Characterizing the importance of carbon stored in wood products

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 5-14

  Lippke, Bruce ^a   Wilson, Jim ^b   Meil, Jamie ^c   Taylor, Adam ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Athena Sustainable Materials Institute   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Carbon storage; Forests; Global warming; Life cycle inventory and assessment (LCI LCA); Wood products

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS; CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON POOL; CARBON STORAGE; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CONCRETE PRODUCTS;

CARBON; CLIMATES; COMBUSTION; CONCRETE; CONSTRUCTION; EMISSION; EQUIPMENT; FORESTS; FOSSIL FUELS; HOUSES; LIFE CYCLE; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 77950208126     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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