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. 2024 Mar 20;19(3):e0298379. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298379

Table 2. Average annual mass timber use (million m3) projected in low, medium, high, and 100% adoption scenarios in four-stories-and-higher residential and nonresidential buildings in the United States under different shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs), and market adoption scenarios, 2020–2070.

Scenario Multifamily residential Nonresidential Total (Multifamily residential + nonresidential)
SSP1 SSP2 SSP3 SSP4 SSP5 SSP1 SSP2 SSP3 SSP4 SSP5 SSP1 SSP2 SSP3 SSP4 SSP5
Low 0.39 0.38 0.33 0.37 0.46 3.11 2.96 2.31 2.80 4.28 3.50 3.34 2.63 3.17 4.74
Medium 0.63 0.62 0.53 0.60 0.74 4.82 4.60 3.61 4.35 6.54 5.45 5.22 4.14 4.95 7.28
High 0.84 0.82 0.71 0.80 0.99 6.19 5.92 4.67 5.60 8.32 7.02 6.74 5.37 6.40 9.31
100% 2.00 1.96 1.80 1.91 2.34 9.58 9.20 7.34 8.72 12.66 11.58 11.16 9.03 10.63 15.00