PRESENTATION

Current environmental objectives are largely based on the decisive contribution made by the forestry and timber industry. This sector represents an exemplary model of sustainable development and a typical model of the circular economy, promoting the ecological transition. From upstream forestry to downstream industry, this sector, with nearly 450,000 jobs in France, creates ecological, economic, and societal value at every link in the chain. 

Wood has become a strategic material due to its renewable, recyclable nature and its contribution to combating climate change. With low energy consumption in its implementation and strong insulating properties, it stands out as one of the basic materials in the design and construction of high-energy-performance buildings with zero environmental impact. Contemporary architecture and design, and the arrangement of living spaces, are discovering new virtues of this material every day, with its astonishingly modern characteristics.

 Wood plays an essential role in the renewable energy sector, far ahead of all others. While reducing France’s oil bill, wood makes a crucial contribution to the ecological transition. Limiting dependence on oil and reducing the negative impacts associated with developing sustainable alternatives opens up new perspectives for the chemical industry: the chemistry of bio-sourced materials, through the greater incorporation of forest biomass. Students and engineering students trained at ENSTIB (École Nationale Supérieure des Technologies et Industries du Bois) are able to contribute their versatility and specific skills to this entire sector, according to their pathway.

ENSTIB is the only French public Grande École that trains engineers capable of taking on and leading projects with various disciplinary profiles, in all socio-economic and industrial sectors of the wood industry (energy, environment, construction, layout, production, and logistics).

ENSTIB engineers are committed to an innovative, ethical, supportive, frugal, and pragmatic use of wood and bio-sourced materials. They share their values, vision, and expertise within a sector that is an exemplary model of sustainable development and a circular economy