Forest as a source of renewable material to reduce the environmental impact of buildings

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.17221/65/2023-JFS" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.17221/65/2023-JFS</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/65/2023-JFS" target="_blank" >10.17221/65/2023-JFS</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Forest as a source of renewable material to reduce the environmental impact of buildings

Original language description

Construction sector has high environmental impact throughout entire life cycle of buildings. One way to reduce the impact is to use building materials with the lowest possible environmental impact - such as wood. The use of wood-based building materials can improve the overall environmental balance of buildings. Compared to other materials, wood probably has the best environmental performance. These findings are particularly significant in the context of the environmental and legislative situation in Europe and the Czech Republic and may be one of the reasons for the increasing number of new wood-based buildings. The main reason for the research is to highlight the potential of wood as an ecological renewable material with multiple applications in all sectors of the national economy, especially in the construction industry. This paper aims to deepen the knowledge of the environmental specifications of building materials, especially wood, highlight its benefits and verify that building with natural and eco-friendly materials is less costly with lower environmental impacts. To illustrate the environmental impact of the construction industry, a case study comparing house variants was conducted to find the most suitable combinations of materials in terms of economic, environmental, and social aspects. It was found that from a sustainable development perspective, building with green materials generally means lower environmental impacts measured by e.g. global warming potential and embodied energy. This is particularly evident in the case of wood, which is not only a renewable material with advantageous thermo-technical and construction properties despite its low weight, but also stores carbon as it grows. The findings show that wood in the structure can reduce the cumulative environmental impact of the whole structure.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20502 - Paper and wood

Project

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Continuities

O - Projekt operacniho programu

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Forest Science

ISSN

1212-4834

e-ISSN

1805-935X

Volume of the periodical

69

Issue of the periodical within the volume

10

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

451-462

UT code for WoS article

001094251200004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85175562491