UNBC Master of Engineering

Could wooden buildings be a solution to climate change

Could wooden buildings be a solution to climate change? Timber structures would allow us to draw carbon from the air and store it in our homes and offices – leading some to believe that wooden buildings are the future of architecture.

Benefits of building with wood versus concrete.

Is Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) the Concrete of the Future? New timber technologies are beginning to deliver similar opportunities – and even superior ones – to those provided by concrete.

https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/yes-climate-change-can-be-beaten-by-2050-heres-how/

Yes, climate change can be beaten by 2050. Here's how. A carbon-free world can be a reality. What would that mean for our jobs, homes and lives?

Are you an manufacturer or a building professional who is seeking more detailed technical solutions that will enable you to fully participate in the growing market for mass timber, tall wood, passive house and large multi-family wood structures? Then this conference is for you.

UNBC is co-hosting the inagural Holzbau Pacific Northwest conference, held at the Forest Sciences Centre at the University of British Columbia.

For detailed information, and registration information, see the attached link.

http://www.woodweekbc.com/event/holzbau/

Wood Week BC: Holzbau Pacific Northwest In Europe, the hugely successful “HolzBau Forum” (“holzbau” means “wood construction” in German) has become the largest single annual conference event in its field, held for 22 years each December in Garmisch Partenkirchen in southern Germany and normally attracting around 1500 architects, engineers...

Dr. Guido Wimmers, Chair of the program, sits down with Russel Bowers at CBC Daybreak North to discuss the program and its future at UNBC University of Northern British Columbia.

The wood engineering program at UNBC University of Northern British Columbia already has... Russell Bowers sits down with Guido Wimmers of the new wood engineering program at UNBC to talk about the program's future, and what it will do for Prince George and B.C.

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This program will be hosted out of the Wood Innovation and Design Centre in Prince George, BC; currently the tallest wood building in North America.