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Building Green with Wood Construction Friends Jim DeStefano, P.E., AIA Friends Sustainable design is a tough issue for structural engineers to get their arms around. While the sustaina…..

ENERGY EFFICIENCY Sustainability of Building Materials Wood Steel Concrete Total Energy Use Lowest 140% more 70% more …..

Wood is renewable Responsibly sourced wood is renewable. Responsibly, well-managed forests and plantations (as recognised by FSC) will regrow to provide a wide range of other benefits such as further carbon storage, oxygen generation and forest habitat. Additionally, after decades or …..

Wood stores carbon even after the tree has been harvested Trees and wood products have a unique ability to store carbon. Through the process of photosynthesis, trees grow and take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. They convert this into carbon and give off oxygen for u…..

הבניה הקלה הפכה לפופולרית בשנים האחרונות, וניתן לראות אנשים רבים אשר מתעניינים בבניה קלה ולמדים על יתרונותיה הרבים. הדבר העיקרי שמאפיין את חברת "שקד" בכל הקשור לבניה קלה הוא – השילוב בין יסודיות, מקצועניות וחדשנות. החברה דוגלת בשימוש בטכנולוגיות מתקדמות ביותר, לצד תכנון ובבניה של מטב…..

Multi-Story Wood Construction Sponsored by WoodWorks and reThink Wood Cost-effective, code-compliant and sustainable, mid-rise wood construction is gaining the attention of design professionals nationwide, who see it as a way to achieve higher density housing at lower cost—while re…..