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Keep up to dateBy Simon Wyatt2021-09-14T09:59:00
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Timber is widely regarded as the obvious solution in the quest for a sustainable construction material, but it is not as simple as that
There is lots of conflicting talk around timber in the construction industry, with many declaring it a panacea, an all-encompassing solution to the net zero carbon challenges we face. But is it really?
In an ideal world, where we have abundant supplies of sustainable resourced timber from well-managed forests, potentially it is. But, in the real world, it is much more complicated and sadly there is no silver bullet when it comes to the climate emergency.
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