Green Construction through Wood (GCWood) Program

Description

Created in 2017, the Green Construction Through Wood (GCWood) program encourages the deployment of Modern Methods of Construction using advance wood-based building products, systems, and technologies - such as volumetric modular and prefabricated structural components. To support the Government of Canada's efforts to address the housing crisis, the program funds projects that demonstrate scalable and replicable solutions to accelerate housing construction and mainstream wood in design and construction. GCWood also supports projects that showcase applications for innovative wood-basd products in community infrastructure and other non-traditional wood structures, including industrial and commerical buildings. 

GCWood will fund wood construction demonstration projects for multi-unit residential buildings (MURB) that encourage the use of advanced wood-based building solutions. These projects will generate many benefits, including: 

• Accelerating the adoption of innovative building technologies and systems 
• Supporting building code updates to enable taller, larger wood buildings with higher occupancies
• Increasing the speed and capacity of housing construction through Modern Methods of Construction using wood-based products and systems. 
• Expanding the use of domestic wood-based products 
• Reducing GHG emissions by leveraging renewable and sustainable resources that contribute to decarbonizing the built environment