Building cities with wood would store half of cement industry's current carbon emissions

ScienceDaily
Nov 2, 2020, 11:00 am93 pts
A new study has found that shifting to wood as a building construction material would significantly reduce the environmental impact of building construction. If 80% of new residential buildings in Europe were made of wood, and wood was used in the structures, cladding, surfaces, and furnishings of houses, the…

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