WIS 2/3-72 Carbon and timber in construction for building designers

WIS 2/3-72 Carbon and timber in construction for building designers

Timber is largely made from carbon: its use in construction results in both carbon storage and carbon emissions. Understanding how to manage carbon emissions and calculate embodied carbon helps to maximise the environmental benefits of building with timber. Carbon dioxide (CO2), along with other greenhouse gases emitted to the atmosphere, leads to increasing global temperatures. The current concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is the highest it has been for at least two million years and has increased by 12% in the first 20 years of the 21st Century alone. Even small rises in global temperatures can have catastrophic effects on the climate and ecosystems.

This new Wood Information Sheet discusses the following topics in relation to timber in buildings: carbon emissions, carbon stores and the complex relationship between timber in the built environment and the forests it was sourced from. It also provides methods to minimise carbon use and to maximise the carbon store, and explains procedures for calculating the embodied carbon in a building according to a life cycle assessment (LCA). This Wood Information Sheet (WIS) is an overview of the subject with signposts to more detailed sources listed at the end.

Prepared with the assistance of Toby Maclean, Allt environmental structural engineers.

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  • Contents
    Carbon and timber Carbon emissions from buildings
    Calculating whole-life carbon for a building
    Minimising built environment carbon emissions
    Carbon stores
    The carbon impact of timber in construction
    Whole-life carbon emissions and global temperature increases
    Transport emissions (LCA module A4)
    End-of-life emissions (LCA modules C1-C4)
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    WIS 2/3-72

    23/03/2022

    BM TRADA

    12 Pages

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