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Maine college builds climate-friendly dorm out of wood
Today, most large buildings are made of steel and concrete. But at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine, a new 12,000-square-foot dorm was built almost entirely of wood. It’s supported by engineered timber beams, sided and paneled in wood, and insulated with wood fiber from timber and...
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