The FAMU School of Architecture and Engineering Technology was one of 16 organizations awarded an Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Community Grant this year.
The grant will support underrepresented students of architecture attending FAMU through financial assistance so they can learn and experience the various phases of timber production and manufacturing. This will help prepare them to become sustainable forestry advocates and leaders within the architecture industry.
“Many architecture students have a limited understanding of the environmental benefits of using forest-based building materials, which can lead them to choose more carbon-intensive building products for their design projects after graduation. This grant project is designed to foster understanding among architecture students about the climate-related benefits of choosing building materials from sustainably managed forests. The importance of understanding carbon generation and sequestration will also be emphasized,” SFI wrote in a press release.