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  • Architectural Design, Case Study, CWC, Outstanding Wood

Outstanding Wood Buildings

  • Architecture Durable, Bâtiments Exceptionnels, CWC, Wood Buildings

Outstanding Wood Buildings (Bâtiments En Bois Exceptionnels)

  • Cultural Heritage, CWC, Edmonton, Sustainable Design, Wood Architecture

Celebrating Edmonton’s Wood Architecture

  • Case Study, CWC, Engineered Wood, Innovative Applications, Sustainable Design

Innovative Applications of Engineered Wood

  • BP5 – Wood-Frame Construction: Meeting The Challenge of Earthquakes

BP5 – Wood-Frame Construtction: Meeting the Challenge of Earthquakes

  • BP4, CWC, North America, Residential Construction, Wood-Frame Housing

BP4 – WOOD-FRAME HOUSING: A NORTH-AMERICAN MARVEL

BP3 – TERMITE CONTROL AND WOOD-FRAME BUILDINGS

  • BP1, CWC, Durability, Moisture Control, Wood-frame Buildings

BP1 – Moisture and Wood-Frame Buildings

  • Arbora, CWC, Exposed Wood, Residential Project, Structural Innovation

Arbora – An Exposed Wood Structure in A Major Residential Project

  • CWC, Openings Design, Structural Engineering, Wood Diaphragm

Design Example of Designing for Openings In Wood Diaphragm

  • CMU Shearwalls, CWC, Reinforcement, Structural Wood, Wood Diaphragm

Design Example of Wood Diaphragm on Reinforced CMU Shearwalls

  • CWC, Design Example, Envelope Method, Structural Engineering, Wood Diaphragm

DESIGN EXAMPLE OF WOOD DIAPHRAGM USING ENVELOPE METHOD

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Encapsulated mass timber construction
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Green

Wood is the only major building material that grows naturally and is renewable. With growing pressure to reduce the carbon footprint of the built environment, building...

Energy Efficiency

Of all the energy used in North America, it is estimated that 30 to 40 percent is consumed by buildings. In Canada, the majority of operational energy in residential...

Climate Change

Concerns about climate change are encouraging decarbonization of the building sector, including the use of construction materials responsible for fewer greenhouse gas (GHG)...

Life Cycle Assessment

Construction products and the building sector as a whole have significant impacts on the environment. Policy instruments and market forces are increasingly pushing...

Codes & Standards

BUILDING CODES & STANDARDS (THE REGULATORY SYSTEM) The construction industry is regulated through building codes which are informed by: Design standards that provide...

Energy Code

The National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings (NECB) aims to help save on energy bills, reduce peak energy demand, and improve the quality and comfort of the building's...

Acoustics

Wood is composed of many small cellular tubes that are predominantly filled with air. The natural composition of the material allows for wood to act as an effective...

Combustible construction

The provision of fire safety in a building is a complex matter; far more complex than the relative combustibility of the main structural materials used in a building. To...

Encapsulated mass timber construction

In addition to combustible, heavy timber and noncombustible construction, a new construction type is presently being considered for inclusion into the National Building Code...

Fire Safety

The National Building Code of Canada (NBC) defines fire safety under Objective OS1: “an objective of this code is to limit the probability that as a result of the design or...

Flame Spread

Flame spread is primarily a surface burning characteristic of materials, and a flame-spread rating is a way to compare how rapid flame spreads on the surface of one material...

Fire Resistance

In the National Building Code of Canada (NBC) “fire-resistance rating” is defined in part as: “the time in minutes or hours that a material or assembly of materials...

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