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Wood
for
Good
life
cycle
database
of
timber
products
David
Hopkins1,
Ed
Suttie2,
Owen
Abbe2
1
Wood
for
Good,
The
Building
Centre,
26
Store
Street,
London
WC1E
7BT,
UNITED
KINGDOM
dhopkins@ttf.co.uk
2
BRE,
Garston,
Watford,
WD25
9XX
UNITED
KINGDOM
suttiee@bre.co.uk
3
BRE,
Garston,
Watford,
WD25
9XX
UNITED
KINGDOM
abbeo@bre.co.uk
Keywords:
life
cycle
database,
free-‐to-‐use,
timber
products
Wood
for
Good
is
the
UK's
wood
promotion
campaign
which
works
on
behalf
of
the
whole
timber
industry
in
the
UK.
It
aims
to
promote
the
suitability
and
sustainability
of
wood
as
a
building
material
to
the
construction
and
logistics
sectors
and
associated
professionals
such
as
architects
and
design
engineers.
Early
in
2015
Wood
for
Good
officially
launched
the
UK’s
largest
life-‐cycle
assessment
(LCA)
database,
containing
whole-‐life
environmental
performance
information
of
all
major
timber
products.
This
paper
presents
the
database.
The
database
–
which
is
free-‐to-‐use
–
is
an
important
first
step
in
quantifying
the
environmental
performance
of
timber
in
UK
construction.
The
database
includes
modern-‐engineered
solutions
including
cross-‐laminated
timber
(CLT)
and
glulam,
as
well
as
materials
commonly
used
in
timber
construction,
such
as
adhesives
and
steel
sheets.
Figure
1
shows
the
front
page
of
the
database
available
at
http://www.woodforgood.com/lifecycle-‐database/
Assessment
has
been
made
from
cradle
to
grave,
including
forestry,
harvesting,
transportation,
processing
and
manufacturing,
through
to
the
various
end
of
life
options.
One
of
the
key
findings
was
that
every
timber
product
studied
reported
a
carbon
negative
rating
on
a
cradle-‐to-‐site
basis,
meaning
the
amount
of
carbon
absorbed
and
stored
in
the
timber
is
greater
than
that
emitted
in
production
and
transportation.
Future
outputs
in
the
Wood
for
Good
project
–
called
Wood
First
Plus
–
include
LCA
case
studies,
a
toolkit
to
build
individual
Environmental
Product
Declarations
and
a
BIM
element
are
under
discussion.
10
for
Good
life
cycle
database
of
timber
products
David
Hopkins1,
Ed
Suttie2,
Owen
Abbe2
1
Wood
for
Good,
The
Building
Centre,
26
Store
Street,
London
WC1E
7BT,
UNITED
KINGDOM
dhopkins@ttf.co.uk
2
BRE,
Garston,
Watford,
WD25
9XX
UNITED
KINGDOM
suttiee@bre.co.uk
3
BRE,
Garston,
Watford,
WD25
9XX
UNITED
KINGDOM
abbeo@bre.co.uk
Keywords:
life
cycle
database,
free-‐to-‐use,
timber
products
Wood
for
Good
is
the
UK's
wood
promotion
campaign
which
works
on
behalf
of
the
whole
timber
industry
in
the
UK.
It
aims
to
promote
the
suitability
and
sustainability
of
wood
as
a
building
material
to
the
construction
and
logistics
sectors
and
associated
professionals
such
as
architects
and
design
engineers.
Early
in
2015
Wood
for
Good
officially
launched
the
UK’s
largest
life-‐cycle
assessment
(LCA)
database,
containing
whole-‐life
environmental
performance
information
of
all
major
timber
products.
This
paper
presents
the
database.
The
database
–
which
is
free-‐to-‐use
–
is
an
important
first
step
in
quantifying
the
environmental
performance
of
timber
in
UK
construction.
The
database
includes
modern-‐engineered
solutions
including
cross-‐laminated
timber
(CLT)
and
glulam,
as
well
as
materials
commonly
used
in
timber
construction,
such
as
adhesives
and
steel
sheets.
Figure
1
shows
the
front
page
of
the
database
available
at
http://www.woodforgood.com/lifecycle-‐database/
Assessment
has
been
made
from
cradle
to
grave,
including
forestry,
harvesting,
transportation,
processing
and
manufacturing,
through
to
the
various
end
of
life
options.
One
of
the
key
findings
was
that
every
timber
product
studied
reported
a
carbon
negative
rating
on
a
cradle-‐to-‐site
basis,
meaning
the
amount
of
carbon
absorbed
and
stored
in
the
timber
is
greater
than
that
emitted
in
production
and
transportation.
Future
outputs
in
the
Wood
for
Good
project
–
called
Wood
First
Plus
–
include
LCA
case
studies,
a
toolkit
to
build
individual
Environmental
Product
Declarations
and
a
BIM
element
are
under
discussion.
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