Article | REF: C8124 V1

Bio-based building materials and temporary carbon storage

Author: Thibaut LECOMPTE

Publication date: November 10, 2019, Review date: September 28, 2021

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5. Application example

The aim of this chapter is to demonstrate the benefits of temporary carbon storage in buildings by comparing a conventional wall solution with a highly bio-sourced solution. The idea is to show the potential for storing and limiting greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by substituting conventional materials with bio-sourced materials. As with any LCA*, this calculation must be based on an equivalent functional unit, in this case a m 2 wall, with the same order of magnitude of thermal resistance, a given structural function and a given lifespan.

5.1 Functional unit

For this example, we'll take the "unspecified" case from table

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