Cradle-to-gate life-cycle assessment of redwood lumber in the United States

Kamalakanta Sahoo; Richard Bergman

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Cradle-to-gate life-cycle assessment of redwood lumber in the United States

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Kamalakanta Sahoo, Richard Bergman

Year:

2020

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Forest Products Laboratory

Source:

Res. Pap. FPL-RP-706. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory: 1-39.

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Abstract

Global demand for renewable and sustainable materials such as wood products is growing. To support this growth, a scientific approach is necessary to illustrate the environmental benefits of wood products. This report contains a detailed cradle-to-gate life-cycle assessment method including data collection, development of life-cycle inventory, and life-cycle impact assessment for production of redwood lumber in the United States. The results illustrated that redwood lumber production has a very low carbon footprint (37.97 kg CO₂e/m³ of lumber) and stores about 18 times more carbon compared with its cradle-togate carbon footprint.

Keywords

Environmental impacts, wood, LCA, life-cycle inventory, cogeneration, product, EPD, redwood

Citation

Sahoo, Kamalakanta; Bergman, RIchard. 2020. Cradle-to-gate life-cycle assessment of redwood lumber in the United States. Res. Pap. FPL-RP-706. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory: 1-39.