Contributions of China’s Wood-Based Panels to CO2 Emission and Removal Implied by the Energy Consumption Standards
Life cycle analysis on wood-based panels in terms of CO2 flux can be used to quantitatively assess the climate change contributions of these materials. In this study, the annual CO2 flux between 1990 and 2015 was calculated through gate-to-gate life cycle analysis of wood-based panels. As implied by...
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| description | Life cycle analysis on wood-based panels in terms of CO2 flux can be used to quantitatively assess the climate change contributions of these materials. In this study, the annual CO2 flux between 1990 and 2015 was calculated through gate-to-gate life cycle analysis of wood-based panels. As implied by the energy consumption standards, China’s wood-based panels used to be carbon sources during the period 1990–2007, with the average contribution to CO2 emissions of 9.20 Mt/year. The implementation of new standards and the development of Cleaner production technologies in China, decreased the energy consumption per panel. China’s wood-based panels acted as a carbon sink between 2008 and 2015, with the average contribution to CO2 removal of 31.71 Mt/year. Plywood produced the largest contributions to the emission and removal of CO2, and was followed by fiberboard and particleboard. China’s wood-based panels, with good prospects and strong demands projected in the future, can potentially contribute to climate change mitigation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-269f3f9ecd704957b9721a804bb41a8d2022-12-22T03:24:13ZengMDPI AGForests1999-49072017-07-018827310.3390/f8080273f8080273Contributions of China’s Wood-Based Panels to CO2 Emission and Removal Implied by the Energy Consumption StandardsShanshan Wang0Han Zhang1Ying Nie2Hongqiang Yang3Department of Economics and Management, Nanjing Forestry University, No. 159, Longpan Road, Nanjing 210037, Jiangsu, ChinaResearch Center for Economics and Trade in Forest Products of the State Forestry Administration (SINO-RCETFOR), No. 159, Longpan Road, Nanjing 210037, Jiangsu, ChinaResearch Center for Economics and Trade in Forest Products of the State Forestry Administration (SINO-RCETFOR), No. 159, Longpan Road, Nanjing 210037, Jiangsu, ChinaDepartment of Economics and Management, Nanjing Forestry University, No. 159, Longpan Road, Nanjing 210037, Jiangsu, ChinaLife cycle analysis on wood-based panels in terms of CO2 flux can be used to quantitatively assess the climate change contributions of these materials. In this study, the annual CO2 flux between 1990 and 2015 was calculated through gate-to-gate life cycle analysis of wood-based panels. As implied by the energy consumption standards, China’s wood-based panels used to be carbon sources during the period 1990–2007, with the average contribution to CO2 emissions of 9.20 Mt/year. The implementation of new standards and the development of Cleaner production technologies in China, decreased the energy consumption per panel. China’s wood-based panels acted as a carbon sink between 2008 and 2015, with the average contribution to CO2 removal of 31.71 Mt/year. Plywood produced the largest contributions to the emission and removal of CO2, and was followed by fiberboard and particleboard. China’s wood-based panels, with good prospects and strong demands projected in the future, can potentially contribute to climate change mitigation.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/8/8/273wood-based panelsclimate change mitigationenergy consumptionproduction approach |
| spellingShingle | Shanshan Wang Han Zhang Ying Nie Hongqiang Yang Contributions of China’s Wood-Based Panels to CO2 Emission and Removal Implied by the Energy Consumption Standards Forests wood-based panels climate change mitigation energy consumption production approach |
| title | Contributions of China’s Wood-Based Panels to CO2 Emission and Removal Implied by the Energy Consumption Standards |
| title_full | Contributions of China’s Wood-Based Panels to CO2 Emission and Removal Implied by the Energy Consumption Standards |
| title_fullStr | Contributions of China’s Wood-Based Panels to CO2 Emission and Removal Implied by the Energy Consumption Standards |
| title_full_unstemmed | Contributions of China’s Wood-Based Panels to CO2 Emission and Removal Implied by the Energy Consumption Standards |
| title_short | Contributions of China’s Wood-Based Panels to CO2 Emission and Removal Implied by the Energy Consumption Standards |
| title_sort | contributions of china s wood based panels to co2 emission and removal implied by the energy consumption standards |
| topic | wood-based panels climate change mitigation energy consumption production approach |
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