Minnesota State Wood Innovation Team Tuesday, January 31, 2017

State Wood Innovation Team – Funded to May 2018

• USDA Forest Service State and Private Forestry Wood Education Resource Center

• Connect forest resources and markets

• Enhance existing and emerging forest industry

• Reduce fire risk and improve forest health

Who?

• Minnesota state agencies • Universities • National Forests • Private landowners • Economic development organizations • Private industry

Tasks

1. Monthly meeting / Web Site woodinnovation.umn.edu 2. Improve forest health/reduce fire risk 3. Quantify hazardous fuels and forest health improvement

opportunities 4. Conduct forestry research to support the accelerated thinning

of red pine 5. Develop and deliver short courses for architects, policymakers

and industry 6. Explore markets for wood in Destination Medical Center

(DMC)

Tasks

7. Identify processing & bioenergy tech to use hazardous fuels/underused species

8. Assess contracting strategies to support fuels reduction and forest management

9. Build technical & leadership capacity for existing wood products manufacturers

10.Integrate and leverage with the Minnesota State Wood Energy Team

11.Develop an innovation product development research grant program

Task 1. Website woodinnovation.umn.edu (Reichenbach)

• Pictures and captions for each of your projects: Something that highlights your accomplishments in 2016. Include

• Healthy forests, • Fuel hazard, • Harvest for forest health • In woods drying • CLT

Task 2. Improve forest health/ reduce fire risk • Approval of change at USDA,

now pending University Action

• Proposed Field Tour: USDA-Forest Service treatment sites

• Laurentian Master Woodland Owner Class planned

• Start date June 2017 • On-line, and face to face format

Task 3. Quantify hazardous fuels on the Superior and Chippewa National Forest

• Ongoing conversations and discussions with NRRI, Minnesota DNR, and the Superior and Chippewa.

• New point person identified to lead, John Gephart NRRI.

Task 4. Conduct research to support the accelerated thinning of red pine • Draft Document “Consideration in the management of young

red pine stands: Implications to yield and economics” submitted to DNR

• Working to distill this down to a management guide to DNR. • Had one meeting in late Nov, waiting for feedback on what they want in

a management guide.

Task 5. Innovation in Wood Design - Deliver 3 short courses for architects and industry • Status Update: - Dovetail is working with Woodworks to plan the remaining two

events in second quarter of 2017 (to best align with Woodworks' calendar of events).

- Katie Fernholz at Dovetail is coordinating with Archie Landreman at Woodworks.

• The 2017 workshops are scheduled for: • Tuesday, April 25th in Duluth (hosted at NRRI) and • Thursday, April 27th in Rochester (UCR-Heintz Center, UMN Extension Regional Office )

Program Title: Innovations in Wood Design: Trends for a Sustainable Future • Courses:

• Forest and Forest Products, 17SE08 - 1.0 HSW – presented by Kathryn Fernholz, Dovetail Partners, Inc.

• Aspen Art Museum: Design and Construction of the Wood Roof Structure, 16CA05 – 1.0 HSW – presented by Gregory R. Kingsley, KL&A, Inc. Structural Engineers and Builders

• Introducing CLT: New Opportunities for Timber Construction, 16LL06 – 1.0 HSW – presented by Archie Landreman, WoodWorks - Wood Products Council

• Event Cost: $30– includes lunch CREDITS: 3.0 (3.0

HSW)

Dovetail Partners January 2017

Program Title: Innovations in Wood Design: Trends for a Sustainable Future

• Aspen Art Museum: Design and Construction of the Wood Roof Structure • Gregory R. Kingsley, PhD, PE, KL&A, Inc. Structural Engineers and Builders

Greg is the president and CEO of KL&A Inc., Structural Engineers and Builders in Golden, Colorado, a firm of 65 that includes structural engineers, steel detailers, and construction managers. He enjoys working with design architects on innovative structures, especially in masonry and wood.

• The Aspen Art Museum, designed by architect Shigeru Ban, includes a long-span three-dimensional wood space-frame roof. Ban’s charge was to create a wood space frame with spans of more than 50 feet and cantilevers of 14 feet, in a structural depth of 3 feet. The space frame was to have two planes of intersecting diagonal webs of curved members that undulated up and down to touch the planes of the top and bottom chords with no visible connectors. This case study presentation will describe the design and construction of the wood structure, including paths explored but not chosen for the final design. Dovetail Partners January 2017

Program Title: Innovations in Wood Design: Trends for a Sustainable Future Introducing CLT: New Opportunities for Timber Construction Archie Landreman WoodWorks – Wood Products Council

• Cross laminated timber (CLT) is an engineered wood building system

designed to complement light- and heavy-timber framing options. Because of its high strength and dimensional stability, it can be used as an alternative to concrete, masonry and steel in many building types. This presentation will introduce CLT with a series of project examples that demonstrate its use and associated benefits in a range of applications. Information on manufacturing, specification and code-related considerations will also be discussed.

Dovetail Partners January 2017

Program Title: Innovations in Wood Design: Trends for a Sustainable Future

• one-page flyer in development • Target Date for 1st E-Blast in February and every 2 weeks thereafter. Outreach: • Post on Local AIA and SEA Chapters Newsletters/Calendars • Archie to reach out to local organizations, associations and major

companies • Post on LinkedIn • WoodWorks Event Manager: Mary Schramka • WoodWorks Point of Contact: Archie Landreman

Dovetail Partners February 2017

- Let Katie know your ideas for the events, including forest product companies, decision-makers, elected officials, etc to engage

- Make plans to attend!

Next Steps:

Next Steps: - Katie will move forward with finalizing and promoting the

events in partnership with WoodWorks

Contact: Katie Fernholz, katie@dovetailinc.org, 612-333-0430

Task 6. Destination Medical Center Wood Innovation Opportunities

• Include wood in building and expansion • Rochester Energy Commission, • DMC Economic Development Authority, • Rochester, and Olmsted County

• Activities include • Engaging local leaders to increase wood use • Providing outreach to local wood producers/industries • Creating local awareness of forest products • SWIT team to make visit in February

Task 6. Updates

• As a Park & Rec Board member I’ve been appointment to the Committee on Urban Design & Environment (CUDE) which reviews building plans in Rochester before they go to the Planning & Zoning Commission.

• In December, Rochester budgeted for a 20% time Sustainability Coordinator (the position is 80% DMC). I don’t think they’ve been hired yet though.

• Other Extension staff and I met with Patrick Seeb, of the DMC on 1/4/17. I brought up wood utilization and innovation.

• I posted a reply on my City Council Reps Facebook post about using TIF tax financing for wood innovation work in Rochester on 1/27/17.

Task 7. Identify wood processing and bioenergy technology/equipment that support utilization (Brashaw, Singsaas)

• Ongoing involvement and support for mid and tall-rise buildings from mass timber

• Mass Timber conference scheduled for March, 2017: Portland, Oregon • Working closely with Angela Gupta, Katie Fernholz, Jacob Mans

and others to identify potential Rochester champions for mass timber construction and design – focus on creating market pull

• Hoping for some site visits week of April 3 or April 12-13.

Hines T3 Update

Task 7: Identify Wood processing and bioenergy technology & equipment

• Advanced Lignin Biocomposites LLC • Licensing lignin plastic patents from UMN, ORNL, others. • Visited biorefinery pilot plant in Wausau, WI Feb. 14-15 • Significant product development plans to add value to biorefining

industry. • Collaborating on DOE proposal with ORNL and others

• CAAFI State Initiative • Organizing a team to go after significant funding for bio-jet fuel

Task 8. Assess the potential of & develop contracting opportunities, such as Stewardship contracts, to support fuels reduction and forest management (Don Peterson)

• Superior National Forest – Conference Call 11/3/16 • Chippewa National Forest – Conference Call 11/10/16

• Described how Master Stewardship Agreements are functioning

with the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest • Provided follow-up documentation • Face to face meetings are being scheduled for 1st qtr. 2017 • County governments have expressed interest in Master

Stewardship Agreements

Task 9 – New Use for Sawmill Residue and for Softwood Pulp Wood Bolts

• The NRRI organized a Minnesota visit by technology provider PolymerTrend LLC during the week of February 20th.

• The company has developed composite panel board concept plants that can be scaled down to 60,000 cubic meters per year.

• In addition the company has an innovative log pretreatment method that may have the potential to help lower energy cost in pulp wood production.

• The NRRI and PolymerTrend will work to develop an agreement to further commercialize these and other associated process technologies.

• Following the creation of an agreement the NRRI will reconvene the consortium of regional composite boards users that meet in November to develop a focused initiative to build the business case for a new flexible compact board mill to be associated with the Potlatch Lumber Mill in Bemidji, MN.

Task 9 – Building Leadership Capacity - Ligna

• The NRRI has proposed wood sector leadership training for Kristen Bergstrand (MN-DNR UM forester) and Tamara Lowney (Area Partnership for Economic Expansion (APEX)).

• The training will occur at Ligna – with 1,500 exhibitors from 45 nations, it is the world’s trade fair for forestry and forest products (May 22-26, 2017, Hanover, Germany), where companies from across the globe showcase their latest forest industry products, processes, and innovations

• The primary goal is to discover leading-edge wood products technology that can add value, not only to Minnesota’ pine pulpwood logs, but to all of Minnesota’s forest resources.

• We have a developed a funding campaign to help augment the trip expenses.

Task 10. Communicate with the Minnesota State Wood Energy Team & the Wisconsin State Wood Action Team

• Regional and National State Wood Energy team call was 1/25.

• Focus activity on ski hills

• Heating the Midwest (April 10) to co-locate with the International Biomass Conference & Expo (April 11-13)

• http://www.biomassconference.com/ema/DisplayPage.aspx?pageId=Heating_the_Midwest#agenda

Wisconsin Wood Marketing Team

• Current Activities • Working with two Economic Development Regional Planning Organizations to

develop a better understanding of forest industry • Developing a statewide training program for high school industrial arts educators • Investigating connecting White Pine supply with markets • Development of a Forestry Industry Certificate for high school students • Increasing the availability of FSC certified wood • Conducted 2 sawmill assessment studies, December, 2016 • Worked with Grow North Regional Economic Development Group to leverage funding

from WEDC to conduct a regional high school wood shop teacher training session in July, 2017

• Conducted “Tools to Retain & Grow Your Forest Industry Companies” in Antigo, WI, January, 2017

• Targeted Economic Development Staff. 12 attended, representing 7 counties & 3 state agencies

Michigan Wood Innovation Team

• The Wood Innovation Team is established • A short term plan of work is developed • Team members have been identified for tasks • Conducted a sawmill assessment in November, 2016 • Michigan Forest BioEconomy Conference is being held

February 1-2, 2017 in Grand Rapids, MI

Task 11. Develop an innovation product development research grant program for small businesses (E. Singsaas)

Received an inquiry- Dec 20th 2016 Assigned a PI to work with the applicant to write the proposal- End of Dec 2016 Proposal submitted- Feb 3rd 2017 Review committee met and provided comments and questions- Feb 13th 2017 Communicated the comments with the applicant, and they made the changes to the proposal- Feb

21st Company presented their project to the review committee- Feb 24th PI is making some changes to the budgeting- Current! Project Title: Wooden Nailed Cross Laminated Panels (NCLP) for industrial crane/equipment mats

constructed from local, under-utilized low grade species Applicant: Savanna Pallets, Inc submitted by Aitkin County Project Amount: $30,000 ($15,000 from the grant, $3,000 cash match, $12,000 in-kind match) • ** This amount is subject to change due to some budget changing by the PI Duration: 12 months (Apr 2017- Apr 2018)