by Rob Pickett | May 14, 2020 | Sustainable Efficiency, Wood Technologies
The hottest new thing in sustainable building is, uh, wood The many, many benefits of using wood in place of concrete and steel.By David Roberts@drvoxdavid@vox.com Jan 15, 2020, 10:30am EST Click here to view the article that includes the following: The advantages...
by Rob Pickett | May 4, 2020 | Building Performance, Green Building, Sustainable Efficiency, Wood Technologies
For someone who has spent a career focusing on one- and two-family dwellings, I appreciate the creativity of those who promote timber design and construction on a larger scale. This blog will be updated as I come across more articles of such spectacular work as is...
by Rob Pickett | Apr 22, 2020 | Wood Technologies
New techniques in wood construction can save money and reduce carbon emissions. By Dylan Walsh ’11MEM | May/Jun 2020 People are doing two troubling things at once: they are changing the climate through emission of huge quantities of greenhouse gases, and they are...
by robpickett | Dec 15, 2015 | All About Logs, Wood Technologies
Using more wood for construction can slash global reliance on fossil fuels By Kevin Dennehy for YaleNews A Yale University-led study has found that using more wood and less steel and concrete in building and bridge construction would substantially reduce global carbon...
by robpickett | Nov 15, 2015 | Wood Technologies
Cross-laminated timber products (CLT) is another wood technology that originated in Europe and is changing how North America builds. This page will present news and information relating to CLT, a cousin to log building. WoodWorks provides education, technical support...
by robpickett | Sep 1, 2015 | All About Logs, Wood Technologies
WOOD SURROUNDINGS ARE HEALTHY! HERE’S PROOF. For those that have long felt there were health benefits to living and working in spaces that contained wood products on the walls, floors, and/or ceilings, new research proves their point! A June 2015 report titled Wood...
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