From education to information through research

Nowadays, the fast arising of new trends drives our society to change its needs constantly. One of the hugest challenge of education and research activities is to adopt an evolutionary and adaptive workflow in order to provide quick answers against these needs. This paper discuss a methodology that tries to introduce an interdisciplinary and adaptive workflow through specific actions from three main pillars: education, research and information. Focusing on energy-efficient timber buildings, by showing three specific case studies developed for the Italian context, the authors would like to offer possible solutions for creating an evolutionary approach that allows education and research activities to provide quick answers against needs that change constantly.