Greening Korean Business with Forests and Wood Peter Clark CEO, PF Olsen Ltd Korean New Zealand Business Roundtable – 10 th June 2009, Seoul
3 Ways 1.Use more wood in construction. 2.Use less domestic energy in turning NZ logs into useful construction materials – do that in NZ. 3.Offset emissions with forests grown in New Zealand.
USE MORE WOOD IN CONSTRUCTION
CO 2 Emissions of Building Materials Source: Alcorn 1998
RELATIVE PRODUCTION FOR A GIVEN QUANTITY OF ENERGY All wood product Steel studs replacing wooden studs 5Concrete floor replacing wood floor 3Brick veneer replacing plywood siding Interpretation from Koch Steel studs replacing wooden studs 5Concrete floor replacing wood floor 3Brick veneer replacing plywood siding Interpretation from Koch 1992
Per Capita Wood Use FAO, State of the World’s Forests
USE LESS ENERGY Cut up your pine logs and dry your timber in New Zealand
Geothermal Power Generation, adjacent to Wood Processing facilities at Kawerau, NZ
CARBON / TIMBER FORESTS IN NEW ZEALAND Offset Emissions
Land
Age 22 1,100 m 3 /ha C.P. Seed – GF22
Environmentally Friendly