"The Promise of Building Big with Wood: An Environmental and Economic Answer," with speaker Andy Fast

Building construction is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change – can wood - local wood, provide an alternative? Cross Laminated Timber (CLT), a type of mass timber, is a “new” wood building product that is touted as a substitute for fossil fuel intensive building materials such as concrete and steel. There is tremendous potential for CLT to reduce the carbon footprint of buildings while benefiting the regional New England forest economy. 

Come find out: just what is mass timber? Why is CLT viewed as a promising building product? What is the status of CLT made from local wood species? Why should you care? Hint – Mass Timber IS carbon storage!

The series is free and open to the public; however, advance registration is requested to make the check-in process quicker. 

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Andy Fast, UNH Cooperative Extension Forest Industry Specialist. Andy joined Cooperative Extension as an Extension County Forester in 2008. He has experience in a range of land management related positions in the northeast and western United States with the U.S. Forest Service, Marin Conservation Corps, and the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. He has a M.S. in Natural Resource with a concentration in Forestry from the University of New Hampshire.