Cross laminated timber / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Concrete, wood and steel structures compared - Timber Frame wins!
Materials and resources

How wood structures compare to steel and concrete for carbon footprint

...laminated timber), wood offers an excellent flexibility in architectural design. While it is found mostly in the residential sector (single-family and low-rise multi-unit buildings), there is an increasing interest in exploring buildings of greater heights. For example, the Oakwood Tower, proposed for the city of Londo...

DLT Dowel Laminated Timber
Wood and organic materials

Two new options of mass timber panels

...Laminated Timber (DLT): Dowel Laminated Timber is a structural material that is fabricated using wooden dowels only, and require no glues, resins, nails or metal fasteners. DLT originated in Switzerland, where it is known as Dübeldolz. This solid wood product uses hardwood pegs to assemble wooden boards oriented in th...