Industry representatives also requested support from the Ministry of Housing on issues related to timber in construction and rehabilitation.

Pons has emerged as the wood is an excellent material for their technical and environmental and as the Technical Building Code has returned ownership of this material to the construction.

Also the Secretary General of CONFEMADERA showed the necessity of taking into account the sector in all matters relating to rehabilitation, in particular its consideration in the National Plan for Reform and Rehabilitation, the rebate of VAT for such actions to 7% and the momentum of a "rolling plan" for wood materials and furniture.In this regard requested the assessment and recognition of all documents and investigations being conducted by the Confederation on elements of wood for approval as a recognized technical documents, the signing of an agreement for conducting workshops and outreach on CE mark and CTE; development of the certification of the ecological footprint for the construction and support for the project "Hotel window" through the National Plan for the Rehabilitation of Hotels.

According Francesc de Paula Pons, Secretary General of CONFEMADERA, "Wood and its products are an excellent material for the building but not always well known to prescribers and users.

The Minister of Housing has always shown its support for the sector and has expressed interest in the proposed certification of the ecological footprint for construction and for all matters relating to energy efficiency within the National Plan for Reform and Rehabilitation, for which has asked the Confederation their contributions.Thus Pons-added-we need to know that despite the above, at European and Spanish is being increasingly used wood as building material for their properties and design techniques, but above all for their excellent environmental qualities " .