COST-E9

Life cycle assessment of forestry and forests products
Abschätzung des Lebenszyklus von Forstwirtschaft und Waldprodukten


Completed


Type of Structure: coordinated project
Regional Scope: continental in the area: Europe
Parent Organisations: COST
Child Organisations:
Duration : 1997 to 2001 COMPLETED
Contact Address: no office contact defined


General information and objectives

"Life cycle assessment" (LCA) is a relatively new and developing science which is already seen as an important tool to evaluate the environmental impact of forestry and forest products. The major reasons for performing LCAs are:
  • to obtain quantified and reliable information for the emotive debate on the environmental impact and benefits of wood products so that this information can be used by industry and policy makers
  • to improve production and recycling techniques by minimizing steps with high environmental impact or choosing different processing routes to reduce environmental impact or highlighting compatibility between processing
  • to highlight areas where information on the environmental impact of products is still unknown or uncertain
  • to enable comparison between different materials (provided that products are used for the same purposes - e.g. railway sleepers from wood, concrete, steel).


    Last update: 4/27/22
    Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)

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