Wooden buildings could avoid 106 billion tons or carbon dioxide emissions between now and 2100 says a new study by the Potsdam Institute.
could provide shelter for all those people and locations for community businesses without the carbon emissions associated with making buildings out of concrete and steel. Here’s the introduction to the study:
“In 2020, more than half of the global population lived in cities. According to the Shared Socioeconomic Pathway 2 scenario, the global share of the population living in urban areas could rise to 80% by 2100. By the middle of this century, the newly built infrastructure may exceed the infrastructure being built since the beginning of industrialization. Conventional buildings today are mostly built using steel and cement.
“Using engineered wood for constructing buildings can help to avoid emissions associated with conventional building materials. Wood is a renewable resource that usually carries the lowest carbon footprint of any comparable, first-time use building material. Moreover, the carbon stored in wood, which was absorbed from atmospheric CO2 via photosynthesis, is partly preserved when the wood is used as a building material, making it a long term carbon sink.
“Future construction of buildings with engineered wood is usually touted as a novel climate change mitigation option,” the study says. “It could reduce GHG emissions from the building sector while reducing the costs related to overall construction. Use of engineered wood in buildings is already associated with fire and earthquake resistance, lower construction times, and reduced waste during construction. The building sector offers a unique opportunity for decarbonization.
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