Calculator

This calculator tool has been developed to calculate the annual greenhouse gas emissions (i.e. the carbon footprint) from the transport of wood alternatives being considered instead of Accoya® wood. To get the end value the following parameters need to be filled in: density (including moisture content), transport distance, vehicle efficiency and life span of the wood in use. To make a custom-made calculation please fill in the white cells within the calculator.

 

General input

Transport emission factors
 
Vehicle kg CO2 eq / ton/km Ratio compared to ship Reference (for details see below)
 
Truck (diesel) 0.14792 11.4 (RFA 2008)
Ship (large cotainer vessel) 0.013 1.0 (Defra 2008)
Rail (diesel) 0.0285 2.2 (Defra/DECC 2009)
Air (domestic) 1.91593 147.4 (Defra/DECC 2009)
Air (short haul international) 1.40441 108.0 (Defra/DECC 2009)
Air (long haul international) 0.59487 45.8 (Defra/DECC 2009)
 

Specific input
 
Wood properties

Accoya®

  

wood alternative
Density Wood (kg/m3)      
Amount of km per
vehicle		   Related emissions
(kg CO2 eq/m3)		     Related emissions
(kg CO2 eq/m3)
Truck (diesel)  
Ship (large container vessel)  
Rail (diesel)  
Air (domestic)  
Air (short haul international)  
Air (long haul international)  
           
Lifespan considerations          
Expected lifespan (yrs)      
           
 

Results
 
Total transport emissions/ years of use (kg CO2  eq/m3/yr)  
 
 
 

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