Quantifying and Optimizing the Energy Benefits of Mass Timber Construction

Summary

This document addresses the challenge of quantifying and optimizing the energy benefits of mass timber construction, an area where detailed understanding is crucial for sustainable building practices. The approach involved comprehensive laboratory and field testing across different climate zones, complemented by simulations, to analyze the thermal performance, energy consumption, and resilience of mass timber structures. The project has been completed, yielding results that show mass timber's potential to enhance thermal resilience during power outages and modulate cooling loads, although it may present higher heating demands in specific scenarios.

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