The housing sector is experiencing an innovative shift to mass timber construction as a response to climate change and rising housing costs. Mass timber, utilising wood as the primary material, can reduce carbon pollution during construction by up to 45%, offering environmental benefits. 

Award-winning architect Shelley Craig highlights the adaptability of mass timber, facilitating prefabrication in controlled environments for efficient on-site assembly, especially for housing models. Cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels emerge as a transformative "miracle material," allowing taller buildings. Craig's research led to changes in building codes, enabling constructions up to 12 storeys in mass timber, addressing Canada's housing crisis sustainably and affordably.