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

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-108

  Sikkema, Richard ^a,b   Junginger, Martin ^a   McFarlane, Paul ^c   Faaij, André ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Control Union Certifications ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Carbon footprint; Cascade; Cradle to cradle utilization; Energy wood; Harvested wood products; Managed forest

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ENERGY; FOREST; PAPER; PELLET EXTRUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLE FERMENTATION; TREE; WOOD;

EID: 84877332825     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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