 Carbon accounting of material substitution with biomass: Case studies for Austria investigated with IPCC default and alternative approachesGerald Kalt, Martin Höher, Christian Lauk, Fabian Schipfer and Lukas Kranzl Environmental Science & Policy, 2016, vol. 64, issue C, 155-163 Abstract: There is evidence that the replacement of carbon-intensive products with bio-based substitutes (‘material substitution with biomass’) can be highly efficient in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Based on two case studies (CS1/2) for Austria, potential benefits of material substitution in comparison to fuel substitution are analysed. GHG savings are calculated according to default IPCC approaches (Tier 2 method assuming first-order decay) and with more realistic approaches based on distribution functions. In CS1, high savings are achieved by using wood residues for the production of insulating boards instead of energy. The superiority of material substitution is due to the establishment of a long-term carbon storage, the high emission factor of wood in comparison to natural gas and higher efficiencies of gas-fired facilities. Keywords: Biomass; Material substitution; Harvested wood products; Climate policy frameworks; Climate change mitigation; Carbon accounting (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:enscpo:v:64:y:2016:i:c:p:155-163 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.06.022 Access Statistics for this article Environmental Science & Policy is currently edited by M. Beniston More articles in Environmental Science & Policy from Elsevier |
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