Saturday, March 12, 2011

Sustainable Wood High-Rise in Australia

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/wooden-highrise-to-bring-cheers-to-old-brewery-site-20110227-1ba1p.html


The use of wood as a sustainable structural material is increasing as the industry moves toward the use of life-cycle assessment to determine a materials 'green' properties. For this structure, wood will ultimately be responsible for insulating the building and providing a power source, in addition to being the material of choice for the structural framing.

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