A recent release noted the IISD study Emission Omissions: Carbon Accounting Gaps in the Built Environment suggested that life-cycle assessment (LCA) is an appropriate tool for analyzing the carbon cycle in the built environment and reducing emissions, but that research has found current LCA tools have significant shortcomings. The researchers identified the need to correct poor assumptions about embodied carbon in wood, steel and concrete building products, the release said. They singled out forestry products for urgent attention because current LCAs ignore emissions from “biogenic carbon.” The study found these omissions could represent up to 72 per cent of the life-cycle emissions of wood products READ HERE
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