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ancing
LCA
application
in
the
wood
sector
Rajat
Panwar1
1
The
University
of
British
Columbia,
Faculty
of
Forestry,
Vancouver,
Canada,
rajat.panwar@ubc.ca
Keywords: consequential
LCA,
attributional
LCA,
wood
sector
Life
cycle
analysis
(LCA)
has
become
a
popular
tool
in
the
wood
sector
particularly
because
of
the
heightened
need
to
better
articulate
the
environmental
superiority
of
wood
over
substitute
materials
in
the
construction
sector
(Cabeza
et
al.,
2014).
A
large
number
of
studies
across
the
world
have
been
conducted
to
compare
the
environmental
performance
of
wooden
buildings
(and
building
components)
with
those
made
of
alternative
construction
materials.
Recent
studies
have
indeed
provided
us
with
important
insights
yet
there
are
at
least
two
areas
that
remain
under
explored.
First,
the
majority
of
the
studies
have
adopted
what
is
known
as
the
attributional
life
cycle
analysis
(ALCA)
approach,
while
the
alternative
consequential
life
cycle
analysis
(CLCA)
is
considered
by
only
a
handful
of
studies
(Buyle
et
al.,
2014).
Both
approaches
have
their
relative
advantages
and
disadvantages
and
address
very
different
research
questions.
This
presentation
will
draw
a
distinction
between
these
two
approaches
and
highlight
the
type
of
questions
that
each
approach
can
address
in
the
wood
sector.
Second,
research
has
not
adequately
dealt
with
corporate
adoption
of
LCA
in
the
wood
sector.
In
an
attempt
to
ameliorate
this
shortcoming,
this
presentation
will
discuss
how
and
why
corporations
adopt
specific
environmental
benchmarks
and
how
LCA
adoption
can
be
increased
in
the
wood
sector.
References
Buyle,
M.,
Braet,
J.,
Audenaert,
A.
2014.
Life
Cycle
Assessment
of
an
Apartment
Building:
Comparison
of
an
Attributional
and
Consequential
Approach.
Energy
Procedia,
62,
132-‐140.
Cabeza,
L.,
F.,
Rincón,
L.,
Vilariño,
V.,
Pérez,
G.,
Castell,
A.
2014.
Life
cycle
assessment
(LCA)
and
life
cycle
energy
analysis
(LCEA)
of
buildings
and
the
building
sector:
A
review.
Renewable
and
sustainable
energy
reviews,
29,
394-‐416.
36
LCA
application
in
the
wood
sector
Rajat
Panwar1
1
The
University
of
British
Columbia,
Faculty
of
Forestry,
Vancouver,
Canada,
rajat.panwar@ubc.ca
Keywords: consequential
LCA,
attributional
LCA,
wood
sector
Life
cycle
analysis
(LCA)
has
become
a
popular
tool
in
the
wood
sector
particularly
because
of
the
heightened
need
to
better
articulate
the
environmental
superiority
of
wood
over
substitute
materials
in
the
construction
sector
(Cabeza
et
al.,
2014).
A
large
number
of
studies
across
the
world
have
been
conducted
to
compare
the
environmental
performance
of
wooden
buildings
(and
building
components)
with
those
made
of
alternative
construction
materials.
Recent
studies
have
indeed
provided
us
with
important
insights
yet
there
are
at
least
two
areas
that
remain
under
explored.
First,
the
majority
of
the
studies
have
adopted
what
is
known
as
the
attributional
life
cycle
analysis
(ALCA)
approach,
while
the
alternative
consequential
life
cycle
analysis
(CLCA)
is
considered
by
only
a
handful
of
studies
(Buyle
et
al.,
2014).
Both
approaches
have
their
relative
advantages
and
disadvantages
and
address
very
different
research
questions.
This
presentation
will
draw
a
distinction
between
these
two
approaches
and
highlight
the
type
of
questions
that
each
approach
can
address
in
the
wood
sector.
Second,
research
has
not
adequately
dealt
with
corporate
adoption
of
LCA
in
the
wood
sector.
In
an
attempt
to
ameliorate
this
shortcoming,
this
presentation
will
discuss
how
and
why
corporations
adopt
specific
environmental
benchmarks
and
how
LCA
adoption
can
be
increased
in
the
wood
sector.
References
Buyle,
M.,
Braet,
J.,
Audenaert,
A.
2014.
Life
Cycle
Assessment
of
an
Apartment
Building:
Comparison
of
an
Attributional
and
Consequential
Approach.
Energy
Procedia,
62,
132-‐140.
Cabeza,
L.,
F.,
Rincón,
L.,
Vilariño,
V.,
Pérez,
G.,
Castell,
A.
2014.
Life
cycle
assessment
(LCA)
and
life
cycle
energy
analysis
(LCEA)
of
buildings
and
the
building
sector:
A
review.
Renewable
and
sustainable
energy
reviews,
29,
394-‐416.
36
