by
Dr Mohammad Scharai-Rad
University of Hamburg,
Department of Wood Technology
and
Dr Johannes Welling
Federal Research Centre for Forestry and
Forest Products, Hamburg
Rome, 2002
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Single-family
houses (raw construction)
Simple large
buildings
Window frames
Flooring materials
Background
Goal and scope
definition
Life cycle
inventory analysis
Life cycle impact
assessment
Life cycle
interpretation
Specific aspects of forestry and forest products to be considered in LCA
Environmental
effects related to the use of wood-based products
Problems related to the allocation of
environmental burdens
Carbon
cycle
Environmental impacts and energy balances of wood products and major substitutes
LCA of
single-family houses
LCA of simple
large buildings
LCA of window
frames
LCA of flooring
materials
Goal and scope
of LCA studies
Resources
availability
Thermal
utilization of waste wood
Windows
Flooring materials
Reasons for substitution