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Table 7 The percent distribution of C from primary wood products stages to in-use pools[12, 46, 47]

From: Forest carbon in North America: annual storage and emissions from British Columbia’s harvest, 1965–2065

  

From

Time period

To pools

Lumber

Plywood

Panels

1990–2065

Single family homes (In-useSFH)

25

41

15

  

(21–29)

(34–44)

(11–19.5)

 

Multi-family homes (In-useMFH)

1.5

3

2

  

(1–2.5)

(2–4)

(1–2.3)

 

Commercial buildings (In-use CB)

7

9

6

  

(5.5–8.5)

(7–11)

(5–7)

 

Residential upkeep and moveable homes (In-useUMV)

25

25.5

16

  

(21–28)

(21–33)

(11–24)

 

Furniture & other manufacturing products (In-useMNF)

10

7.5

36

  

(6.5–12)

(5.5–10)

(23–47)

 

Shipping (In-useSHP)

10

2

1

  

(9–11)

(1.5–2)

(0.4–1)

 

Other (In-useOTR)

12

7

19

  

(8–16)

(5.5–10.5)

(5–28)

 

Landfill wood (L W j)

7.5

4

4

 

Recycle (In-useOTR)

2

1

1

1965–1989

Single family homes (In-useSFH)

26

34

 
  

(20–36)

(26–47)

 
 

Multi-family homes (In-useMFH)

5.5

8

 
  

(3–11.5)

(4–14)

 
 

Commercial buildings (In-useCB)

10

13

 
  

(7.5–12.5)

(9–18)

 
 

Residential upkeep and moveable homes (In-useUMV)

15

20

 
  

(9–27)

(14–28.5)

 
 

Furniture & other manufacturing products (In-use MNF)

11

7

 
  

(8.5–13)

(5–9)

 
 

Shipping (In-useSHP)

12

2

 
  

(9–16)

(1.5–2.5)

 
 

Other (In-useOTR)

10.5

11

 
  

(2–21)

(5.5–19)

 
 

Landfill wood (LW j)

10

5

 
  1. Brackets include the minimum and maximum in the annual data provided by McKeever [47].