Carbon Sink
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 5:46 pm
Interesting discussion last night on strong reasons to use wood in building construction. Trees are noted for sequestering carbon and do a good job at it. Having stored much carbon in itself the tree once harvested, milled and then fashioned into a beautiful timber frame, there it sits doing service as a structural member and a carbon storing member. As long as the timber remains in the structure the offending carbon is deferred from contributing to our green house gas effect.
Of course the tree is no longer contributing to the creation of new oxygen however, the idea is to aggressively plant more fast growing trees to contue the carbon capturing process.
Sorry for the simplification of a process which i'm sure is highly complicated, however i felt it deserved mentioning. I have built many timber frames in the past and hope to build more in the future and sometimes worried about all of the trees taken out of the forest for the projects. With improved reforestation practises hope could loom on the horizon for carbon capturing, silviculture and building.
Of course the tree is no longer contributing to the creation of new oxygen however, the idea is to aggressively plant more fast growing trees to contue the carbon capturing process.
Sorry for the simplification of a process which i'm sure is highly complicated, however i felt it deserved mentioning. I have built many timber frames in the past and hope to build more in the future and sometimes worried about all of the trees taken out of the forest for the projects. With improved reforestation practises hope could loom on the horizon for carbon capturing, silviculture and building.