The Black & White Building In London Showcases Wood Construction Techniques
The Black & White building is the tallest wooden office building in London and features wood from sustainable forests.
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Sweden Is Home To One Of The World’s Tallest Wooden Structures
The dramatic Sara Cultural Center in Skellefteå, Sweden is one of the tallest wooden structures in the world.
Modvion Completes First Wind Turbine Tower In Sweden
Swedish company Monvion is building wind turbine towers out of cross laminated timber to reduce costs and lower carbon emissions.
Tesla Gigafactory 4, Tesla’s Growth Cost, & A German Forest
Tesla recently unveiled that the location of its 4th Gigafactory will be near Berlin, in Brandenburg in the Grünheide municipality next to the GVZ Berlin-Ost Freienbrink industrial park, and that it will require the removal of part of a forest.
Buildings Account For 11% Of Global Emissions. Here Are Two Ways To Slash That Number
About 11% of global carbon emissions come from the building industry, much of it from making cement. Here are two ways to reduce that figure.
6 Amazing Ideas That Are Part Of The Smart City Plan From Sidewalk Labs
The Sidewalk Labs Smart City proposal for Toronto envisions wooden buildings made from cross laminated timber, modular construction, full digital connectivity, and robots in tunnels underneath bringing in consumer goods and managing the flow of waste products. It its vision too bold or not bold enough?
Plyscrapers Are On The Rise, Cutting Carbon Emissions In The Process
You’d be forgiven for thinking that a highrise structure of any notable size could only be erected using concrete and steel, but with the arrival of plyscrapers, this notion is being turned on its head.
Portland Home To Tallest Wooden Building In The US
The tallest wooden building in the US will be constructed in Portland, Oregon. CLT technology allows buildings to be constructed faster with less waste and with lower carbon emissions than steel or concrete structure.
Portland & NYC Proposals Receive Tall Wood Building Awards
Originally published on Green Building Elements. Two proposals to build tall buildings using cross-laminated timber (CLT) building products have each received a $1.5 million award in the Tall Wood Building competition sponsored by the Softwood Lumber Board and the Bi-national Softwood Lumber Council. The awards were announced by US Secretary of Agriculture Tom … [continued]
