Carbon footprint including effect of carbon storage for selected wooden facade materials

Wood Material Science and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 139-143

  Tellnes, Lars G F ^a   Gobakken, Lone Ross ^b   FlÆte, Per Otto ^a   Alfredsen, Gry ^b  

^a Treteknisk   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Life cycle assessment; Wooden facade materials

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FACADES; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EFFECT OF CARBONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATIONS; FACADE MATERIALS; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE PERSPECTIVES; WOODEN CLADDING; WOODEN MATERIALS;

CARBON FOOTPRINT;

CARBON; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; WOOD;

EID: 84897366930     PISSN: 17480272     EISSN: 17480280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17480272.2014.904432     Document Type: Article

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