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“The gaps in between wood, it's something that's natural and we're not trying to hide the fact that it's natural wood,” said Developer Jeff Spiritos at the ACME timber lofts on Crown Street in New Haven, Connecticut on April 11th, 2024.
Abigail Brone
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Connecticut Public
Across New England, developers are looking for new ways to increase affordable housing inventory, and some are using a building method known as mass timber, to inflict less environmental damage.
A row of three-story buildings sit on a street with snow on it and some cars in Boston.
Robin Lubbock / WBUR
Homes and buildings produce the second highest global warming emissions in New England, after transportation. Efforts like greener building techiques, renewable energy systems and home weatherization could help.