Nature Has Been Screaming Since The Building Boom Began Right After World War II. So, will OSB, EWP and Mass Timber Producer Finally Get Behind A Carbon Offset Trade For Defending the Carbon Stored In Wood From Fire?

When we ceased using brick and mortar and adopted wood framed building after WW II, we failed to recognize the carbon storage value of wood. In fact, we’ve still never adopted a system that recognizes wood’s carbon storage value.

In order to monetize lumber’s carbon storage value with a Carbon Trade we have to fire-defend the wood and the stored carbon from its enemy, which is Fire. We can fire-defend the wood with CitroTech at the OSB and EWP lumber factory and at Pre Fab Facilities that can create an auditable chain of custody. The cost of doing so could be even less that the value of the Carbon Offset Trade, which would end up being a “win-win” situation for all. Canadian producers might find it to offset the new tariffs.

A Carbon Offset Trade, supported by a TER Report with a documented Chain of Custody which certifies that wood has been treated, would not only defend the stored carbon from being released into the atmosphere, it would also reduce the risk of loss in all new structures to support better insurance costs.

As to particular varieties of wood, the Pacific Northwest Douglas Fir is commercially valuable due to its size, strength, durability, and versatile applications in housing construction. It is also stronger in bending values than Pine and Spruce, it sequesters more carbon dioxide, and it grows very quickly, especially in reforestation plantations.

Furthermore, think of the impact that construction wood that’s been made E84 Class A Fire Resistant would have on insurance premiums for structures that have been built with such wood with the safest Fire chemistry in the world.

Let’s look at the OSB side of carbon when 21 billion sq ft of it are produced each year in North America. Then think about the EWP with LVL, LSL and I joist now that CitroTech can make them all Class A at the factory during production which makes them all worthy of a Carbon Trade.

Challenges and Considerations:
The effectiveness of carbon offsets has been the subject of ongoing debate for way too long here in the US where Canada is more open to it. The concerns about project quality,and the potential for greenwashing can now be completely mitigated in factory-built buildings, trusses, prefab walls and especially in Mass Timber components. The U.S. government has been focusing on improving the integrity of the carbon market by promoting high-quality projects and ensuring they deliver real, documented carbon-defended protected storage bins. The housing starts that support the U.S. economy have the potential to become the best carbon offset if we get behind fire risk reduction on wood structures while defending the carbon storage.

It’s time we recognize Nature’s CO2 Sequestration Science and defend structures by making construction wood Class A E84 fire protected. In summary, there is a global voluntary and regulated carbon offset trading systems, with governments actively shaping the landscape and addressing concerns about market integrity. Now that we are building more structures in factories, in our labor shortage we can better create the chain of custody for fire defending all the wood. The calculator from taking board footage to carbon are readily available in determining that amount of carbon that has been defended per structure. Who knows this might help Canadian Producer offset their Tariffs.

Impact: Just Consider How Many Tons Of Carbon We Release Back Each Year:
Average Annual Fires:


The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) estimates that, on average, there are about 368,500 residential building fires reported annually to fire departments.
Wildfire Impact:

Wildfires have a significant impact on home and structure loss. A 2023 study reported a doubling of houses burned in wildfires over the past 30 years, with 55,000 homes lost in just the previous 12 years.

Increased Wildfire Destruction:
The contiguous Western U.S. experienced a 246% increase in homes and structures destroyed by wildfires between 1999-2009 and 2010-2020. This trend is influenced by major fires in states like California, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington.

In the United States, an average of approximately 500,000 structure fires, including residential buildings, occur each year.

This Bipartisan Human Science Advancement supports those that believe in Climate Change and those that don’t. This is about embracing nature gift of sequestering the CO2 we all create. Let this effort unite both sides of the isle like our recycling and solar does.

How does this human effort work?
When you purchase a carbon offset, you are essentially funding a project that reduces emissions somewhere else. This project could involve renewable energy projects, reforestation efforts, or other initiatives that remove CO2 from the atmosphere and defended that it risk of every being released back is significantly reduced.

Now that the only certified EPA Safer Choice Fire Chemistry CitroTech® exists to make lumber Class A and safer around factory workers we need to raise the human bar and defend carbon storage while we make all wood structures more Insurable with less risk of loss