Environmental impacts of wood cascading under the consideration of consequential market effects and temporal aspects
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The cascading use of wood is an important concept against the background of the future use of renewable raw materials and the climate protection. The overall objective of the project is to analyze methods for the consideration of temporal and market effects by means of consequential and dynamic life cycle assessment and to apply these effects to representative value chains for the cascading use of wood in Germany. On the one hand, life cycle assessment focuses on indirect cascade effects caused by market shifts such as innovations or changes in the legal framework. On the other hand, effects of prolonged carbon storage by delaying the release of carbon stored in the wood are focus of the assessment. This approach can be used to break down short-, medium- and long-term effects as well as the timing of positive and negative environmental impacts of cascading use. As expected, recommendations regarding the implementation of cascading use of wood for politics and industry can be derived from these results. The cascading use and the raw material wood represent a key position in the concept of the bio-based economy. The inclusion of market economy and time effects should ensure a resource-efficient and use-optimized allocation in order to meet the increasing demand for raw materials and energy carriers in Germany. |
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| Duration: | October 2019 - September 2022 |
| People: | Szichta, Pia; Risse, Michael; Richter, Klaus |
| Funding: | Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft: BMEL-Förderprogramm „Nachwachsende Rohstoffe“ |
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