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Proposal For World's Tallest Mass Timber Building Moves Forward In Milwaukee - CleanTechnica
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So this is interesting, but I would love to see a breakdown of what kind of environmental impact this has vs straight concrete buildings
From my uninformed understanding, concrete production releases a lot of CO2 while building with wood essentially 'stores' carbon in building form, rather than producing gas to create the building.
I don't have numbers, but I think the benefits are clear enough
I remember seeing this
https://youtu.be/uRzXnItSSxQ
It talks about Stockholm Wood City: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_Wood_City