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Wooden Eco-buildings

Wooden Eco-buildings – energy efficiency in LCA perspective

The construction and real estate sectors are responsible for approximately 40% of the total energy consumption, 30 % of the CO2 emissions and 40% of the waste generated. To reduce the consumption of resources and the impact on the climate, it is not only necessary to reduce energy consumption during the operational period of a building, but also during the rest of the life cycle and transfer the use of energy to renewable energy sources. In a bio-based economy, biological, renewable production provides the raw materials for production as well as for energy. Wood from forests managed in a sustainable way represents a material with large environmental advantages compared to other building materials. Wood has great advantage when considering lifetime energy performance, use of finite resources, CO2 emissions and waste. The waste from forestry and forest industries is used for energy production. _ An increased use of wood in the building sector has a number of inherent benefits:
 reduced energy use in the construction phase
 reduced energy use during the whole life-cycle
 reduced green house gas emissions
 reduced amount of waste generated and the possibility to use the waste for energy production
 reduced costs

Although studies and research has confirmed the benefits, they are not commonly known.

The main objectives of this work package is to:
 build capacity and knowledge concerning the bio-based economy and to provide a base for information and marketing of wood housing technology
 accelerate market penetration of efficient wooden houses
 provide decision support and influence attitudes among decision-makers
 evaluate economic advantages of wooden house construction so that they are attractive to local investors and banks
 increase the use of wood in the construction sector.


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