Carbon sequestration and storage in the built environment

Improving Carbon Stock Estimates for In-Use Harvested Wood Products by Linking Production and Consumption—A Global Case Study

(2020) Xiaobiao Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Physical and virtual carbon metabolism of global cities

(2020) Shaoqing Chen et al.   Nature Communications

Global Warming Mitigating Role of Wood Products from Washington State’s Private Forests

(2020) Indroneil Ganguly et al.   Forests

Dynamic greenhouse gas life cycle inventory and impact profiles of wood used in Canadian buildings

(2020) Marieke Head et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Environmental Impacts of Building Construction Using Cross-laminated Timber Panel Construction Method: A Case of the Research Building in Kyushu, Japan

(2020) Katsuyuki Nakano et al.   Sustainability

More Timber in Construction: Unanswered Questions and Future Challenges

(2020) Jim Hart et al.   Sustainability

The sponge effect and carbon emission mitigation potentials of the global cement cycle

(2020) Zhi Cao et al.   Nature Communications

On the theoretical carbon storage and carbon sequestration potential of hempcrete

(2020) Jay H. Arehart et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Carbon Footprint Analysis of Bamboo Scrimber Flooring—Implications for Carbon Sequestration of Bamboo Forests and Its Products

(2019) Lei Gu et al.   Forests

Harvested Wood Products as a Carbon Sink in China, 1900–2016

(2019) Luyang Zhang et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Retrofit as a carbon sink: The carbon storage potentials of the EU housing stock

(2019) Francesco Pittau et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Have product substitution carbon benefits been overestimated? A sensitivity analysis of key assumptions.

(2019) Mark E Harmon   Environmental Research Letters

Global mitigation potential of carbon stored in harvested wood products

(2019) Craig M. T. Johnston et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Changes in Carbon Balance of Harvested Wood Products Resulting from Different Wood Utilization Scenarios

(2019) Ján Parobek et al.   Forests

Carbon storage and CO2 dynamics from wood products harvested in Brazil during 1900–2016

(2019) Carlos R. Sanquetta et al.   Carbon Management

Evaluating climate change pathways through a building's lifecycle based on Dynamic Life Cycle Assessment

(2019) Koji Negishi et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Effect of increased wood harvesting and utilization on required greenhouse gas displacement factors of wood-based products and fuels

(2019) Jyri Seppälä et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

The life cycle carbon balance of selective logging in tropical forests of Costa Rica

(2019) Federico E. Alice‐Guier et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY

Estimating in-use wood-based materials carbon stocks in Indonesia: Towards a contribution to the national climate mitigation effort

(2019) Rio Aryapratama et al.   RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING

Regionalised Life Cycle Assessment of Bio-Based Materials in Construction; the Case of Hemp Shiv Treated with Sol-Gel Coatings

(2019) Mohammad Davoud Heidari et al.   Materials

Embodied GHG emissions of buildings – The hidden challenge for effective climate change mitigation

(2019) Martin Röck et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Environmental assessment of CO2 mineralisation for sustainable construction materials

(2019) Andrea Di Maria et al.   International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Lime binders for the repair of historic buildings: Considerations for CO2 abatement

(2019) Alan M. Forster et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Fast-growing bio-based materials as an opportunity for storing carbon in exterior walls

(2018) Francesco Pittau et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Cradle-to-gate CO 2 e emissions vs. in situ CO 2 sequestration of structural concrete elements

(2018) Adriana Souto-Martinez et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Assessing the greenhouse gas effects of harvested wood products manufactured from managed forests in Canada

(2018) Jiaxin Chen et al.   FORESTRY

Accounting for effects of carbon flows in LCA of biomass-based products—exploration and evaluation of a selection of existing methods

(2018) Christin Liptow et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

The influence of system boundaries and baseline in climate impact assessment of forest products

(2018) Diego Peñaloza et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

Future scenarios for climate mitigation of new construction in Sweden: Effects of different technological pathways

(2018) Diego Peñaloza et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Comparative life cycle assessment of magnesium binders as an alternative for hemp concrete

(2018) Maris Sinka et al.   RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING

Environmentally optimal wood use in Switzerland—Investigating the relevance of material cascades

(2018) Jonas Mehr et al.   RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING

Temporalis, a generic method and tool for dynamic Life Cycle Assessment

(2018) Giuseppe Cardellini et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Carbon dynamics and GHG implications of increasing wood construction: long-term scenarios for residential buildings in Austria

(2018) Gerald Kalt   Carbon Management

Assessing the Climate Change Impacts of Biogenic Carbon in Buildings: A Critical Review of Two Main Dynamic Approaches

(2018) Charles Breton et al.   Sustainability

Evaluating the Link between Low Carbon Reductions Strategies and Its Performance in the Context of Climate Change: A Carbon Footprint of a Wood-Frame Residential Building in Quebec, Canada

(2018) Alejandro Padilla-Rivera et al.   Sustainability

Industrial or Traditional Bamboo Construction? Comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Bamboo-Based Buildings

(2018) Edwin Zea Escamilla et al.   Sustainability

Life-cycle assessment of timber frame constructions – The case of rooftop extensions

(2018) L. Wijnants et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Updating Carbon Storage Capacity of Spanish Cements

(2018) Carmen Andrade et al.   Sustainability

A life-cycle energy and carbon analysis of hemp-lime bio-composite building materials

(2017) Y. Florentin et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Review of carbon storage function of harvested wood products and the potential of wood substitution in greenhouse gas mitigation

(2017) Aixin Geng et al.   FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS

Environmental performance of social housing in emerging economies: life cycle assessment of conventional and alternative construction methods in the Philippines

(2017) Corinna Salzer et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

How methodological choices affect LCA climate impact results: the case of structural timber

(2017) Michele De Rosa et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

Environmental performance of expanded cork slab and granules through life cycle assessment

(2017) Martha Demertzi et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Life cycle assessment of natural building materials: the role of carbonation, mixture components and transport in the environmental impacts of hempcrete blocks

(2017) Alessandro Arrigoni et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Comparative LCA study of different timber and mineral buildings and calculation method for substitution factors on building level

(2017) Annette Hafner et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Comparative assessment for biogenic carbon accounting methods in carbon footprint of products: a review study for construction materials based on forest products

(2017) LG Tellnes et al.   iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry

The contribution of wood-based construction materials for leveraging a low carbon building sector in europe

(2017) Jakob Hildebrandt et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

When CO2 counts: Sustainability assessment of industrialized bamboo as an alternative for social housing programs in the Philippines

(2016) E. Zea Escamilla et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Exploring the climate impact effects of increased use of bio-based materials in buildings

(2016) Diego Peñaloza et al.   CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS

Carbonation of cement-based materials: Challenges and opportunities

(2016) Warda Ashraf   CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS

Climate Change Mitigation Challenge for Wood Utilization—The Case of Finland

(2016) Sampo Soimakallio et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Carbon Mitigation Impacts of Increased Softwood Lumber and Structural Panel Use for Nonresidential Construction in the United States

(2016) Prakash Nepal et al.   FOREST PRODUCTS JOURNAL

Estimating product and energy substitution benefits in national-scale mitigation analyses for Canada

(2016) Carolyn Smyth et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Environmental implications of the use of agglomerated cork as thermal insulation in buildings

(2016) Jorge Sierra-Pérez et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Climate impact assessment in life cycle assessments of forest products: implications of method choice for results and decision-making

(2016) Frida Røyne et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Embodied carbon mitigation and reduction in the built environment – What does the evidence say?

(2016) Francesco Pomponi et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Recycle, Bury, or Burn Wood Waste Biomass?: LCA Answer Depends on Carbon Accounting, Emissions Controls, Displaced Fuels, and Impact Costs

(2016) Jeffrey Morris   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY

Substantial global carbon uptake by cement carbonation

(2016) Fengming Xi et al.   Nature Geoscience

A new way of carbon accounting emphasises the crucial role of sustainable timber use for successful carbon mitigation strategies

(2016) Fabian H. Härtl et al.   Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

The effect of increasing lifespan and recycling rate on carbon storage in wood products from theoretical model to application for the European wood sector

(2016) Pau Brunet-Navarro et al.   Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Insulation Cork Boards—Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of an Organic Construction Material

(2016) José Silvestre et al.   Materials

A holistic assessment of greenhouse gas dynamics from forests to the effects of wood products use in Austria

(2016) Martin Braun et al.   Carbon Management

Evaluation of the Carbon Dioxide Uptake of Slag-Blended Concrete Structures, Considering the Effect of Carbonation

(2016) Han-Seung Lee et al.   Sustainability

Methodological challenges and developments in LCA of low energy buildings: Application to biogenic carbon and global warming assessment

(2015) Marine Fouquet et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Energy and environmental assessment of industrial hemp for building applications: A review

(2015) Carlo Ingrao et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Reducing the Environmental Impact of Construction by Using Renewable Materials

(2015) Mike Lawrence   Journal of Renewable Materials

Carbon Profile of the Managed Forest Sector in Canada in the 20th Century: Sink or Source?

(2014) Jiaxin Chen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Climate Change Impacts Due to Biogenic Carbon: Addressing the Issue of Attribution Using Two Metrics With Very Different Outcomes

(2014) Geoffrey Guest et al.   Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Life cycle assessment of a hemp concrete wall: Impact of thickness and coating

(2013) Sylvie Pretot et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

The GHG contribution of the cascaded use of harvested wood products in comparison with the use of wood for energy—A case study on available forest resources in Canada

(2013) Richard Sikkema et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Carbon balance assessments of harvested wood products in Japan taking account of inter-regional flows

(2013) Chihiro Kayo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Calculating CO2 Uptake for Existing Concrete Structures during and after Service Life

(2013) Ronny Andersson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Life Cycle Assessment of Hemp Cultivation and Use of Hemp-Based Thermal Insulator Materials in Buildings

(2013) Luca Zampori et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Carbon Emissions of Infrastructure Development

(2013) Daniel B. Müller et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Carbon sequestration in LCA, a proposal for a new approach based on the global carbon cycle; cases on wood and on bamboo

(2013) Joost G. Vogtländer et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

Carbon footprint of particleboard: a comparison between ISO/TS 14067, GHG Protocol, PAS 2050 and Climate Declaration

(2013) Rita Garcia et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

2nd generation concrete construction: carbon footprint accounting

(2013) Frank Collins   Engineering Construction and Architectural Management

Assessing temporary carbon sequestration and storage projects through land use, land-use change and forestry: comparison of dynamic life cycle assessment with ton-year approaches

(2012) Annie Levasseur et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Global socioeconomic carbon stocks in long-lived products 1900–2008

(2012) Christian Lauk et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Application of probability distributions to the modeling of biogenic CO2fluxes in life cycle assessment

(2012) Francesco Cherubini et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Quantifying the greenhouse benefits of the use of wood products in two popular house designs in Sydney, Australia

(2012) Fabiano A. Ximenes et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

Global Warming Potential of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Biomass Stored in the Anthroposphere and Used for Bioenergy at End of Life

(2012) Geoffrey Guest et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY

Biogenic Carbon and Temporary Storage Addressed with Dynamic Life Cycle Assessment

(2012) Annie Levasseur et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY

Is biochar or straw-bale construction a better carbon storage from a life cycle perspective?

(2012) Tuomas Mattila et al.   PROCESS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Concrete vs. wood in buildings – An energy system approach

(2011) Jonas Nässén et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Carbon sequestration in Taiwan harvested wood products

(2011) Jun-Yen Lee et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND WORLD ECOLOGY

Global warming potential factors and warming payback time as climate indicators of forest biomass use

(2011) Kim Pingoud et al.   Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

The carbon-reduction potential of straw-bale housing

(2010) Behzad Sodagar et al.   BUILDING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION

Meta-analysis of greenhouse gas displacement factors of wood product substitution

(2010) Roger Sathre et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Sequestration of CO2by Concrete Carbonation

(2010) Isabel Galan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Forest carbon storage in the northeastern United States: Net effects of harvesting frequency, post-harvest retention, and wood products

(2010) Jared S. Nunery et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Life cycle assessment of borate-treated lumber with comparison to galvanized steel framing

(2010) Christopher A. Bolin et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Quantitative estimation of carbon removal effects due to wood utilization up to 2050 in Japan: effects from carbon storage and substitution of fossil fuels by harvested wood products

(2010) Yuko Tsunetsugu et al.   JOURNAL OF WOOD SCIENCE

Carbon storage potential of harvested wood: summary and policy implications

(2010) Ann Ingerson   Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

National and global greenhouse gas dynamics of different forest management and wood use scenarios: a model-based assessment

(2009) Frank Werner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Carbon stored in human settlements: the conterminous United States

(2009) GALINA CHURKINA et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

A distributed approach to accounting for carbon in wood products

(2009) Eric S. Marland et al.   Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change