INVESTIGATION CONCERNING LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF WORKED TIMBER

–Japanese larch glued laminated timber of Eastern Nagano prefecture–

Abstract

In a process before being finished in a sawing factory after felled in forest, we clarified the actual situation of the carbon income and expenditure with edge materials and the fuel, and calculated the carbon balance of the house made by Nagano’s local wood. In this report, we carried out the actual survey and a hearing investigation in the laminated lumber factory and, calculated carbon balance of Japanese larch finger joint wood and glued laminated timber of eastern Nagano prefecture.