A significant opportunity to reduce Canada’s and the world’s carbon footprint is through sustainable construction. FPInnovations has been putting a great deal of effort into facilitating the use of wood, a bio-sourced and renewable construction…
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With almost 362 million hectares of forest, Canada accounts for 9% of the world’s forests. Each year over the last 25 years, about 7,300 forest fires have occurred, representing an average of about 2.5 million…
With about 8,000 wildfires burning throughout Canada’s vast landscape each year, it goes without saying that a large number of resources are required to manage them. In this article, Greg Baxter from FPInnovations’ Wildfire Operations…
Early wildfire detection is key to successful wildfire management operations— without it, the magnitude and the rate of spread of a wildfire can quickly become uncontrollable. The later a wildfire is detected, the higher the…
With decades of population growth in Canada, more and more people are starting to live, work, and play in heavily forested areas. Estimates from the Canadian Forest Service suggest that “approximately 12.3% of the Canadian…
The construction of tall wood buildings has experienced explosive growth over the past decade. Internationally, the development of new wood products and innovative techniques has enabled mass timber buildings to reach greater heights. These numerous…
A significant amount of fire research has been conducted on mass timber over the last 10 years in Canada. This has supported the successful design and construction of numerous low-, mid- and even high-rise timber…
As part of the carbon cycle, wood biodegradation releases carbon that was consumed during tree growth back into the atmosphere. Delaying this release is one of the ways wood products help to sequester carbon and…