Climate intelligence
Wood does not fail. Exposure does.
Six load factors decide the service life of a façade. Compare any two regions to see which of them will drive your maintenance programme.
- CrossrefResearchDOI registry
- OpenAlexResearchOpen scholarly index
- Europe PMCResearchFull-text abstracts
- Semantic ScholarResearchAI2 corpus
- DOAJResearchVetted open-access journals
- OpenAIREResearchEuropean open science graph
- HALResearchFrench national open archive
- ZenodoResearchEU project deliverables with DOIs
- DataCiteResearchResearch datasets
- ERA5 / CopernicusClimateClimate reanalysis
- Open-MeteoClimateStation normals
- EN 350:2016StandardNatural durability
- EN 335StandardUse classes
- EN 351-1StandardPreservative penetration
- EN 16449StandardBiogenic carbon
- EN 1995-1-2StandardCharring rates
- EN 1990StandardDesign working life
- EN 13183-1StandardMoisture measurement
- EN 599-1StandardPreservative efficacy
- EN 16755StandardFire-retardant durability
- EN 14080StandardGlulam requirements
- EN 16351StandardCLT requirements
- EN 927-6StandardArtificial weathering
- EN 15026StandardHygrothermal simulation
- ISO 15686-8StandardService-life prediction
- ISO 21887StandardGlobal use classes
- EN 15804+A2LCADeclared environmental impacts
- Scheffer indexModelDecay hazard
- Lacy driving-rain indexModelFaçade exposure
Live · ERA5 reanalysis
Ten-year climate normals, computed on request
Every figure below is derived from Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis for the exact coordinate, over the last ten years of daily records. Tap any marker to see the derivation and the dataset behind it.
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Curated regions
Side-by-side exposure profile
The comparison below uses the curated regional profiles that feed the decision engine. These are WoodIntel model estimates, not measurements — use the live ERA5 panel above for measured values.
Coastal Scotland
Cfb — temperate oceanic · 2–18 °C
- UV
- 28
- Driving rain
- 92
- Salt load
- 88
- Humidity
- 86
- Freeze-thaw
- 46
Wind-driven rain and chloride load dominate. Biological growth on north elevations within 24 months.
Recommended species
- Siberian Larch
- Acetylated Radiata Pine
- Thermally Modified Ash
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
BWh — hot desert · 12–46 °C
- UV
- 96
- Driving rain
- 6
- Salt load
- 12
- Humidity
- 18
- Freeze-thaw
- 2
Extreme UV and thermal cycling cause rapid lignin breakdown, surface checking and pigment failure.
Recommended species
- Acetylated Radiata Pine
- Thermally Modified Ash
- Western Red Cedar