WSU turning recycled carbon fiber into green building materials
WSU researchers are working with a Port Angeles nonprofit organization to develop housing materials from heat‑treated wood and recycled carbon fiber used in Boeing airplanes.
cross-laminated timber
Feb. 6: Integrated design, built environment focus of community presentation
The event, hosted at WSU Spokane, will bring together key players in the built environment from the community, industry and academia.
$1.5M NSF grant helps researchers build sustainably in seismic areas
By Erik Gomez, intern, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University researchers are collaborating on a $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant to develop guidelines that will help builders use more sustainable timber in high-rise buildings in earthquake-prone areas.
WSU partnership: A path to healthier buildings, forests
Opinion/editorial from the Puget Sound Business Journal co-written by Anson Fatland, WSU Economic Development SEATTLE – Imagine a material that allows us to construct new buildings more quickly. Helps to combat climate change. Supports restoration of our forests while also helping revive our local rural economies.