Building with Biomass 101: Turning Waste into Worth

Building with Biomass 101: Turning Waste into Worth

The problem The US housing and construction sectors are at an urgent crossroads. Each year, building new homes generates an estimated 55 to 80 million tons of embodied carbon emissions — roughly equivalent to the total annual emissions of entire countries like Norway, Hungary, and Austria. At the same time, the country is grappling with a severe housing shortage, with a deficit estimated between 1.5 and 7.3 million homes. Yet while emissions ris…