“Fenestration Challenges in Mass Timber Buildings” will be held at 12:30-1:30 p.m. Pacific on July 15. This webinar will provide an overview of the key challenges and emerging best practices associated with integrating fenestration systems into mass timber.

This multi-year modernization project strengthens Connecticut’s commitment to local wood products, innovative technology, and responsible forest stewardship. The investment will help ensure that materials used for state projects – including trail bridges, picnic tables in State Parks, facility signage, and building components – can be sourced locally.

Developed through an independent consensus committee representing a broad range of stakeholders, the 2025 NGBS reflects leading thinking in green design, construction and building performance. It applies to single-family homes, multifamily buildings, mixed-use developments and land development projects, as well as other similarly constructed residential facilities.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Forest Service plans to move its headquarters to Salt Lake City, Utah, and begin an effort to move leadership closer to the forests and the communities it serves.For an agency whose lands, partners, and operational challenges are overwhelmingly concentrated in the West, the shift represents a structural reset and a common-sense approach to improve mission delivery.

Two Accelerator City initiatives in New York and Georgia (NYC Mass Timber Studio and Georgia Forestry Foundation's Mass Timber Hub Series) recently celebrated 10 mass timber buildings selected for program support.

The EPA is proposing to update several voluntary consensus standards in the Agency's formaldehyde standards for composite wood products regulations and proposes test methods that will provide "manufacturers and testing laboratories with an additional, internationally recognized tool to help ensure consistent, high-quality emissions data across the industry."

The coalition requests the EPA’s help to update “overly narrow regulatory interpretations” of the RFS that “have prevented working forests from participating at scale.”

The Environmental Protection Agency released a proposed Consent Agreement and Final Order against Woodgrain Millwork, Inc., totaling a civil penalty of $125,000.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission have entered into a $290 million Good Neighbor Agreement to support Hurricane Helene recovery efforts in Western North Carolina.

Blum, Inc. achieved ISO 14001 (Environmental Management Systems) and ISO 50001 (Energy Management Systems) certification, which the company says reinforces its "long-standing commitment to responsible operations, energy efficiency and continuous improvement."