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The American Wood Council (AWC) has released a new Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for U.S. softwood lumber in the Northern region. This EPD rounds out the U.S. wood products industry’s first regional softwood lumber EPDs. Previous industry EPDs had been North American in scope, and last year, AWC released the first regional U.S. EPDs for…

LEESBURG, VA – The American Wood Council (AWC) has released a national Mass Timber Alternative Materials and Methods (AMM) Guide for use with the 2018 International Building Code (IBC). This new resource is designed to support building code officials as they review, permit and approve mass timber projects across the country.  The AMM Guide is…

LEESBURG, VA. – The American Wood Council (AWC) released an updated version of its Connection Calculator. The Calculator supports users by calculating capacities for single bolts, nails, lag screws and wood screws based on the provisions of the 2024 National Design Specification for Wood Construction (ANSI/AWC NDS-2024).  Key updates include adding the design provisions for…

The American Wood Council (AWC) President and CEO Jackson Morrill responded to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement of a reconsideration of the 2024 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM2.5) and the recent National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP):  “The American Wood Council is pleased the EPA has decided…

LEESBURG, VA – The American Wood Council (AWC) has released regional industry average Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for the U.S. wood products industry. Historically, the industry average has been nationwide in scope. AWC has heard and responded to the market’s request for more granular data. The new, third-party verified EPDs demonstrate the sector’s continued commitment…

LEESBURG, VA – The American Wood Council (AWC) launched its expanded Life Cycle Survey to collect life cycle impact data from wood product mills across the United States. The Survey, first launched in 2022, has previously only been open to AWC member companies. However, with support from a 2023 Wood Innovations Grant (WIG), the Survey…

LEESBURG, VA – The American Wood Council (AWC) has released a new app to help make construction site fire safety inspections more accessible and safe. The Construction Fire Safety Checklist, or CFS Checklist, contains a daily fire inspection checklist that meets the requirements of the 2021 International Fire Code and allows site safety directors to…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Wood Council (AWC) submitted a grant proposal to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) aimed at increased transparency in the U.S. wood product industry by further developing Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) and Product Category Rules (PCR) for the industry. The $10 million grant proposal was submitted as part the EPA’s Inflation…

LEESBURG, VA. – The 2021 Code Conforming Wood Design (CCWD), a joint publication of the American Wood Council (AWC) and the International Code Council (ICC), is now available as a free download. The publication summarizes the key provisions related to the use of wood and wood products as they appear in the 2021 International Building…

WASHINGTON – The American Wood Council (AWC) President and CEO Jackson Morrill and American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock responded to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement of an updated National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM2.5), which lowers the standard to 9 µg/m3. “EPA’s rule delivers…