Andrea Leers on “New Wood: How an old material became a 21st century technology?”

Dec 20

December 20: Andrea Leers on “New Wood: How an old material became a 21st century technology?”

Climate change challenges us all to reduce our impact on the environment. Andrea points out that building construction and operation consume 40% of our global energy and contribute 48% to our CO2 emissions. She will discuss mass timber, an engineered product, that may be key to a more sustainable future.

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