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Impact of Prescriptive Fire Design Provisions on Embodied Carbon for Mass Timber and Hybrid Mass Timber Floors
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Structural mass timber has been used more often in buildings over the last 5 years, given its potential to be a sustainable alternative. However, concerns still exist around the fire safety of mass timber structures, and ...
Impact of Prescriptive Fire Design Provisions on Embodied Carbon for International Building Code Type IV Construction
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: Factors such as carbon storage potential, short construction schedules, prefabrication, and aesthetics are making mass timber a sought-after structural solution. For mass timber, fire design requirements can both drive and ...