THE VIDEO SHELF · mass timber construction
This Swiss Builder uses NO INSULATION...
Builders Matt Risinger and Jordan Smith visit a Swiss cross-laminated timber factory that makes thick all-wood walls with no traditional insulation and wooden nails instead of glue or chemicals. The video is sponsored by Siga.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN cites it in mass timber and construction threads as an example of insulation-free, glue-free all-wood building in Europe.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Matt Risinger
- Topic
- mass timber construction
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2019–2020
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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For those not familiar with these techniques, an American builder visiting DE and CH and learning about them: * [VIDEO] * [LINK] * [LINK]
throw0101a on Hacker News · 2020-01
In The hottest new thing in sustainable building is, uh, woodGood question. There is also CLT without glue. Check [VIDEO] where Matt Risinger is visiting a Swiss factory where they use wooden (berch?) nails and dowel pins in stead of glue. And by using more layers they also need no insulation. Gives R=24...
ehou on Hacker News · 2020-09
In Cement is the source of 8% of the world's CO2 emissions (2018)
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