Timber!: How Wood Can Help Save the World from Climate Breakdown - Couverture souple

Brannen, Paul

 
9781788217354: Timber!: How Wood Can Help Save the World from Climate Breakdown
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1788217357 ISBN 13 : 9781788217354
Editeur : Agenda Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

The carbon emissions generated by concrete and steel construction are well-known. Why then are we not using more carbon-friendly building materials? In a passionate and compelling argument Paul Brannen advocates the use of timber in buildings wherever possible. His controversial and counterintuitive argument is clear: planting trees is not enough to reduce carbon, we also have to chop them down and use more wood in our buildings and cities.

This is the first book to take timber from the margins to the mainstream, from the forests to the cities. The book tackles head-on questions about sustainability, safety, the biodiversity of commercial forests and the pressures on land use. The case for timber as a construction material is persuasively made – the creation of new engineered timbers with the structural strength of steel and concrete enable us for the first time to build wooden skyscrapers – and draws on the latest developments in engineering and material science. In addition to the familiar forestry models, the book advocates alternatives such as wood farming and agroforestry that bring with them added biodiversity gains for farms.

With the built environment currently responsible for 40 per cent of the world’s carbon emissions, Brannen's message is unequivocal: we must change how we build. Timber! offers fresh and inventive ideas that over time could see our expanding cities storing more carbon than our expanding forests.

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À propos de l?auteur

Paul Brannen is Director of Public Affairs for the European Confederation of Woodworking Industries and the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry and he also works for Timber Development UK. He is a former MEP and is a regular media contributor on environmental issues.

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Éditeur
Agenda Publishing
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1788217357
ISBN 13 
9781788217354
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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