Project Feature: Mass Timber
Advancing a Climate Solution for Our Cities and Forests
2019 - 2023
BOSTON PILOT PROJECT INCENTIVIZES MASS TIMBER AS A CLIMATE SOLUTION
Our 2019 pilot to advance mass timber as a climate solution in Boston brought together AEC partners and forestry analysts to do two whole building studies of carbon benefits, and a supply chain analysis of the working forests of New England. This work convinced the City of Boston to offer the nation’s first grants to developers to consider timber. Funded by the U.S. Forest Service, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and AEC partners from 2019 - 2022.
2022 - 2025
new: three regions mass timber project
Our new project, “Advancing mass timber as a climate solution in three U.S. cities to scale up its use and encourage long-term investment in new domestic manufacturing” brings national and local partners together in Colorado, Georgia, and Minnesota to demonstrate mass timber design, sustainability and constructability and analyze the full forest resource and supply chain potential in each region, to encourage policymakers and planners to incentivize mass timber’s use. Funded by the U.S. Forest Service and AEC partners from 2022 - 2025.
founded in 2021
the timber edge
Following on our success in advancing policy for mass timber in the Boston area, we’ve creating an AEC-D industry consortium of twelve companies to advance policy for mass timber in the U.S. Northeast. Our focus is on New York City, Philadelphia, the greater Boston area and Providence. New York City has agreed to offer another Mass Timber Accelerator Grant program and is seeking co-funders.