Connecting bio-based materials: Inside the BBMC

On a November morning in 2023, more than 60 individuals across the bio-based construction value chain descended upon the MASS Design Group office in Boston to address one question: How can we begin to rapidly scale regionally produced, renewable building materials across the Northeast?
This intrepid group, which included designers, developers, builders, farmers, foresters, educators, suppliers, manufacturers, engineers, and policy makers, formed what is now known as the Bio-Based Materials Collective (BBMC). And in less than two years since that November convening, the focus and size of the…