Sustainable home designers take note! The 2013 “Carbon Challenge” Residential Design Competition is underway. As Robert Clark of APA -The Engineered Wood Association explains (via the video link above), the Carbon Challenge requires architects to create residential designs with a low carbon footprint … Continue reading
As interest in sustainable building continues to grow, wood construction is going beyond its traditional roots in housing and expanding into mid-rise, high-rise, and non-residential applications. To support this trend, a new guide for the early adoption of cross-laminated timber … Continue reading
Researchers at the Forest Products Laboratory have worked in partnership with Whole Trees Architecture for several years through Small Business Innovation Research grants. The joint projects involve studying the use of whole trees as construction material in place of traditional … Continue reading
Findings in a recent Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) study suggest that wood should factor as a primary building material in green building. The report, Science Supporting the Economic and Environmental Benefits of Using Wood and Wood Products in Green Building … Continue reading
