisation of the state of preservation of the elements constituting the pile-dwelling prehistoric village of the Fiavè-Carera peat bog,...>>

An international research team, coordinated by the Consorzio Ferrara Ricerche, won the international tender, financed by the Palestinian Authority, on the recovery of the roof of...>>

The project provides the setting up and the evaluation of a new methodology of intervention for the in situ conservation of some trunks of the Fossil Forest of Dunarobba,...>>

The project “VITROFLOR - Innovation of in vitro techniques for the quali-quantitative improvement of the propagation material of ornamentals (cut flowers and nursery plants) is...>>

The project aims to the duplication in liquid nitrogen of the ancient citrus collection located in the Villa Medicea of Castello in Florence. The collection was initiated by Cosimo...>>

From the 2001, IVALSA and Veneto Agricoltura (the agricultural agency of Veneto) are  collaborating to the development of in vitro conservation and cryopreservation procedures,...>>

The activity in progress at the Tree and Timber Institute (IVALSA) aims to investigate the effects of the temperature variations on the cambium activity and the intrannual growth...>>

The main goal of this research is to assess the impacts of climate change for Canada (Quebec) on growth dynamics, the use of non-structural carbohydrates and the quality of wood in...>>

Program agreement between Autonomous Province of Trento and IVALSA for sustainable construction 2008-2010.Project head: Prof. Ario CeccottiHead of Sub-B6 - Treatments for...>>