Life-cycle inventory of medium density fiberboard in terms of resources, emissions, energy and carbon

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 107-124

  Wilson, James B ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Carbon store; CORRIM; Embodied energy; Environmental performance; LCI; Life cycle inventory; MDF; Wood products

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUXES; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES; COMPOSITE WOODS; EMBODIED ENERGY; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; GREEN BUILDINGS; LARGE COMPONENTS; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORIES; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; MEDIUM DENSITY FIBERBOARDS; OUTPUT DATA; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WOOD FIBER; WOOD RESIDUES;

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RESINS; UREA; UREA FORMALDEHYDE RESINS; WOOD FUELS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; CLIMATES; ENERGY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FUELS; LIFE CYCLE; POLYUREAS; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; UREA; WATER; WOOD PRODUCTS; WOOD WASTE;

EID: 77950292910     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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