Concrete has higher production energy and CO2 emissions than wood-based materials due to fossil fuels burned and limestone calcination in cement manufacture. Concrete provides thermal mass that can reduce heating demand, but the effect depends on climate and is minor in Nordic climates. Over time, some CO2 is re-absorbed into the concrete by carbonation.
Concrete has higher production energy and CO2 emissions than wood-based materials due to fossil fuels burned and limestone calcination in cement manufacture. Concrete provides thermal mass that can reduce heating demand, but the effect depends on climate and is minor in Nordic climates. Over time, some CO2 is re-absorbed into the concrete by carbonation.
Concrete has higher production energy and CO2 emissions than wood-based materials due to fossil fuels burned and limestone calcination in cement manufacture. Concrete provides thermal mass that can reduce heating demand, but the effect depends on climate and is minor in Nordic climates. Over time, some CO2 is re-absorbed into the concrete by carbonation.
emissions than alternative wood-based materials CO2 is emitted as from both burning of fossil fuels and calcination of limestone in cement manufacture Concrete provides thermal mass which can reduce space heating demand Effect of thermal mass depends on several factors, including climate location, and is minor in Nordic climate