Life-cycle-assessment of new technologies of timber supply from the forest to the plant
- Boden und Landökosysteme
- Wasser - Atmosphäre - Umwelt
- Lebensraum und Landschaft
- Nachwachsende Rohstoffe und neue Technologien
- Lebensmittel, Ernährung, Gesundheit
- Biotechnologie
- Ressourcen und gesellschaftliche Dynamik
- Nanowissenschaften und -technologie
Abstract
A life-cycle-assessment for timber supply from the forest to the plant is the goal of the project. A special focus is on the evaluation of new technologies. The most important environmental impacts (e.g. climate change, acidification, eutrophication) should be analysed for the supply of 1 m³ timber (saw logs, industrial wood, energy wood) for selected case study regions. The performance of existing and new technologies (hybrid propulsion, electric vehicles, rechargeable batteries, transport optimization etc.) will be compared. The environmental impacts will be analysed for different harvesting systems (from motor-manual to fully mechanized) and regions (coniferous and deciduous forest, flat and steep terrain). Processes with a high environmental impact and therefore a lot of room for improvement will be identified. Based on this, individual solutions can be derived for every model forest enterprise. The results of the study should be used by the forest lobby (e.g. chamber of agriculture) to inform the public about environmentally friendly supply of wood products. The transfer of knowledge should also be executed by BOKU and by forest training centers.
formec2019.comProject staff
Martin Kühmaier
Priv.Doz.DI Dr.nat.techn. Martin Kühmaier
martin.kuehmaier@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-91518
Project Leader
01.05.2017 - 31.10.2019
Karl Stampfer
Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing.Dr.nat.techn. Karl Stampfer
karl.stampfer@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-91001, 91501, 91511
Project Staff
01.05.2017 - 03.08.2017
Christian Kanzian
Assoc. Prof. Priv.Doz.DI Dr.nat.techn. Christian Kanzian
christian.kanzian@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-91515
Sub Projectleader
05.05.2017 - 30.04.2019
Project Staff
01.05.2017 - 03.05.2017
Andreas Gronauer
Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing.Dr. Andreas Gronauer
Tel: +43 1 47654-93111
Project Staff
01.05.2017 - 31.10.2019
Iris Kral
Dipl.-Ing.Dr. Iris Kral
iris.kral@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-93146
Project Staff
01.05.2017 - 31.10.2019
BOKU partners
External partners
Chamber of Agriculture, Styria
Klaus Friedl
partner
Österreichische Bundesforste AG, Unternehmensleitung
Monika Kanzian
partner
Federal Forest Office (BFW)
Nikolaus Nemestothy
partner
Forest company Mayr-Melnhof
Willibald Ehrenhöfer
partner
Konrad Forsttechnik GmbH
Markus Konrad
partner
Funder
Austrian Forest Agency, Purkersdorf, Austria