The Environmental Consequences Concerning the Use of Timber in the Built Environment

The use of timber in the built environment provides environmental benefits which arise dues to the substitution of higher impact materials, the storage of sequestered atmospheric carbon in long-life products and the recovery of inherent energy in the material at the end of life. This manuscript expl...

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Published inFrontiers in built environment Vol. 5
Main Author Hill, Callum Aidan Stephen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Frontiers Media S.A 25.10.2019
Subjects
carbon
global warming potential (GWP)
life cycle (impact) assessment
sequestered CO2
timber
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Summary:The use of timber in the built environment provides environmental benefits which arise dues to the substitution of higher impact materials, the storage of sequestered atmospheric carbon in long-life products and the recovery of inherent energy in the material at the end of life. This manuscript explores the issues that determine how embodied energy and global warming potential are calculated and reported. The article discusses the literature which compares the use of timber in the built environment and other materials in life cycle assessment studies. The issue of how sequestered carbon should be dealt with is also discussed. End of life considerations are also addressed.
ISSN:2297-3362
2297-3362
DOI:10.3389/fbuil.2019.00129