Building with wood

A film by Boris Quatram | 2021 | ZDF planet e

Concrete, stone or wood? Even if most people decide on stone or concrete, the percentage of wooden houses is increasing. What are the advantages of wood? What are its effects on costs, construction time and the carbon footprint? Is wood really the more sustainable solution when building a house or are there also disadvantages? And are our forests even capable of satisfying the increase in demand for wood as a building material? What are the negative effects of a potential boom in wood-constructions for forests and nature?