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Mass timber carbon solutions – reducing life-cycle carbon emissions with mass timber construction [PDF]

, 2023
Mass timber construction is gaining momentum every year, driven by the urgency of reducing carbon emissions in the construction world. Some of its advantages are structural performance, ease of construction, and a variety of options to suit different ...
Vallejo, Juan A., Anselmo, Agostino
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Vibration of Timber and Hybrid Floors: A Review of Methods of Measurement, Analysis, and Design

Buildings, 2023
Floor vibration, although not a safety concern, is a prevalent performance complaint in multi-story structures. With the increasing use of mass timber construction, various types of long-span timber floors (LSTFs), including plain cross-laminated timber (
Hassan Karampour, Farid Piran, Adam Faircloth, Nima Talebian, Dane Miller   +4 more
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Monitored Indoor Environmental Quality of a Mass Timber Office Building: A Case Study

Buildings, 2019
A broad range of building performance monitoring, sampling, and evaluation was conducted periodically after construction and spanning more than a year, for an occupied office building constructed using mass timber elements such as cross-laminated timber (
Jason Stenson, Suzanne L. Ishaq, Aurélie Laguerre, Andrew Loia, Georgia MacCrone, Ignace Mugabo, Dale Northcutt, Mariapaola Riggio, Andre Barbosa, Elliott T. Gall, Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg   +10 more
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Comparison of Embodied Carbon Footprint of a Mass Timber Building Structure with a Steel Equivalent

Buildings
The main purpose of this study is to quantify and compare the embodied carbon (EC) from the materials used or designed to build the Adohi Hall, a residence building located on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville, AR. It has been constructed
Mahboobeh Hemmati, Tahar Messadi, Hongmei Gu, Jacob Seddelmeyer, Moein Hemmati   +4 more
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Antique wood preparation by inorganic salts treatment and its performance

Maderas: Ciencia y Tecnología, 2023
onservation of historic timber structures is of great importance for cultural inheritance and community identity promotion. However, most of the current methods available for ancient architecture protection significantly affect their original appearance
Ming Sun, Chencheng Zhao, Courage Alorbu, Youming Yu, Lili Cai   +4 more
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EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF STEEL AND MASS TIMBER ARCHETYPE BUILDINGS LOCATED IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

, 2021
The objective of this study was to quantify and compare the environmental impacts associated with alternative designs of typical North American low and mid-rise buildings.
Allan, Kevin
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Current Market Landscape and Industry Voices in Key Timber Construction Markets

Buildings
The global timber construction market is experiencing steady growth, driven by increasing demand for sustainable building solutions, advancements in engineered timber technologies, and supportive policy frameworks.
Libo Yan, Raoul Klingner, Ahmad Al-Qudsi, Haoze Chen, Junaid Ajaz Dand   +4 more
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Dynamic response of tall timber buildings under service load : results from the dynattb research program

, 2023
Wind-induced dynamic excitation is a governing design action determining size and shape of modern Tall Timber Buildings (TTBs). The wind actions generate dynamic loading, causing discomfort or annoyance for occupants due to the perceived horizontal sway,
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Seismic capacity of irregular unreinforced masonry buildings with timber floors

, 2021
The in-plane stiffness of single straight-sheathed timber floors is normally supposed to be not sufficient to confer suitable seismic behaviour to the building.
Pozza Luca, Scotta R., Pozza L., Marchi Luca, Scotta Roberto, Marchi L., Trutalli Davide, Trutalli D.   +7 more
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The relationship between timber use in construction and property purchasing decisions in Australia: The mediating effects of environmental attitudes

Sustainable Futures
Timber is a renewable resource increasingly utilised in sustainable construction, including in Mass Timber Construction (MTC). Consumer demand is likely pivotal to the mainstream adoption of MTC, the influence of consumer attitudes and purchasing ...
Paul D. Kremer, Mark A. Symmons
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