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Table 5 Substitution effectiveness of product substitution in addition to energy substitution

From: Setting priorities for land management to mitigate climate change

Wood product

Substituted material

Substitution effectiveness [t fossil fuel-C substituted per t of wood-C harvested]

Reference

  

Value used in this study

Low range

High range

 

Sawn-wood:

Building construction

0.24

0.046

0.56

[54]

Picea

(concrete, steel, plaster)

    

Sawn-wood:

Building construction

0.16

0.029

0.36

[54]

Fagus

(concrete, steel, plaster)

    

Pulp from

Boards, pallets and pulp

 

0.19

1.46

[14]

Populus

(softwood), chemicals

    
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Carbon Balance and Management

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