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 Forests, timber and climate change

Environmental Impacts of Multi-Storey Buildings using Different Construction Materials July 2009 [3.94M PDF]
Using a real six-story concrete building being erected at the University of Canterbury as the template, researchers "built" another three virtual buildings with the same characteristics as the template. One is "constructed" using timber as the main structural material, another using steel, and a third being "timber-plus", in which non-structural elements also use wood and wood-based products. The objectives were to fill an information gap about what is the greatest amount of wood that can be used in the construction and fit-out of commercial, large-scale buildings in New Zealand; and to provide Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) information about the benefits of maximising the use of wood in buildings.

Comment on forestry and climate change  E. G. Mason and David Evison, July 2009


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