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Life-cycle-assessment of new technologies of timber supply from the forest to the plant
- Project Leader
- Kühmaier Martin, Project Leader
- Duration:
- 01.05.2017-31.10.2019
- Programme:
- BMLFUW - Beauftragung
- Type of Research
- Basic Research
- Project partners
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Chamber of Agriculture, Styria, Hammerlinggasse 3, 8010 Graz, Austria.
Contact person: Klaus Friedl;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
Federal Forest Office (BFW), Seckendorff-Gudent-Weg 8, 1131 Wien, Austria.
Contact person: Nikolaus Nemestothy;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
Forest company Mayr-Melnhof, Austria.
Contact person: Willibald Ehrenhöfer;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
Konrad Forsttechnik GmbH, Oberpreitenegg 52, 9451 Preitenegg, Austria.
Contact person: Markus Konrad;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
Österreichische Bundesforste AG, Unternehmensleitung, Pummergasse 10-12, 3002 Purkersdorf, Austria.
Contact person: Monika Kanzian;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner
- Staff
- Kanzian Christian, Sub Projectleader
- Stampfer Karl, Project Staff
- Kanzian Christian, Project Staff
- Gronauer Andreas, Project Staff
- Piringer Gerhard, Project Staff (bis 31.05.2021)
- Kral Iris, Project Staff
- Gruber Philipp, Project Staff (bis 28.02.2019)
- BOKU Research Units
- Division of Agricultural Engineering
- Institute of Forest Engineering
- Funded by
- Austrian Forest Agency, Purkersdorf, Austria, Pummergasse 10 – 12 , 3002 Purkersdorf, Austria
- Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management , Stubenring 1, A-1012 Wien, Austria
- Forstbetrieb Franz Mayr-Melnhof-Saurau, Mayr-Melnhof-Straße 14, 8130 Frohnleiten, Austria
- 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.
- Keywords
- Forest engineering; Forestry; Wood industry; Renewable resources;
- Publications
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Kühmaier, M; Kral, I; Kanzian, C (2022): Wie klimafreundlich ist die Holzbereitstellung?. [Poster]
In: Ökosoziales Forum, Abstract Book: Agrar- und Forstwissenschaftliche Konferenz 2022: Kreislaufwirtschaft: Bedarf – Strategien – Vernetzung FullText
[Agrar- und Forstwissenschaftliche Konferenz 2022: Kreislaufwirtschaft: Bedarf – Strategien – Vernetzung, Wien, MAI 4, 2022] -
Kühmaier, M; Kanzian, C; Kral, I (2021): Klimafreundliche Holzbereitstellung?.
Österreichische Forstzeitung, 08/2021, 10-12; ISSN 1012-4667 -
Kühmaier, M (2020): Timber-Eco-Balance: Über die Klimafitness der Forstwirtschaft.
Factsheet des Ökosozialen Forums zu aktuellen Herausforderungen für die Land- und Forstwirtschaft FullText -
Kühmaier, M; Kanzian, C; Kral, I; Gruber, P; Eckert, D; Huber, C (2019): Ökobilanzierung der Holzbereitstellung bis zum Werk unter Einbeziehung neuer Technologien.
Bundesministerium für Nachhaltigkeit und Tourismus, ÖBf AG, Forstbetrieb Franz Mayr‐Melnhof‐Saurau., 136 -
Argnani, A; Stampfer, K; Grigolato, S; Kühmaier, M (2019): Life cycle inventory of forest operations.
In: Rewald, B. (Ed.), 4. Student Conference, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, 2019 – Book of Abstracts.; ISBN: 978-3-900932-68-8
[4th Student Conference, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences 2019 , Vienna, Austria, 19.06.2019] -
Delazari, L.; Holzleitner, F.; Höller, N.; Kanzian, C. (2019): The impact of road gradient on fuel consumption of logging trucks in timber transportation in mountainous forestry.
In: Rewald, B. (Ed.), 4. Student Conference, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, 2019 – Book of Abstracts, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna. 70 p.; ISBN: 978-3-900932-68-8
[4th Student Conference, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences 2019 , Vienna, Austria, 19.06.2019] -
Kühmaier, M; Kral, I; Kanzian, C; Piringer, G (2019): Life cycle assessment (LCA) in forestry.
In: Czupy, I (Ed.), Exceeding the Vision: Forest Mechanisation of the Future. Proceedings of the 52nd International Symposium on Forestry Mechanization. Sopron, Hungary 2019. e-book 651 p.; ISBN: 978-963-334-343-2 FullText
[FORMEC 2019 – Exceeding the Vision: Forest Mechanisation of the Future, Sopron, Hungary, 06.10.2019 - 10.10.2019] -
Meißl, A.; Holzfeind, T.; Kanzian, C. (2019): Treibstoffverbrauchs- und Produktivitätsmodell bei der Rückung mittels Forwarder in der Laubholzernte.
In: Rewald, B. (Ed.), 4. Student Conference, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, 2019 – Book of Abstracts, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna. 70 p.; ISBN: 978-3-900932-68-8
[4th Student Conference, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences 2019 , Vienna, Austria, 19.06.2019] -
Micheler, T; Kühmaier, M (2019): Ressourcenverbrauch im Forststraßenbau. [Poster]
In: Rewald, B. (Ed.), 4. Student Conference, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, 2019 – Book of Abstracts; ISBN: 978-3-900932-68-8
[4th Student Conference, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences 2019 , Vienna, Austria, 19.06.2019] -
Kühmaier, M; Kanzian, C; Kral, I; Piringer, G; Gruber, P; Eckert, D; Albrecht, P; Stampfer, K; Gronauer, A (2018): Ökobilanzierung neuer Technologien bei der Holzbereitstellung vom Waldort bis zum Werk. Zwischenbericht. .
Bundesministerium für Nachhaltigkeit und Tourismus, ÖBf AG, Forstbetrieb Franz Mayr‐Melnhof‐Saurau., 40 -
Albrecht, P. G.; Stampfer, K.; Kanzian, C. (2018): Motorsäge 4.0 - Von der klassischen Produktivitätsstudie zur elektronischen Treibstoff- und Laufzeitenanalyse.
In: Rewald, B. (Ed.), 3. Student Conference, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, 2018 – Book of Abstracts, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna. 70 p.; ISBN: 978-3-900932-56-5
[3. Student Conference, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, Vienna, Austria, MAY 25, 2018] -
Kirnbauer, A.; Stampfer, K.; Kanzian, C. (2018): Rückung mit Traktor und Seilwinde - Produktivität und Treibstoffverbrauch.
In: Rewald, B. (Ed.), 3. Student Conference, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, 2018 – Book of Abstracts; ISBN: 978-3-900932-56-5
[3. Student Conference, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, 2018 – Book of Abstracts, Vienna, Austria, MAY 25, 2018] -
Kühmaier, M; Kral, I; Kanzian, C; Gruber, P; Piringer, G (2018): Life-cycle assessment of timber supply chains in Austria. [Poster]
In: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Europe (SETAC Europe), ABSTRACT BOOK FullText
[SETAC Europe 24th LCA Symposium 2018, Vienna, Austria, 24.09.2018 - 26.09.2018]
- Vorträge
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Kühmaier, M; Kanzian, C; Kral, I; Piringer, G (2020): Ökobilanzierung der Holzbereitstellung bis zum Werk unter Einbeziehung neuer Technologien.
Tagung der Forstaufschließungsreferenten 2020 , SEP 23, 2020, Hermagor, AUSTRIA -
Kühmaier, M; Kral, I; Kanzian, C; Piringer, G (2019): Ökobilanzierung der Holzbereitstellung bis zum Werk unter Einbeziehung neuer Technologien.
Tagung der forstlichen Arbeitslehrer Österreichs , SEP 26, 2019, Traunkirchen -
Kühmaier, M; Kanzian, C; Gruber, P; Kral, I; Piringer, G (2018): Ökobilanzierung neuer Technologien bei der Holzbereitstellung vom Waldort bis zum Werk .
Tagung der Forstaufschließungs-Referenten, MAY 8, 2018, St. Ulrich bei Steyr