President Macron has announced
ato a very advanced sustainability law that will ensure that all new public buildings are constructed with at least 50 percent wood or other natural materials.
An interesting lesson for all
The measure will be implemented by 2022 and will affect all public buildings financed by the French state, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).
“It will be imposed on all public entities that depend on me and pertain to development or land policy to construct buildings with materials that are at least 50 percent wood or bio-based materials,” said Minister for Cities and Housing Julien Denormandie as reported by the French news agency.
Bio-based materials are made from materials derived from living organisms, with examples including wood, hemp and straw. This measure was made to promote wood as a building material. In fact, wood has a significantly lower inherent carbon footprint than other building materials such as concrete and steel. Thus, wood is considered a building material that is useful to employ to defeat issues pertaining to climate change.
CO2 emission reduction
Wood construction not only stores carbon through the growth of the tree from which it comes, but also allows building with less energy than concrete and steel, and thus with reduced fuel and energy consumption. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/macron-use-more-wood-in-our-buildings-wmlrf2f3g