The development of strategies to have the carbon savings and broader environmental benefits of growing forests and using timber in the built environment appropriately recognised

This project proposes to

review the current state of standards and methods to estimate embodied carbon across the forest-to-built environment value chain,
develop a ‘integrated’ model that can be used to estimate the embodied carbon of materials in various types of buildings and use that to derive case study estimates of optimizing timber use, and
assess and develop methods that can be used to estimate ‘dynamic environmental impact measures’ across the forest-timber-built environment.

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Timber 2032 Forum – Utilising timber in construction to lower emissions and reduce embodied carbon

Review the current state of standards and methods to estimate embodied carbon across the forest-to-built environment value chain (near complete).
Develop an ‘integrated’ life cycle assessment model that can be used to estimate the embodied carbon of materials in various types of buildings and use that to derive case study estimates of optimizing timber use in various circumstances.
Assess and develop methods that can be used to estimate ‘dynamic environmental impact measures’ across the forest-timber-built environment.

Paul Dargusch

Research Hub Deputy Director; Node Leader - Towards a Low-Carbon & Circular Economy

Monash University

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Postdoctoral Research Fellow Opportunity

PhD Candidate

PhD Scholarship Opportunity

Fabiano Ximenes

Theme Leader - Transformative Benefits; Partner Investigator

NSW Department of Primary Industries

Joe Gattas

Theme Leader - Innovative Solutions; Node Leader - Manufacturing Innovation & Value-Chain Innovation

The University of Queensland

Robert Crawford

Project Leader; Chief Investigator

University of Melbourne

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