dataholz.eu

dataholz.eu is an online catalog of wood and wood-based materials, building materials, components and component connections for timber construction. The basis for this is a project launched in 2000 called "Component catalog". Due to the rapidly development of timber construction with a variety of new building materials and construction methods used, it had become important to create a "tool" to further strengthen confidence and safety in timber construction and to optimize the quality.

The intention was to adapt the "Catalog with building physics data of timber constructions", which originated in 1986 and was revised in 1993 by proHolz Austria. After an intensive literature research, it was determined that the literature of timer construction used in the European area was either outdated or just covered only minor parts of the required information. The quality and origin of the data found was mostly unknown and often did not contain any common values.

The main task of the project was closing this information gap. The result of the project was a reference book with a data collection, focussing two main objectives: meet the demands of users on the one hand and meet the requirements of the building code on the other hand.

The client of the former research project was the "Fachverband der Holzindustrie Österreichs (Bereich Holzbauindustrie)". A total of six testing and research institutes under the auspices of Holzforschung Austria – Austrian Forest Products Research Society (HFA-ÖGH) conducted numerous tests, calculations and evaluations. The project was marketed by proHolz Austria.