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Substitution of carbon-intensive materials such as steel and cement with low embodied carbon materials is one of the strategies being adopted to reduce the industry’s carbon footprint. Timber is an infinitely renewable resource, stores carbon (approx. 1 tonne/m³), and has very low embodied carbon. By replacing steel and concrete with timber products for instance, embodied carbon can be reduced by up to 75 per cent, according to the CEFC.

Substitution of carbon-intensive materials such as steel and cement with low embodied carbon materials is one of the strategies being adopted to reduce the industry’s carbon footprint. Timber is an infinitely renewable resource, stores carbon (approx. 1 tonne/m³), and has very low embodied carbon. By replacing steel and concrete with timber products for instance, embodied carbon can be reduced by up to 75 per cent, according to the CEFC.

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), an organization responsible for investing $10 billion in clean energy projects on behalf of the Australian government, is seeking to substantially cut construction-related emissions with a new $214 million program to encourage the use of mass timber in...

The CEFC is seeking to transform Australia’s approach to large-scale building construction, with a new $300 million program to encourage mass timber