When constructing a building, to reduce environmental impact, it is significant to consider, at the design stage, what materials will be used and their transport distances. Although use of local wood has increased, one building requires countless materials usually procured from a more global market. Buildings are currently designed and constructed without sufficient knowledge concerning quantities and production areas of the materials used. We studied a small wooden building and determined composition (volume for individual material categories) and identified history (production area and transport distance) and traceability of materials, to show a building as a composition of different materials.
