Term | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.advisor | Rockcastle, Siobhan | |
dc.contributor.author | Carlberg, Hadley | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-30T19:11:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-08-30T19:11:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/29898 | |
dc.description | 74 pages | |
dc.description.abstract | The LBC is the most rigorous sustainable design standard available for architectural projects. And mass timber’s structural properties, health and sustainability benefits, and carbon sequestering are among the attributes that have allowed it to rise in popularity as a sustainable structural material over the years. The purpose of this thesis is to amass the available knowledge of the complications of using mass timber in buildings pursuing Living Building Challenge certification and analyze collected information to come to conclusions as to why this structural material is underutilized within this rigorous sustainable design standard. The distribution of this information can help inform architectural designers inquiring about how to pursue mass timber use while designing for LBC certification. Additionally, it alludes to how certain changes in the industry could increase the overlap between the two sustainably minded design pursuits. This thesis is a mixed-mode approach exploring the benefits and challenges of utilizing mass timber in LBC certification through precedent studies, conducted interviews with professionals involved in these precedents, a literature review, and an analysis of LBC certification requirements. In all, the complex contradictions of sourcing requiring Forest Stewardship Council certified wood as well as locally sourced materials negatively impacts LBC projects using mass timber as a primary structural material. The price premiums associated the Living Building Challenge and Forest Stewardship Council certified wood, as well as the US market’s unfamiliarity to the cost distribution of mass timber’s higher upfront costs, all restrict accessibility to these types of projects for many budgets and priorities. Thesis findings presented a general lack of difficulty navigating red listed adhesives and waste requirements within the LBC. And there are missed opportunities of promoting the use of mass timber in the Living Building Challenge with timber’s carbon sequestration benefits until those calculations are agreed upon within the industry. This thesis addresses some of the key questions associated within the lack of mass timber use within LBC certified buildings. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | University of Oregon | |
dc.rights | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 | |
dc.subject | Mass timber | en_US |
dc.subject | Building certification | en_US |
dc.subject | Architecture | en_US |
dc.subject | Living Building Challenge | en_US |
dc.subject | Forest Stewardship Council | en_US |
dc.subject | mass timber | |
dc.subject | CLT | |
dc.subject | Glulam | |
dc.subject | Living Building Challenge | |
dc.subject | LBC | |
dc.subject | Forest Stewardship Council | |
dc.subject | FSC | |
dc.subject | Green building certifications | |
dc.subject | Embodied carbon | |
dc.title | Mass Timber Use in the Living Building Certification: The Implications of Using a New Structural System in the Most Rigorous Architectural Sustainability Standard | |
dc.type | Thesis/Dissertation | |
dc.identifier.orcid | 0009-0008-5493-2504 |