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Forests + Climate Learning Exchange Series

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Mass Timber: How to Think About the Carbon Value Proposition

  • Sandra Lupien, Director of MassTimber@MSU
  • Kathryn (Katie) Fernholz, President, Dovetail Partners

Wood is half carbon by dry weight—whether that is in the form of a standing tree, fallen log, or a mass timber building.  The natural carbon storing power of wood is amazing and offers great opportunities for its carbon value proposition. However, attempts to value the carbon benefits of wood in comparison to alternatives and following similar models as fossil-derived materials have made it difficult for the marketplace to get it right. Bottom line, wood is unique but our systems of carbon valuation are too generalized. What might a system look like that fully accounts for the benefits of wood from forests to finished products and back again?

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