Abstract
Architects tend to avoid building houses with locally sourced lumber.This is due to the lack of a system which lumber coordinators can offer information about the marketplace to architects who are interested in using locally sourced lumber.A possible method for architects and lumber coordinators to communicate is through lumber traceability. This paper concerns the accumulation of data and the reliability and ease of use of lumber traceability. Our research was verified in 2010 at Oguni-machi, Kumamoto Prefecture, which has an average Japanese managed forest. QR Codes and RFID tags were used and read using PDAs and the utility of lumber traceability was verified from felled trees through to cut lumber.Going forward, it is necessary to create an environment where anyone can easily make use of this system.
