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FPS International Convention Focuses on Housing Sustainability |
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The Forest Products Society’s 72nd Annual International Convention in Madison, Wis., scheduled for June 11-14, will focus on the housing industry as it recovers from past volatile years. In addition to the latest research on mass timber, building innovations and durability, David Fell from FPInnovations, will present “Housing Reconsidered: The New Drivers of Wood Demand in North America and Asia.” His remarks will focus on how technical, social, and business practice pressures are impacting housing developments, and how the trends of energy efficiency, prefabrication, carbon, and urban densification provide both challenges and opportunities. Dwayne Sperber, owner of Wudeward Urban Forest Products, will present “Full Circle Urban Forest Management,” describing how felled urban trees in the United States can make a significant impact on local economies by using renewable resources for built spaces. The FPS convention is co-located with TAPPI’s 2018 International Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewable Materials, bringing together over 500 experts, researchers and academics in forest products, nanocomposite and biocomposite technologies, mass timber, sustainability, bioenergy, housing, and urban forests. |
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