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Milwaukee Will Be Home to The World’s Tallest Mass Timber Building (Again)
But is mass timber’s race to the sky accounting for building ecology and responsible growth?
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Bringing a Niche Product to a Mass Market
How a California robotics startup is looking to scale up the reclaimed lumber market
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Passive House Project Will Benefit Disabled Adults
The $15 million building in Maine will use smart-home technology
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Hemp Insulation Plant Opens in Idaho
New plant produces batt insulation, hopes to expand product line
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U Maine Prints a Wood Fiber House
The prototype solves some inherent problems with concrete 3D buildings, but can printing go mainstream?
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Is Plastics Recycling a Flop?
Environmental watchdog cites low recycling rates and urges an end to single-use plastics
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Buy Clean: A First Step in Low-Carbon Standards
The White House initiative will make low-carbon building materials more common and less expensive
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Ionizer Company Sues Indoor Air Quality Expert
An appeal to support a building scientist in her fight against manufacturer Global Plasma Solutions
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Owens Corning Buys Spray Foam Maker
After casting doubts on spray foam in earlier appeal to builders, the insulation giant changes its message
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Supreme Court Ruling on EPA Puts States in the Spotlight
The decision limits the agency's powers to reduce emissions, but the building industry is left unscathed
