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

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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. … celý popis

Podrobná bibliografie

Hlavní autor

Hana Svobodová, 1982-

Další autoři

Petra Hlaváčková, 1980-

Typ dokumentu

Články

Fyzický popis

8 ilustrací

Publikováno v

Journal of Forest Science. -- ISSN 1212-4834. -- Roč. 69, č. 10 (2023), s. 451-462

Témata

FORESTRY

Sustainable development

Environmental conventions

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION

renewable bioresources

WOOD

USES

BUILDING INDUSTRY

Capacity building

Houses

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

Building components

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

cirkulární ekonomika

eko-design

hodnocení životního cyklu

zelené materiály

životní cyklus budov

ekologická bilance budov

lesnictví

trvale udržitelný rozvoj

environmentální dohody

environmentální legislativa

obnovitelné biozdroje

dříví

využívání

stavební průmysl

budování kapacit

domy

stavební konstrukce

stavební prvky

vliv na životní prostředí

Popis jednotky

3 grafy, 5 tabulek

Bibliografie

Literatura na straně 460-462,