Webinar defines advantages from mass timber architecture

Forestry Innovation Consulting India Pvt. Ltd. (FII, India), popularly known as ‘Canadian Wood’, recently held another educational webinar on ‘Developments in Mass Timber Architecture’.

Canadian architect and industry stalwart, Mr Derek Newby, was specially invited as a speaker to the event. A LEED-accredited professional and a certified Passive House Designer, he is a vocal advocate for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in buildings, both through the application of Passive House principles to reduce operating emissions and through the use of timber to address embodied emissions.

Derek is also a member of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, and has served on a number of municipal advisory design panels and has advised governments on timber in architecture.

The webinar began with specific references to the benefits of building mass timber structures such as wood’s eco-friendly nature, ability to reduce emissions, the fast-paced building process, cost comparatives and so on.