Wood in the city: social acceptance of prefabricated multi-storey timber buildings using low-carbon construction systems

Prefabricated engineered solid wood panel construction systems can sequester and store carbon dioxide. Modular cross-laminated timber (CLT, cross-lam) panels form the basis of low-carbon, engineered construction systems, using solid wood panels to build residential infill developments of 10 storeys or higher. Multi-apartment buildings of 4 to 10 storeys constructed entirely in timber, such as those recently developed in Europe, are innovative, but their social and cultural acceptance in Australia and North America is uncertain. Future commercial utilization will only be possible if there is user acceptance.