The Climate Smart Wood Group helps the building sector in North America identify and procure climate-smart wood products.

Forests
Procurement
Measuring Impact
Knowledge Hub

Climate-smart wood products – from climate-smart forestry and recycled or reclaimed sources – help forests serve as natural climate solutions.

Wood generally has a lower carbon footprint than steel or concrete. Just how much lower, depends on how the wood was grown. The Climate Smart Wood Group helps make sense of this landscape.

Forests are powerful climate solutions when they are protected, restored or managed under the principles of climate-smart forestry.

Climate-smart forestry increases forest resilience in the face of climate change and sequesters and stores more carbon over time compared to conventional practices.

Climate-smart forestry also addresses issues of equity and climate justice, improving community well-being and respecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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Building sector leaders have multiple options for sourcing climate-smart wood.

The Climate Smart Wood Group offers procurement guidance to help developers and designers inform specifications, refine project goals, and navigate supply chains to meet their project needs.

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Bullitt Foundation

The true climate profile of wood products is hard to tease out.

The Climate Smart Wood Group is developing trustworthy, replicable solutions that differentiate the climate impacts of forest management practices and resulting wood products – going beyond generic Life Cycle Analyses (LCAs) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs).

MEASURING IMPACT
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Northwest Natural Resource Group

Dive into the science behind climate-smart wood and forestry in our Knowledge Hub.

From academic papers to video presentations, our Knowledge Hub helps connect the dots between climate-smart forestry and your project’s climate goals.

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Magnusson Klemencic Associates

We’re here to help you navigate the climate impacts of wood products.

The Climate Smart Wood Group is a unique coalition of conservation, scientific, green building and forest sector organizations who share a commitment to offering practical and science-based solutions that help the building sector realize the potential of wood and forests to fight climate change.

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Get involved with the Climate Smart Wood Group

If you are a looking at wood construction as a climate solution, join us. From goal setting and bid documents to procurement and impact measures, the Climate Smart Wood Group welcomes your involvement.

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