Paper details

Title:

Quantifying Benefits from Temporary Biogenic Carbon Storage in Biobased Products

Author(s):

Vural Gursel, I., van den Oever, M.

Document(s):

Abstract:

The application of biobased and circular products in the construction sector can contribute significantly to climate change mitigation. In the Netherlands, the environmental impact of buildings needs to be quantified when applying for a building permit for new construction and for civil infrastructure the environmental impact is increasingly used as an award criterion: the lower the environmental impact, the more favorably the client will assess a bid or tender. It is therefore important that the environmental performance of biobased materials are quantified and included in the Dutch Environmental Database, and that the methodology used for quantifying their climate impact takes into account the benefits of biogenic carbon storage. Based on a sound review of existing approaches in relevant standards/ guidelines as well as in scientific literature, dynamic approach was found as the most accurate. This method was proposed to quantify the benefits of temporary biogenic carbon storage in biobased materials to be incorporated into the Dutch Environmental Performance Assessment Method for Construction Works.

Keywords:

CO₂ emission, emission factor, climate change, environmental impact, biobased products, life cycle assessment (LCA)

Topic:

Sustainability, Impacts, Policies and Systems Analysis

Subtopic:

Climate impacts and GHG performance

Event:

34th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition

Session:

2DO.8.3

Pages:

240 - 243

ISBN:

978-88-89407-27-1

Paper DOI:

10.5071/34thEUBCE2026-2DO.8.3

Price:

FREE