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Author
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Elisa Moretti
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University
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Roma Tre University, Italy
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The construction industry, both public and private, needs sustainable, energy-efficient methods. From this point of view, the timber, our most important raw material, offers more advantages than the other materials that do not come from renewable sources. Timber regenerates, is recyclable, and at the end of its life cycle, it can be used to produce bioenergy. Furthermore, by containing carbon in a bound form, wooden products offer an effective means of combating climate change in the long term period.
In Italy, the awareness of the high seismic risk, the post-earthquake emergency situations, and the need to reduce the energy consumption have accelerated a process of change, already underway for some years, regarding a new way of conceiving buildings. Timber buildings with their qualities of lightness, fast construction process, and good thermal behavior are the structural typology that best manages to satisfy all these requirements at the same time.