Nearly $3 Million In Federal Investments to Support Sustainable Wood Construction Technologies in Montreal Region

By Natural Resources Canada
Government of Canada
August 23, 2024
Category: Carbon, Climate & Bioenergy
Region: Canada, Canada East

New, low-carbon construction materials and technologies allow us to build and use greener, climate-resilient homes in Canada. …The Government of Canada announced a federal contribution of more than $2.8 million to FPInnovations for three projects. The funding includes investments to support the use of low-carbon Canadian wood in the Canadian construction market and a project to support the use of zero-emissions vehicles in the forestry and commercial transportation sectors. These investments are provided through Natural Resources Canada’s Green Construction through Wood program and the Zero Emission Vehicle Awareness Initiative. …The FPInnovations research will enable the commercialization of various wood building systems and to generate the necessary data to enable these wood-based systems to be adopted in Canadian building codes. …FPInnovations will also develop resources to support the use of vehicles that are zero-emission or use clean fuels…

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