[Mass_nerder]

Originally Posted by Azure

Another reason CLT is the future and is the best chance of fighting this trend. Not only planting more trees, but moving towards more timber based construction to keep the carbon removed from the atmosphere.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/t...ange-1.5201102

Plus it makes prefabbed, modular construction so much easier and can drastically reduce the amount of construction waste.
Additionally, engineered wood (CLT, glulam etc...) has similar depth/span characteristics as steel, and can be used to replace traditional concrete cores.
It's legitimately one of the most exciting construction technologies right now.