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Mass timber could replace concrete and steel in high-rise U.S. buildings and significantly reduce carbon emissions, per modelling study examining this laminated timber product

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The potential use of mass timber in mid-to high-rise construction and the associated carbon benefits in the United States

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Ascent MKE, world’s tallest cross-laminated timber hybrid building, July 20, 2022, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Credit: USDA Forest Service photo by Franklin Pemberton, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

Mass timber could replace concrete and steel in high-rise US buildings and significantly reduce carbon emissions, per modelling study examining this laminated timber product

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0298379

Article Title: The potential use of mass timber in mid-to high-rise construction and the associated carbon benefits in the United States

Author Countries: USA

Funding: The funding for this study was provided by the USDA Forest Service Resources Planning Act Assessment Program through a joint venture agreement between the Forest Products Laboratory and the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (19-JV-11330143-023). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.


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