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Table 8 Half-lives assumed for in-use pools in BC-HWPv1

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

Pools for harvested wood products in-use

Assumed Half-life in BC-HWP v1

Source (Data presented in Methods section)

Single-family homes

90

[[13, 48, 49] and this study]

 

(78–350)

 

Multi-family homes and commercial buildings

75

[[13, 48, 50, 51] and this study]

 

(48–350)

 

Residential upkeep and moveable homes

30

[[10, 13, 52, 53] and this study]

 

(5–50)

 

Furniture & other manufactured products

38

[[10, 13, 52, 53] and this study]

 

(19–38)

 

Shipping

2

E. Allen, B. Eggertson, B. Scholnick Personal communication

 

(1–2)

 

Other (Remainder of wood consumption)

38

[13]

 

(19–38)

 

Paper

2.5

[13]

  1. Brackets include the minimum and maximum used in the uncertainty analysis.