Translations: Low Carbon Timber/2/en

Wood consists to a large extent of carbon and has bound CO2 during growth. Low Carbon Timber does not therefore mean that the wood contains little CO2, but rather that little CO2 has been emitted during the production of the wood product. The less CO2 is emitted until the product is finished, the better the balance and the more of the wood's positive storage effect is retained. With some origins, more CO2 has been emitted than is bound in the wood, thus nullifying the storage or sink effect.