Can timber buildings help reduce global CO2 emissions?

9th World Conference on Timber Engineering 2006, WCTE 2006

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 2204-2211

  Buchanan, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING SYSTEM; COMMERCIAL FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUEL ENERGY; GLOBAL CO; GLOBAL CONTEXT; IN-BUILDINGS; KYOTO PROTOCOL; NEW ZEALAND; TIMBER BUILDINGS;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; CARBON; EMISSION CONTROL; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; TIMBER; WOOD PRODUCTS; WOODEN BUILDINGS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84870020432     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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