Mass timber carbon solutions – reducing life-cycle carbon emissions with mass timber construction
Mass timber carbon solutions – reducing life-cycle carbon emissions with mass timber construction
Mass timber construction is gaining momentum every year, driven by the urgency of reducing carbon emissions in the construction world. Some of its advantages are structural performance, ease of construction, and a variety of options to suit different applications. One of the biggest risks in timber buildings LCAs is confusion over biogenic carbon. LCAs and dynamic thermal simulations were used to compare alternative scenarios focusing on material substitutions: changing the materials of the structure, slabs, external walls and core to certain mass timber solutions can deliver significant embodied and operational carbon reductions. The results show how a careful mass timber design can lead to significant carbon savings.
Anselmo, Agostino
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Vallejo, Juan A.
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Gauthier, Stephanie
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Nicol, Fergus
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Brotas, Luisa
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Schiano-Phan, Rosa
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15 September 2023
Anselmo, Agostino
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Vallejo, Juan A.
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Gauthier, Stephanie
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Nicol, Fergus
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Brotas, Luisa
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Schiano-Phan, Rosa
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Anselmo, Agostino and Vallejo, Juan A.
(2023)
Mass timber carbon solutions – reducing life-cycle carbon emissions with mass timber construction.
Gauthier, Stephanie, Nicol, Fergus, Brotas, Luisa and Schiano-Phan, Rosa
(eds.)
12th Masters Conference: People and Buildings, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom.
15 Sep 2023.
6 pp
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(doi:10.5258/SOTON/P1138).
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Mass timber construction is gaining momentum every year, driven by the urgency of reducing carbon emissions in the construction world. Some of its advantages are structural performance, ease of construction, and a variety of options to suit different applications. One of the biggest risks in timber buildings LCAs is confusion over biogenic carbon. LCAs and dynamic thermal simulations were used to compare alternative scenarios focusing on material substitutions: changing the materials of the structure, slabs, external walls and core to certain mass timber solutions can deliver significant embodied and operational carbon reductions. The results show how a careful mass timber design can lead to significant carbon savings.
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Published date: 15 September 2023
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12th Masters Conference: People and Buildings, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, 2023-09-15 - 2023-09-15
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Agostino Anselmo
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Juan A. Vallejo
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Fergus Nicol
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Luisa Brotas
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Rosa Schiano-Phan
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