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I would love to see engineered wood, like Cross-laminated timber, replace concrete as a structural building material.
by jonstewart 10y ago
I would love to see engineered wood, like Cross-laminated timber, replace concrete as a structural building material.
- Neliquat 10y agoWhy? And laminates are typically petro products.
- jonstewart 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_laminated_timber https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_laminated_timber There's some glue involved, but it removes the carbon stored in the wood from the normal carbon cycle of trees and it would also displace cement/concrete, whose production emits loads of carbon dioxide.
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