Category: Canada
From Harvest To Housing: CLT Locks Away More Carbon Than It Emits
Carbon accounting is one of the most important but least understood aspects of the discussion about cross laminated timber. The claim that CLT is carbon negative depends on how one defines system boundaries and how accounting rules are applied. Trees absorb carbon as they grow, storing it in their fibers. … [continued]
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From Sawmill To Module: How Canada Can Scale A Low-Carbon Timber Value Chain
Canada’s opportunity in mass timber is not just about building more mills or adding capacity here and there. It is about creating an integrated value chain that runs from forests to finished housing modules. That means linking sawmills, energy systems, adhesives, logistics, and modular factories into a coherent industrial strategy. … [continued]
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How Carney’s Housing Initiative Can Industrialize Canada’s Mass Timber Sector
Canada’s housing crisis is no longer a problem measured in headlines or political talking points. It is a structural failure that has been building for decades, leaving affordability out of reach for millions of Canadians. At the same time, the country has committed to steep climate targets, and the construction … [continued]
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Canada’s Timber Moment: CLT As The Fastest Lever for Housing, Jobs, & Climate
Canada is in the middle of two crises that are converging in uncomfortable ways. On one side, housing supply has failed to keep up with demand for decades. Affordability is slipping out of reach for many households, and the workforce that builds homes is aging and stretched thin. On the … [continued]
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Editor Michelle Kelly on flying the Canadian flag with pride at the cottage
Like many of us in April of 2020, Chris Whitman was bored. A former middle-school history teacher in Nobleton, Ont., Chris was spending the early days of the pandemic looking … Continued
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