Three Regions Explore Mass Timber
A study of multifamily housing options and manufacturing supply in three U.S. cities.
Funded by a USFS Wood Innovation Grant
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Mass Timber Construction
A New Housing Solution for U.S. Cities; Market Solution for U.S. Forests
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3-part webinar series with Architecture 2030
Mass Timber Construction: An Economic Study of Supply, Best Use, and Implementation in three U.S. regions
It all started when…
Many people began to realize mass timber was a unique solution to the twin crises of climate change and the need for housing. It introduces a renewable material, known and very simple technology, and the potential to develop regional building supply chains from local forest economies. Our work started in Boston and New York, out of the desire to build demand that could support mass timber building material manufacturing in Maine.
2019 - Present
Photo credit Paige McWhorter
Mass Timber Accelerator
Grant Programs
Our 2019 pilot convinced the City of Boston and New York City to offer the nation’s first grants to developers to consider timber Now, more cities are joining in to offer this program.
2021 - 2023
Photo credit NYC Mass Timber Studio
The Timber Edge
We created an AEC-D industry consortium of twelve companies to advance policy for mass timber in the U.S. Northeast. We focused on New York City, Philadelphia, the greater Boston area and Providence. Our work convinced New York City to launch the Mass Timber Accelerator Grant program there.
2019
Design credit, Generate Technologies and Buro Happold
Boston Pilot Project
Our 2019 pilot to advance mass timber as a climate solution in Boston brought together AEC partners and forestry analysts to do two whole building studies of the carbon benefits of mass timber construction, and a supply chain analysis of the working forests of New England.
2019 - 2021
New England Forest Supply Chain Gap Analysis
The productive forests of northern New England could change the way we build housing in our cities. This report outlines the current status of New England forests and wood supply chains and associated transportation emissions.