South African log resource availability and potential environmental impact of timber construction

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dc.contributor.authorCrafford, Philip L.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWessels, C. Branden_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-21T10:40:57Z
dc.date.available2021-07-21T10:40:57Z
dc.date.issued2020-07-29
dc.descriptionCITATION: Crafford, P. L. & Wessels, C. B. 2020. South African log resource availability and potential environmental impact of timber construction. South African Journal of Science, 116(7/8):6419, doi:10.17159/sajs.2020/6419.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://sajs.co.za
dc.description.abstractENGLISH ABSTRACT: We investigated the South African log resource availability and the potential global warming impact of an increasing wood-based residential building market. We have shown that, with the use of wood resources currently exported as chips, as well as planting trees in areas that have been earmarked for afforestation, a sustainable residential building market, where all constructions are wood-based, is possible. However, in the short term, imports of wooden building components might be necessary if rapid growth in woodbased building occurs. Basic modelling analyses show that if the market share of wood-based buildings increases to 20% of new constructions, the embodied energy and global warming potential of the residential building sector could decrease by 4.9%. If all new constructions were wood based, the total embodied energy and global warming potential of the residential building sector could decrease by up to 30%.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://sajs.co.za/article/view/6419
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent8 pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCrafford, P. L. & Wessels, C. B. 2020. South African log resource availability and potential environmental impact of timber construction. South African Journal of Science, 116(7/8):6419, doi:10.17159/sajs.2020/6419.
dc.identifier.issn1996-7489 (online)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.17159/sajs.2020/6419
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/110754
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherASSAfen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectWood-based building systemsen_ZA
dc.subjectGlobal warmingen_ZA
dc.subjectResidential buildingsen_ZA
dc.subjectGlobal warming -- Environmental aspectsen_ZA
dc.titleSouth African log resource availability and potential environmental impact of timber constructionen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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