Pablo van der Lugt_Carbon Sequestration and Emission Reduction through Bamboo Forests and Products
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Carbon Sequestration and
Emission Reduction through
Bamboo Forests and Products
Dr Pablo van der Lugt - MSc Eng PhD
Delft University of Technology | MOSO International BV
BARC 2018, 26 June, Beijing
p.vanderlugt@tudelft.nl
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• At end of life:
– Dump: 10%
– Incineration for bioenergy: 90%
– For Netherlands credible assumption
– Based on Eco-invent v3 & Idemat 2014
– Result: credit 0,704 kg CO2 / kg
Carbon Credit – Energy production
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Carbon Sequestration - China
• Actual Moso resource surface growth 2004-2011: 5% annual growth
• Result: credit 0,607 – 0,637 kg CO2 / kg bamboo product*
* Vogtländer, J.G., van der Velden N.M., Van der Lugt, P. (2014). Carbon sequestration in LCA, a proposal for a new approach
based on the global carbon cycle; cases on wood and on bamboo. Int J Life Cycle Assessment, 19: 13-23.
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• Compared to other commonly used building materials
• Carbon footprint per cubic meter material
• Bamboo materials & softwood outperform hardwood, plastics & metals
Flattened bamboo
(MOSO bamboo
forest)
Plybamboo
(plainpressed / side
pressed)
SWB outdoor
(MOSO Bamboo X-
treme)
SWB indoor (High
Density
Results – including carbon sequestration
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Not yet taking into account:
• Annual yield
• Additional growth related environmental benefits vs wood:
– annual harvesting provides better growth > no deforestation
– reforestation on degraded land possible
– short establishment timeh
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Carbon Sequestration with Bamboo - Total
• Up to 1000 - 2000 tons CO2 benefit possible per reforested hectare
• Managed bamboo forest > CO2 sequestration than wood plantation
• Unmanaged bamboo forest < CO2 sequestration than wood plantation
• More research required (higher N, more species, management practice)
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Climate Change Mitigation with Bamboo
Paris Agreement
1. TEC
2. HBP
3. Displacement
• Applicable: NDCs > CDM, REDD+
• Potential: High, Short – Med term
• Applicable: NDCs > CDM
• Potential: Medium, Med - Long term
• Applicable: not yet, maybe SDM
• Potential: High Med - Long term
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Dr. ir. Pablo van der Lugt
Technical University Delft
p.vanderlugt@tudelft.nl
Thanks for your Attention!
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• CO2 negative over full life cycle (all solid bamboo materials)
• Credits for carbon sequestration and green electricity production
compensate emissions by transport, energy and glue
Flattened bamboo
(MOSO bamboo forest)
Plybamboo
(plainpressed / side
pressed)
SWB outdoor (MOSO
Bamboo X-treme)
SWB indoor (High
Density
Results – including carbon sequestration