Environmental and economic impacts of substitution between wood products and alternative materials: a review of micro-level analyses from Norway and Sweden
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Petersen et al compiled literature findings for Norway and Sweden and report that avoided emissions from using timber typically lie between 100 and 400 kg CO2-eq/m3 timber, although the entire range spans minus 310 to plus 1060 kg CO2-eq/m3.
“Petersen et al [82] compiled literature findings for Norway and Sweden and report that avoided emissions from using timber typically lie between 100 and 400 kg CO 2 -eq/m 3 timber, although the entire range spans minus 310 to plus 1060 kg CO 2 -eq/m 3 .”
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Method
- Authors
- Petersen, A. K., & Solberg, B.
- Corresponding author
- Petersen, Ann Kristin
- Venue
- Forest Policy and Economics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2005-03
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 249-259
- ISSN
- 1389-9341 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1975420468
- Cited by
- 222
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 13 · 2012: 14
- FWCI
- 5.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Forest Policy and Economics (publishedVersion)
- ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Accounting › Life Cycle Costing Analysis
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
- Keywords
- wood substitute, greenhouse gas emissions, life cycle assessment, preservative-treated wood, acidification, eutrophication, photochemical ozone formation, CO2 fixation, waste management, dynamic input-output model, building materials, Norway, Sweden
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