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Foresters have just had their Eureka moment, because they believe that a shift towards timber homes could relieve the global housing crisis.
What it entails
🌳 The FII (Forest Industries Ireland) is advocating timber homes to cut greenhouse gas emissions and enhance housing supply.
🌳 This would cool property prices and improve affordability in turn.
🌳 Social housing would get a boost, with timber homes taking just 3-5 months for construction as compared to 8-12 months for regular homes according to another body IBEC.
What it could mean
A tiny fraction of homes in the Republic of Ireland use timber. Scotland uses 70% in comparison. Every such unit could save 12 tonnes of CO2 emissions as well, and Ireland could tap its natural resources to construct homes faster, compared to other European nations.
There are plans to move the Government to promote timber-based construction, while upgrading regulations to facilitate timber use in home building.
Given that buildings account for a whopping 38% of global emissions, perhaps what they’re saying makes sense after all. We call it going back to Nature.