The increasing global commitment to carbon neutrality has propelled a heightened focus on
sustainable construction materials, with wood emerging as pivotal due to its environmental …

Structural engineers play an essential role in reducing embodied carbon emissions in
buildings, which contribute significantly to global carbon emissions. In this work, 39 …

The climate crisis in many sectors is driving rapid and substantial changes. Considering the
fact that the building sector accounts for 39% of energy related carbon emissions, it is …

The world is currently grappling with the two critical issues of global warming and climate
change, which are primarily caused by the emission of greenhouse gases. The construction …

Factors such as carbon storage potential, short construction schedules, prefabrication, and
aesthetics are making mass timber a sought-after structural solution. For mass timber, fire …

Wind energy is widely deployed and will likely grow in service of reducing the world's
dependency on fossil fuels. The first generation of wind turbines are now coming to the end …

Within the last decade, mass timber structures are gaining traction in the US commercial
construction market for a variety of reasons, including their prefabrication capabilities, low …

Mass timber structures have been gaining ground in recent years due to several factors
including aesthetics, scheduling, and sustainability. However, there is limited guidance on …

The global emphasis on reducing greenhouse gas emissions means that structural
engineers, contractors, and architects are increasingly required to account for embodied …

There is an immediate need to decrease carbon emissions to minimize the impacts of
climate change, and building materials, which in 2019 accounted for 10% of global carbon …