Mihkel Urmet was awarded the title of the person of the year by the Estonian Woodhouse Association

14.6.2015 / News

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The President recognized the best prefabricated timber houses

6.8.2020 / News

Estonian Woodhouse Association and Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster announced the best factory produced timber houses in Hiiumaa on July 31. Awards were presented by the President of Estonia, Kersti Kaljulaid. Overall winner of the contest is a residential houses development…
Wooden houses producers increase export despite challenges in the sector

6.3.2019 / News

Estonian manufacturers exported timber buildings abroad for 394 million euros last year, roughly 23% more than in the year before (2017). The export amounts mainly consisted of the production of large manufacturers of prefabricated modular buildings and garden cottages, but…
Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster has been systemically run and has grown into a working network

1.11.2018 / News

Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster was awarded with titles "Appreciate the Promoters of Entrepreneurship 2018" and „Best Collaborative project 2018“ last month and is also about to celebrate a 10-year anniversary. The sector’s supporting organization (cluster) has a new leader since…
Estonia’s best handcrafted log house master is Veiko Palm

11.6.2018 / News

Estonia´s best handcrafted log house masters tested their skills in Räpina at the vocational competition of log house builders. The competition during „Hea Kodu“ („Good Home“) days took place for the 8th time in co-operation with Estonian Wooden Houses Association,…
Winner of the “Pre-Fab House of the Year 2018” award is Kodumaja’s timber frame module apartment buildings complex in Norway

6.4.2018 / News

Pre-fab House of the Year contest organized by the Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster and Estonian Woodhouse Association took place for the 8th time. Winner of this year’s contest from among many entries is Kodumaja (KM Element OÜ) with their complex of apartment…
Estonian Woodhouse Association Recognizes!

25.3.2018 / News

Estonian Woodhouse Association annually recognizes for distinguished actions with titles of honour „Friend of Wooden Houses 2017“ and „Person of the Year 2017“. Remarkable work and activities supporting the sector were last year done by Enterprise Estonia and Toomas Kalev, Chairman of…
Norway to build world’s tallest timber building

28.1.2018 / News

“Mjøstårnet” will be more than 80 metres tall, and stand 30 metres higher than what is today considered the world’s tallest timber building. Mjøstårnet is named after its neighbour and Norway’s largest lake Mjøsa. The record-breaking construction will sit on…
Estonian wooden houses producers introduced the Sector at a reputable Timber Construction Conference

18.12.2017 / News

An international conference Holzbau Forum Garmisch took place in Germany in the beginning of December. For the delegation of Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster, it was the first time to participate. The program of the conference included among other respectable speakers…
Fire resistance of a house built of CLT panels was tested in Väike-Maarja

6.11.2017 / News

Scientists of Tallinn University of Technology in co-operation with Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, RISE (Swedish research institutes), Swedish Wood, State Real Estate Company and German specialists tested fire resistance of a building built of cross-laminated timber panels on training…
Lively party on the Estonian street at the construction fair

30.10.2017 / News

As is customary, Estonia was well-represented at the Bygg Reis Deg construction trade fair. In addition to a large joint stand, several Estonian companies also had their own separate stands at the fair. Reino Soots from Q-haus is doing a handstand at his fair…
6th Annual Summer Conference of Friends of Wooden Houses

18.9.2017 / News

Wooden houses sector was having an annual “Summer Conference of Friends of Wooden Houses” already for the 6th time in the last weekend of August. Participants included members of Wooden Houses Association and Cluster, good partners and other interested people.…
Important science papers for the Wooden Houses Sector were written in Estonian University of Life Sciences

11.9.2017 / News

Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster and Estonian Woodhouse Association awarded for the third time science papers written on important topics in the field of prefabricated wooden houses. The best papers were chosen by the Board of the Woodhouse Association and the…
Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster was awarded with the European Cluster Management Excellence label in BRONZE

11.8.2017 / News

Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster was analysed according to the methodology of the European Cluster Excellence Initiative (ECEI) during May 2017. Cluster applied for Bronze label. Observations from the Cluster Benchmarking: The Wooden Houses Cluster initiative (EWHC) belongs to one of…
Palmako enters Norwegian market with new subsidiary

7.8.2017 / News

AS Palmako has founded a Norwegian subsidiary, Palmako Norge AS, through which it hopes to make an even bigger mark in Norway with its products and increase its turnover in Scandinavia. The new company represents the latest step in the implementation…
Estonian wooden houses sector has a new leader

6.7.2017 / News

Producer of modular wooden buildings Harmet OÜ increased turnover last year by ¼, up to 66,7 million EUR. This result exceeds that of Kodumaja AS who has been the biggest producer until now. Harmet’s rise to become Estonia’s biggest wooden houses producer has been…
Wooden houses industry adds value to the forest

12.6.2017 / News

Nearly half of Estonia’ s territory is covered with forest. I am (Sven Mats) pleased to say that in addition to clean air and untouched nature the Estonian wooden houses industry has provided forest with a really high value, through…
Houses that give back

10.5.2017 / News

The building industry creates more carbon than any other and with the building volumes going up as the population of the world increases rapidly, we need innovation for sustainable living. Estonia has an unexpected solution: wooden houses. Wooden houses have…
Environmentally friendly and responsible Nordic Houses

24.4.2017 / News

It is a duty of every state, company and citizen to think about environmental impacts in their everyday activities and take responsibility. It can be seen that the society is moving in the right direction, however it is not always…
The winner of annual international contest “Pre-Fab House of the Year 2017” is a terraced houses complex in Sweden by Puitpaneel OÜ

9.4.2017 / News

Estonian Woodhouse Association and Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster organized the contest of “Pre-Fab House of the Year” for the 7th time. This year 22 Estonian wooden houses producers participated with 31 works from Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Finland and Austria. The…
Harmet’ s new production unit is the largest one built in 2017

13.2.2017 / News

There will not be any construction of logistics centres or their expansions planned in 2017, the biggest of its kind built will presumably be Harmet’ s modular house production unit in Harku county, Kumna village, states the market overview by…
BAU 2017 fair turned out to be the meeting point of Estonian construction sector

27.1.2017 / News

Munich based construction fair BAU that ended last week gave the wooden houses sector a thorough overview of Europe’ s construction sector’ s latest trends. The fair was about architecture and engineering of buildings, introduced new building technologies, tools, new…
“Prefab House of the Year 2010-2015” – a book that introduces modern wooden houses is now available in bookstores

28.2.2016 / News

The Estonian Woodhouse Association in cooperation with the Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster has published a book that compiles the works submitted to the “Pre-Fab House of the Year” contest; the book provides a thorough overview of Estonian wooden houses both here and…
Prefab houses tailored like custom-made suits

19.1.2016 / News

Customers are increasing favouring solutions tailored to their wishes and replicating their own personal style when ordering a house. Q-Haus prefab house in NorwayBy Maris TombaAccording to the Cluster Manager of the Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster Lauri Kivil, local customers are…
Wooden house manufacturers received the export deed title of 2015

6.1.2016 / News

Estonian manufacturers of wooden houses that strongly grew export volumes and expanded into new markets in the year ending received KredEx Credit Insurance’s export deed of the year title.On behalf of Estonian Woodhouse Association,chairman of the board Sven Mats adopted…
Estonian wooden house production technology and references are now on the video

2.12.2015 / News

The video gives an overview of wooden houses production technology and represents some beautiful snapshots from different Estonian wooden houses in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany and France. Production of the film was supported by European Regional Development Fund through cluster development…
Estonian Woodhouse Association`s memeber Q-haus made its first passive house

19.11.2015 / News

Kautokeino Home Care Centre is a beautiful example of how the woodhouse Industry can help to make the World a better place. This fine engineered low-Energy building will be home to many elders of the Kautokeino community in the cold…
Estonian wooden house manufacturer Kodumaja AS was awarded the title of The Company of the Year

2.11.2015 / News

The President of the Republic of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, declared Kodumaja AS the best company of the country. The company manufactures timber-framed buildings.“We have not worked for the sake of being awarded,” the Manager of Kodumaja ASLembit Lump expressed…
European wooden house sector is heading for growth

15.10.2015 / News

The European wooden house industry has been stable for several years without showing any trends of significant growth or contraction. The change towards the increase of volumes arrived last year.According to Eurostat, the years-long stagnation of wooden house sector has…
Farmhouse complex built by Palkehituse OÜ awarded the title of “Most Beautiful Estonian Country House 2015”

1.10.2015 / News

The jury for the “Most Beautiful Estonian Country House” award came together in the beginning of September and chose the winner from among 50 candidates. The competition was organised by the Maakodu magazine and the first prize went to Kadaka Farm,…
The largest builders and real estate developers of Southern Norway were on a study visit to Estonia

21.9.2015 / News

The objective of the three-day visit that ended on 18th of September was to take a closer look at the manufacturing of prefab and modular homes and create contacts with Estonian architects and woodhouse manufacturers.“Estonia continues to be the biggest…
Estonian wooden house exhibition set up in Rotermann City

20.7.2015 / News

On 14 July, the Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster set up an exhibition introducing Estonian wooden houses and leading producers of wooden houses in the most prestigious business and living quarter of Tallinn.The Estonian Woodhouse Association in cooperation with the Estonian…
Veiko Palm defended his title at the International Vocational Competition for Handcrafted Log Home Builders

15.7.2015 / News

On 13 June, the fifth International Vocational Competition for Handcrafted Log Home Builders took place under the Räpina Good Homes Days festival, bringing together contestants from Estonia, Finland and Germany.The contest was a high-level event with tight competition. Veiko Palm…
Estonian Wooden Houses Friends Summer Conference will take place on 14th of August

14.7.2015 / News

On 2012 Estonian Woodhouse Association and Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster organised a successful conference for our members and associates for a first time. This year the fourth Wooden Houses Friends Summer conference will take place on 14.-15. of August at…
Percentage of timber remains still high in Estonian housing construction

2.7.2015 / News

2,619 building permits were issued in 2014 which is nearly twice less than a year before. The decrease of the issued permits has happened in comparison of all types of building; however, the smallest drop has occurred as regards the…
The Japanese are very keen on the Estonian log houses

18.6.2015 / News

The last broadcast of the season of the ETV (The national public television station of Estonia) economic programme Kapital was focused on niche products and markets. Kapital visited one of the log houses in Japan, which has been manufactured in…
French national radio channel reports on Estonian wooden house industry

8.6.2015 / News

Last week the French public radio channel Radio France Internationale (Rfi) visited different wooden house manufacturers in Estonia and collected material for reporting on the subject of wood industry.Laurent Berthault, a journalist of the radio channel visited the Estonian Wooden…
Contest „Prefab House of the Year 2015“

21.1.2015 / News

Estonian Woodhouse Association and Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster announced fifth annual contest „Prefab House of the Year“. “Prefab House of the Year” is an annual contest organized since 2010 by Estonian Woodhouse Association and Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster. The purpose…
Vocational Competition for Handcrafted Log Home Builders 2015

8.1.2015 / News

The Estonian Woodhouse Association is organizing for the fourth time on the 13th of June in Räpina the Vocational Competition for Handcrafted Log Home Builders. The Competition takes place during the Good Homes Days festival (Hea kodu päevad). The purpose of…