[HTML][HTML] Life cycle assessment of forest-based products: A review

K Sahoo, R Bergman, S Alanya-Rosenbaum, H Gu… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Climate change, environmental degradation, and limited resources are motivations for
sustainable forest management. Forests, the most abundant renewable resource on earth …

Comparative study on life-cycle assessment and carbon footprint of hybrid, concrete and timber apartment buildings in Finland

R Rinne, HE Ilgın, M Karjalainen - International journal of environmental …, 2022 - mdpi.com
To date, in the literature, there has been no study on the comparison of hybrid (timber and
concrete) buildings with counterparts made of timber and concrete as the most common …

Environmental impact assessment of mass timber, structural steel, and reinforced concrete buildings based on the 2021 international building code provisions

V Kumar, ML Ricco, RD Bergman, P Nepal… - Building and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Building construction and operation accounts for over a third of global anthropogenic
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy consumption. To determine whether more …

Context, drivers, and future potential for wood-frame multi-story construction in Europe

E Hurmekoski, R Jonsson, T Nord - Technological forecasting and social …, 2015 - Elsevier
Compared to many manufacturing industries, there have been few major improvements over
the past few decades in the productivity, profitability, or the environmental impact of …

The carbon impacts of wood products

R Bergman, M Puettmann, A Taylor… - Forest products …, 2014 - meridian.allenpress.com
Wood products have many environmental advantages over nonwood alternatives.
Documenting and publicizing these merits helps the future competitiveness of wood when …

[PDF][PDF] Cross-laminated timber: Status and research needs in Europe

O Espinoza, VR Trujillo, MFL Mallo, U Buehlmann - BioResources, 2016 - academia.edu
In the 20 years since its invention in Europe, cross-laminated timber (CLT) has become a
widely used construction material in parts of the old continent and has started to attract …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative life-cycle assessment of a high-rise mass timber building with an equivalent reinforced concrete alternative using the Athena impact estimator for …

Z Chen, H Gu, RD Bergman, S Liang - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Buildings consume large amounts of materials and energy, making them one of the highest
environmental impactors. Quantifying the impact of building materials can be critical to …

Positive aspects of using solid wood in interiors on human wellbeing: A review

D Mamić, D Domljan - Drvna industrija, 2023 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak The paper provides an overview of research conducted in the field of wood
application in the interior environment and on how solid wood as a material affects human …

Comparative life-cycle assessment of a mass timber building and concrete alternative

S Liang, H Gu, R Bergman… - Wood and Fiber Science …, 2020 - research.fs.usda.gov
The US housing construction market consumes vast amounts of resources, with most
structural elements derived from wood, a renewable and sustainable resource. The same …

[HTML][HTML] Residents' attitudes towards wooden facade renovation and additional floor construction in Finland

M Karjalainen, HE Ilgın, L Metsäranta… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
To date, studies that provide a comprehensive understanding of residents' attitudes towards
wooden facade renovation and additional floor construction are lacking in the literature. This …