EUT · Eco Urban Timber

Value from what others overlook.

EUT began by turning downed city trees into lumber instead of landfill, and by linking every finished piece back to the tree it came from. Today it builds technology on the same instinct: find what others pass over, and make something lasting from it.

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An idea that waited for the technology

Then · Eco Urban Timber

Reclaimed urban lumber

When a city tree came down, it usually went to the landfill or the wood chipper. We milled it into lumber instead, rescuing material others treated as waste.
Then · Ahead of its time

Every board, linked to its tree

We called it ecoID: methods to tie a felled city tree to the finished products made from it. Customers could scan a QR code to see where the wood came from, and the people who loved the tree could tell its story. We pitched it at a Wisconsin tech development hackathon, but the technology wasn't yet ready to scale the idea.
Now · EUT

The vision, now buildable

Technology has caught up. EUT is now developing that original idea: tying products directly to their source materials and the stories behind them, with a simple click. Our first venture, Quelve, applies the same instinct to learning.

The through-line: overlooked value, patiently reclaimed.

In development

Scan a product.
Meet its source.

Every finished piece can carry a link back to what it was made from. One scan, and the story travels with the object.

01
Where it came from
The source itself: what it was, where it stood, and why it came down.
02
What it became
Every product made from the same source, tied back to it.
03
Who remembers it
Stories from the people who knew and loved it, kept with the material.

QR code linking to this section of ecourbantimber.com — A real tree from Eco Urban Timber’s reclaimed-lumber days. Its location is shown only approximately, to respect the privacy of the people who live there now. The QR code is real: scan it with your phone.

The red oak's canopy — A real tree from Eco Urban Timber’s reclaimed-lumber days. Its location is shown only approximately, to respect the privacy of the people who live there now. The QR code is real: scan it with your phone.

Made from reclaimed city wood

Examples of pieces Eco Urban Timber milled and laser-cut from reclaimed urban trees. They aren’t from the red oak above. Linking each piece like these to its exact tree is the loop ecoID set out to close.

Four laser-cut wooden coasters with circular spiral designs — Laser-cut coasters

Wooden bottle carrier with a dowel handle and a cast-iron bottle opener — Bottle carrier

Finger-jointed wooden lantern box with a glowing laser-cut Celtic knot — Lantern box

Laser-cut wooden ornament in an eight-pointed Celtic star pattern — Celtic ornament

Wooden wine caddy holding two bottles, with a wine glass hanging at each end — Wine caddy

Ventures

AI for learning · In stealth

Quelve

An AI guide that builds understanding instead of handing out answers, starting with math, science, electronics and engineering.

Visit quelve.ai

Material provenance · In development

From source to story

Tying finished products directly to their source materials and the stories behind them, with a simple click. First prototyped as ecoID, the original Eco Urban Timber vision is now buildable.

How it works

Company details

Legal name: Eco Urban Timber LLC
Known as: EUT
Entity: Delaware limited liability company
Trade names: Quelve

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Value from what others overlook.

An idea that waited for the technology

Reclaimed urban lumber

Every board, linked to its tree

The vision, now buildable

Scan a product.Meet its source.

Where it came from

What it became