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Article: Dovetail Partners report calls for recognition of carbon stored in wood products.(CLIPPINGS)(Brief article)
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- Forest Products Journal
- Article date:
- May 1, 2008
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A new report released by Dovetail Partners in April calls for greater recognition of the role of wood products in carbon sequestration and of the low energy intensity of wood products. According to Dr. Jim Bowyer, lead author of the report, current protocols for reducing carbon emissions and increasing carbon sequestration ignore the storage of carbon within wood products and their low energy requirements. "These omissions are significant since in the United States alone carbon stored within wood products is over one-third that being sequestered annually within the nation's forests."
The 12-page report includes comparisons of the net carbon emissions of framing ...