The government of France is set to require that all new public buildings must be made at least 50% from wood or other sustainable materials from 2022 as it pushes for sustainable urban development.
The local government in Paris had already pledged a greater use of natural materials such as wood, straw and hemp, and any buildings higher than eight storeys built for the 2024 Paris Olympics must be made entirely of timber.
— Global Construction Review
As part of President Emmanuel Macron's climate action plan, a new measure announced by the country's Minister for Towns and Housing Julien Denormandie requires all new public buildings financed by the French State to contain at least 50% wood or other organic material, such as straw or hemp, by 2022.
Minister Denormandie also called for proposals to create 100 urban farms in priority neighborhoods, so called "green suburbs," as well as adding 90 new "eco-neighborhoods" to the already existing stock.
The "Sustainable City" plan is intended to showcase France's low-carbon ambitions in the lead-up to the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Paris.
Related: French architects are increasingly ditching concrete and embracing timber
setting a standard of embedded carbon per sq meter, or per planned occupant would definitely make more sense and be more useful.
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FUCKING FASCISTS!
left wing fascists are the absolute worst. on the right wing they have cool haircuts and like stone. also, "any buildings higher than eight storeys built for the 2024 Paris Olympics must be made entirely of timber" ... entirely?
It's gross oversimplification, but you mental midgets keep on believing that science, and global climate crisis is a left or right issue.
If only it were so. The morons who cause it through their policies and companies would, in a just world, be the first ones to go.
Caring about the environment is for pussies. Real men yell at immigrants and disenfranchise brown people.
I'm not so interested in what is authoritarian and what not, but the quality of the ideas. Mandates for materials seems like a bad idea. Government should focus on the things that only it can do--transportation, managing growth, etc. Not in regulating building materials.
setting a standard of embedded carbon per sq meter, or per planned occupant would definitely make more sense and be more useful.
I agree. Mandate output, not input. Require standards, not methods. Legislate motivations, not behavior.
It's not just embodied carbon that is of concern but also operational. See this from Architect
"oui... our buildings must be made of 50% wood and 50%..... je ne sais quoi"
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