A New England Forestry Foundation Program
Image: Design of a building interior made with sustainable cross-laminated timber, design concept by John Klein Design + MIT Mass Timber Design

BUILD IT WITH WOOD

Through the Build It With Wood initiative, New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) helps speed the adoption of innovative, sustainable and long-lived wood products in construction, and also documents, researches and provides information about their climate benefits.

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Just as the climate crisis demands we transition to renewable energy sources, so too do we need to transition to renewable materials. Wood was one of the earliest renewable materials adopted by human civilization, and remains important today.

New wood construction techniques, paired with new approaches to sustainable forest management, now enable a powerful opportunity to prevent damaging climate change, create a sustainable society, build rural economic opportunity in New England, and improve housing quality and equity. We invite you to learn more about these new mass timber construction techniques and their climate benefits on this resource-rich website.

Want to join us in protecting the region’s climate and building a local, sustainable bioeconomy? First, sign up for NEFF’s Forest-to-Cities Climate Challenge—a movement to help New England build a sustainable future with wood—and then do a deep dive into the world of sustainable wood construction on NEFF’s Build It With Wood website.

Mass Timber

Learn about the safe and strong timber materials that make tall wood buildings possible

Climate Benefits

Learn about sustainable wood’s climate impact

Resources

Access key scientific publications, information about completed buildings, engaging videos, and more

Blog

The latest on sustainable wood products and mass timber construction

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