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17Apr

New Mills Bring Sustainable Timber and Jobs to Maine

An exciting and long-awaited announcement came in mid-February: A shuttered paper mill in Millinocket, Maine, will open once more, this time as a factory for cross-laminated timber (CLT) and other mass timber products. Two days later, another company also announced its intention to open a CLT plant somewhere in the state. Each plans to open […]

By Tinsley • Posted April 17, 2018

07Dec

Design of a building interior made with sustainable cross-laminated timber

NEFF Takes on Climate Change

NEFF is working to address climate change with a three-pronged, tree-friendly effort.

By Tinsley • Posted December 7, 2017

27Jul

NEFF Study: CLT is viable in New England

NEFF has released a report on the viability of engineered wood or “mass timber” products, particularly CLT, in New England

By Tinsley • Posted July 27, 2017

20Mar

NPR interviews leader in mass timber building design

Last fall, Here and Now’s Jeremy Hobson spoke with Michael Green, the Vancouver-based architect who has received international attention for both his support of wood construction and the wood buildings his firm has designed. Michael Green has been a longstanding proponent of building with wood. His TED Talk “Why we should build wooden skyscrapers” has […]

By Tinsley • Posted March 20, 2017

27Feb

Second Mass Timber Conference

Portland, Oregon is preparing for the second annual International Mass Timber Conference and it’s shaping up to be even bigger than last year. Produced again by Forest Business Network, the conference is attracting professionals from around the world to discuss innovative building products such as cross-laminated timber (CLT), nail-laminated timber (nail lam), glue laminated timber […]

By Tinsley • Posted February 27, 2017

06Feb

UMass Amherst Design Building opens its doors to students

University of Massachusetts Amherst has officially opened the doors to the new Design Building! The four-story, 87,200 square foot Design Building is home to three academic programs; Building and Construction Technology, Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, and Department of Architecture. Thanks to a grant through the 2014 Environmental Bond Bill, the Design Building serves as […]

By Tinsley • Posted February 6, 2017

06Jan

The skyline of the future is made of wood

NPR’s Marketplace host Lizzie O’Leary sat down with Justin Davidson on Wednesday to discuss skyscrapers built from wood in “The skyline of the future is made of wood.” Davidson, the architecture critic for the New York Magazine, wrote about these wooden skyscrapers in his December 28th article, “Imagining a Wooden Skyline.” Below is an excerpt […]

By Tinsley • Posted January 6, 2017

20Dec

2016 Year in Review

Thanks to many generous supporters, 2016 has been an exciting and productive year for forest conservation and sustainable forestry in New England. To celebrate and look ahead to another successful year working for New England’s forests, we wanted to share a comprehensive update of our current work. NEFF has been working on a suite […]

By Tinsley • Posted December 20, 2016

01Dec

Largest mass timber building in U.S. opens today in Minneapolis

T3, a seven-story wood office building, opened today in Minneapolis. The building, located in the North Loop district, has become the tallest modern wood building in the U.S. T3 stands for Timber, Technology, Transit and was designed by Michael Green Architecture. The 220,000 square foot building features cross-laminated timber (CLT) as well as nail-laminated timber […]

By Tinsley • Posted December 1, 2016

30Nov

Shifting Markets: Challenge or Opportunity?

New England’s low-grade wood markets are rapidly declining (see articles from the Kennebec Journal, Vermont Digger) and mill closures are making headlines. NEFF asked Eric Kingsley of Innovative Natural Resource Solutions LLC to report on this issue to find out what shifting markets could mean for landowners and forest management. In the following article, Kingsley sheds light on […]

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