Wood Information Sheet 2/3-72 Carbon and timber in construction for building designers
Publication Year
2022
Document Status
Withdrawn
Abstract
The relationship between timber in the built environment and the forests it was sourced from; outlining methods to minimise carbon use and to maximise the carbon store, and procedures to calculate the embodied carbon in a building according to a life cycle assessment (LCA).
Document History
February 2022 edition.
Publisher Information
BM TRADA
BM TRADA originates during the 1930s when a forerunner of what later became the Timber Research and Development Association (TRADA) was set up to promote the use of wood in construction. Their publishing programme delivers an extensive range of timber information - Eurocode 5 guidance, span tables, Wood Information Sheets and technical manuals on timber structures, characteristics, performance aspects such as fire and durability, and common applications.
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