Carbon Storage

The Biogenic Stored Carbon Quotient: a new certification to measure buildings’ stored carbon

by Matt Milton|19 May 2619 May 26|Design

The Biogenic Stored Carbon Quotient (BSCQ) is the UK’s first certification scheme for biogenic stored carbon in the built environment. Developed by Grown in Britain, it is a means of monitoring, reporting and verifying the long-term carbon stored in construction projects that use biogenic materials. The BSCQ provides the construction...

Metsä Wood updates carbon storage calculator

by Jennie Ward|07 September 2507 September 25|Supply, Sustainability

Metsä Wood has updated its carbon storage calculator to deliver even greater customer value. As the building sector contributes up to 40% of global annual greenhouse gas emissions, it plays a vital role in combatting climate change. Wood construction is a part of the solution. As well as showing carbon...

UPM Timber launches carbon storage calculator

by Jennie Ward|07 March 2507 March 25|Build, Supply

UPM Timber has launched a carbon storage calculator on its website that can be used to calculate the amount of carbon sequestered in wood raw material and examine its climate impacts. Antti Koulumies, Vice President of UPM Timber, said: “The carbon storage calculator provides the user with a clear measure...

Carbon Cycle and Storage

by Edinburgh Napier University|01 November 2308 May 25|Supply, Sustainability

The carbon cycle is essential for life on Earth: through processes like photosynthesis, respiration, and fossilisation, carbon is stored in organic matter, fossils, and the atmosphere.

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