PREN 16449 : DRAFT 2012

Name: PREN 16449 : DRAFT 2012
Brand: CEN

Superseded

WOOD AND WOOD-BASED PRODUCTS - CALCULATION OF SEQUESTRATION OF ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE

Superseded date

03-01-2014

Published date

01-12-2013

Publisher

Comite Europeen de Normalisation

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Wood - the basic material
5 Calculating carbon dioxide sequestration
6 Derivation of density of dry wood
Annex A (informative) - A selection of common wood
species with density at 12% and 0% moisture
content
Bibliography

Gives a simple calculation method for estimation of the amount of carbon dioxide sequestered by the growing tree which is then stored as biogenic carbon in wood products until end of life.

Committee	TC 175
DocumentType	Draft
PublisherName	Comite Europeen de Normalisation
Status	Superseded

Standards	Relationship
DIN EN 16449:2014-06	Identical
12/30263201 DC : 0	Identical

12/30268269 DC : 0

BS EN 16485 - ROUND AND SAWN TIMBER - ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATIONS - PRODUCT CATEGORY RULES FOR WOOD AND WOOD-BASED PRODUCTS FOR USE IN CONSTRUCTION