Browsing: Mass Timber

From the embodied carbon associated with construction materials to the operational carbon produced throughout a building’s lifecycle, the design and construction industry has the opportunity to make a big impact when it comes to carbon.

Cross laminated timber, or CLT, traces its origins to advances in wood processing and fabrication about 30 years ago in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland.

Buildings, construction, and building materials account for nearly 40% of global carbon emissions. As the world continues the search for sustainable solutions to
the collective carbon challenge, the AEC industry has turned back to a traditional building material: wood.