Buildings and deforestation together produce 50% of global carbon emissions. This session will address how climate-smart forestry and sustainable agriculture can store carbon in ecological landscapes and generate wood and plant-based building materials that reduce embodied carbon in buildings. Key topics include a proposed strategy to double carbon sequestration by global forests, and an assessment of the validity of biogenic carbon claims with an expanded Life Cycle Analysis. We will also consider a case study focused on controlling tropical deforestation and producing negative carbon hardwoods.
Track
Boston 2022 Areas of Focus
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5
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Marina 1
Learning Objectives
Define the role of forests as both active agents of carbon capture and storage and as sources of emissions. Demonstrate how wood products sourced from well-managed forests can reduce a project’s embodied carbon.
Provide an overview of available building materials sourced from forests and agriculture landscapes and compare their relative capacity to store carbon in buildings and to replace high-emissions materials.
Evaluate the validity of the claims of negative carbon building materials, using the concept of a Life Cycle Analysis that includes evaluation of the carbon dynamics of the forest or cropland that sourced the material.
Describe the large opportunity in tropical forestry to reduce global carbon emissions. Define the embodied carbon impact that wood products sourced from well-managed tropical forests can have on a building project.
CEU Information
Attendance for each full conference day offers 4.5 credit hours for both RESNET and MA CSL licensure.
CEU Credits
AIA: 1.5 LU
BPI: 1.5 Hours
GBCI: 1.5 Hours (BD+C)
NARI: 1.5 Hours
PHIUS: 1.5 Hours
Session ID
BOS22-304
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