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
PROJECT UNDER DEVELOPMENT
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
Objectives/Deliverables
- 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.
Project Leader/s
Paul Dargusch
Research Hub Deputy Director; Node Leader - Towards a Low-Carbon & Circular Economy
Monash University
Project Staff
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Opportunity
PhD Candidate
PhD Scholarship Opportunity
Project Investigators
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