THE RESEARCH TEAM CONSISTING OF MEMBERS FROM DIVISION OF FORESTRY AND NATIONAL RESOURCES, APPALACHIAN HARDWOOD CENTER AND ENERGY INSTITUTE, WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY WILL RESEARCH AND DEVELOP A SCALABLE, HARDWOOD CROSS-LAMINATED TIMBER-BASED ENERGY EFFICIENT MODULAR HOME MANUFACTURING SYSTEM TO SUPPORT THE U.S. DECARBONIZATION EFFORTS. THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A PILOT SCALE MASS TIMBER PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY CAPABLE TO DESIGN, MANUFACTURE AND TEST NEW CROSS-LAMINATED TIMBER PRODUCTS MADE FROM APPALACHIAN HARDWOODS. THE NEW TECHNOLOGY INSTALLED ENABLES TO DESIGN, CONSTRUCT, AND EVALUATE MASS TIMBER-BASED ENERGY EFFICIENT MODULAR BUILDINGS. AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH EFFORT AND THE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY INSTALLED BY THIS AWARD, NEW, RESILIENT, AFFORDABLE HOMES WILL BE ABLE TO BE DEVELOPED WITH MAXIMIZED CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND MINIMIZED CARBON FOOTPRINT.