Carbon Impacts of Cross Laminated Timber
Sponsor: TallWood Design Institute (collaboration with University of Oregon and Oregon State University). 2018–2019
Team: Project Investigator Alison Kwok with graduate students Hannah Zalusky, Isabel Rivera; consultant Lindsay Rasmussen (Architecture 2030), and exchange student Hannah McKay (CalPoly San Luis Obispo).
This case study series highlights five whole building life cycle assessments (WBLCAs) of buildings incorporating the building material known as cross-laminated timber (CLT) into some or all of their structure, using a primary cradle-to-grave system boundary. Eighteen Info Sheets provide a general overview of cross-laminated timber in buildings, relevant design information, and a synthesis of research on embodied and stored carbon of CLT. An intensive literature review of data and resources drawn primarily from current studies in Canada and the United States, these sources were selected for their relevance to cross-laminated timber and its embodied carbon (greenhouse gas emissions) and stored carbon.
