The use of wood in mid to high-rise buildings is widely promoted for its supposed environmental and climate-related benefits. Recent research suggests these benefits are overstated.
The focus was primarily on structural design, structural cost, and constructability.
Consideration was also given to sustainability and fire & life safety
Canada’s Clean Growth strategy for the built environment must look to the future it wants – a low carbon, climate resilient future
If we want to save lives and protect our communities, we must upgrade our building requirements with safer building codes that include non-combustible materials like concrete
Energy and thermal performance requirements play an increasingly significant role in building codes throughout North America. This wasn’t always the case. The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-onditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) published one of the first building energy standards, ASRHRAE Standard 90, in 1975. The earliest national standard for building energy performance, the National […]