WMAIA Committee on the Environment

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WMAIA COTE – COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT – register now for February 24
Thursday, February | 4:30 PM | Zoom  1 HSW (no fee)

Why Trees Are Stronger Than Wood – a presentation by Greg Cabral, Original Mass Timber Maine

In this program, rescheduled from last fall, Greg Cabral will discuss the Original Mass Timber Structural Round Timber (SRT), which requires no adhesives, minimal processing, and can be fabricated using existing local timber supplies, making it an accessible and early-impact solution for mass timber markets and sustainable forest economies. SRT can compete in both strength and cost with steel and engineered wood products, with the added benefits of shorter supply chains, lower embodied energy, and higher carbon sequestration. Original Mass Timber Maine, a grant-funded initiative administered by the Town of Ashland, ME, has joined forces with influential leaders in the A/E/C community to develop markets for Structural Round Timber (SRT) from regional forest owners to provide cost effective solutions that sequester more carbon, and require less processing than competitive products, while providing jobs for local forest economies. Join us to learn more!

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