PMID- 36374387
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230310
LR  - 20230310
IS  - 1614-7499 (Electronic)
IS  - 0944-1344 (Linking)
VI  - 30
IP  - 10
DP  - 2023 Feb
TI  - Economic and environmental life cycle perspectives on two engineered wood 
      products: comparison of LVL and GLT construction materials.
PG  - 26964-26981
LID - 10.1007/s11356-022-24079-1 [doi]
AB  - The embodied carbon of building materials and the energy consumed during 
      construction have a significant impact on the environmental credentials of 
      buildings. The structural systems of a building present opportunities to reduce 
      environmental emissions and energy. In this regard, mass timber materials have 
      considerable potential as sustainable materials over other alternatives such as 
      steel and concrete. The aim of this investigation was to compare the environment 
      impact, energy consumption, and life cycle cost (LCC) of different wood-based 
      materials in identical single-story residential buildings. The materials compared 
      are laminated veneer lumber (LVL) and glued laminated timber (GLT). GLT has less 
      global warming potential (GWP), ozone layer depletion (OLD), and land use (LU), 
      respectively, by 29%, 37%, and 35% than LVL. Conversely, LVL generally has lower 
      terrestrial acidification potential (TAP), human toxicity potential (HTP), and 
      fossil depletion potential (FDP), respectively, by 30%, 17%, and 27%. The 
      comparative outcomes revealed that using LVL reduces embodied energy by 41%. To 
      identify which of these materials is the best alternative, various environmental 
      categories, embodied energy, and cost criteria require further analysis. 
      Therefore, the multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method has been applied to 
      enable robust decision-making. The outcome showed that LVL manufacturing using 
      softwood presents the most sustainable choice. These research findings contribute 
      to the body of knowledge about the use of mass timber in construction.
CI  - (c) 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, 
      part of Springer Nature.
FAU - Balasbaneh, Ali Tighnavard
AU  - Balasbaneh AT
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7823-0477
AD  - Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn 
      Malaysia, 86400, Parit Raja, Johor, Malaysia. tighnavard@uthm.edu.my.
FAU - Sher, Willy
AU  - Sher W
AD  - School of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering and Built 
      Environment, The University of Newcastle (UON), University Drive, Callaghan, NSW, 
      2308, Australia.
FAU - Yeoh, David
AU  - Yeoh D
AD  - Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn 
      Malaysia, 86400, Parit Raja, Johor, Malaysia.
FAU - Yasin, Mohd Norazam
AU  - Yasin MN
AD  - Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn 
      Malaysia, 86400, Parit Raja, Johor, Malaysia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20221114
PL  - Germany
TA  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
JT  - Environmental science and pollution research international
JID - 9441769
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Wood/chemistry
MH  - *Construction Materials
MH  - Environment
MH  - Models, Theoretical
MH  - Global Warming
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Glued laminated timber (GLT)
OT  - Laminated veneer lumber (LVL)
OT  - Life cycle assessment
OT  - Life cycle cost
OT  - Multi-criteria decision-making
OT  - Sustainability
EDAT- 2022/11/15 06:00
MHDA- 2023/03/11 06:00
CRDT- 2022/11/14 11:31
PHST- 2022/02/02 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/11/03 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/11/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/03/11 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/11/14 11:31 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-022-24079-1 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-022-24079-1 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Feb;30(10):26964-26981. doi: 
      10.1007/s11356-022-24079-1. Epub 2022 Nov 14.