The world's tallest mass timber building is coming to Milwaukee, thanks to the industry-leading efforts of Michael Green Architecture.
  • yokonzo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    So this is interesting, but I would love to see a breakdown of what kind of environmental impact this has vs straight concrete buildings

    • Ordo_Bellatores@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      From my uninformed understanding, concrete production releases a lot of CO2 while building with wood essentially ‘stores’ carbon in building form, rather than producing gas to create the building.

      I don’t have numbers, but I think the benefits are clear enough