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The wooden skyscrapers that could help to cool the planet

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  • Jeff Tollefson

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Large timber buildings are getting safer, stronger and taller. They may also offer a way to slow down global warming.

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  • Jeff Tollefson, 2017. "The wooden skyscrapers that could help to cool the planet," Nature, Nature, vol. 545(7654), pages 280-282, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:545:y:2017:i:7654:d:10.1038_545280a
    DOI: 10.1038/545280a
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    1. Venkataraman, Mahesh & Csereklyei, Zsuzsanna & Aisbett, Emma & Rahbari, Alireza & Jotzo, Frank & Lord, Michael & Pye, John, 2022. "Zero-carbon steel production: The opportunities and role for Australia," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 163(C).
    2. Minunno, Roberto & O'Grady, Timothy & Morrison, Gregory M. & Gruner, Richard L., 2021. "Investigating the embodied energy and carbon of buildings: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis of life cycle assessments," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 143(C).
    3. Maximilian Kardung & Kutay Cingiz & Ortwin Costenoble & Roel Delahaye & Wim Heijman & Marko Lovrić & Myrna van Leeuwen & Robert M’Barek & Hans van Meijl & Stephan Piotrowski & Tévécia Ronzon & Johanne, 2021. "Development of the Circular Bioeconomy: Drivers and Indicators," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-24, January.
    4. Sebastian Mader, 2020. "Plant trees for the planet: the potential of forests for climate change mitigation and the major drivers of national forest area," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 25(4), pages 519-536, April.
    5. Rissman, Jeffrey & Bataille, Chris & Masanet, Eric & Aden, Nate & Morrow, William R. & Zhou, Nan & Elliott, Neal & Dell, Rebecca & Heeren, Niko & Huckestein, Brigitta & Cresko, Joe & Miller, Sabbie A., 2020. "Technologies and policies to decarbonize global industry: Review and assessment of mitigation drivers through 2070," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 266(C).

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