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Dovetail Reports - Responsible Materials
Links to Dovetail Reports and Articles related to Responsible Materials.
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Responsible Materials
- Limits to Global Petroleum Production - An Update on Recent Analysis
- What is a Responsible Material Anyway?
- Green Building Materials: Made in Minnesota
- Minnesota-Made Building Materials: Resources for Finding Local Products and Materials
LCA & Policy
- Building Codes: Barriers to Green Innovation
- Potential Impacts of Climate and Energy Policy on Forest Sector Industries
- Life Cycle Analysis: A Key to Better Environmental Decisions
- Are Life Cycle-Based Labeling and a Broadening of Environmental Certification Programs Needed?
- Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) Are Coming - Is Your Business Ready?
- Wood Products and Carbon Protocols: Carbon Storage and Low Energy Intensity Should Be Considered
- Wilderness Socity Report on Wood Products and Carbon Storage: A Critical Review
- Comparing the Ecological Footprints of the U.S. and the E.U.
- A Basic Materials Policy for the U.S. - Badly Needed, Long Overdue
- Wood Science Research - Not Trendy, but Absolutely Necessary
- Bowyer, J. 2007. Green Building Programs - Are They Really Green? Environmental life cycle analysis of alternative building materials. Forest Products Journal 57(9):6-17.
Recycling & Reuse
- Carbon and Carbon Dioxide Equivalent Sequestration in Urban Forest Products
- Carbon Sequestration in Solid Wood Products from Urban Forests
- Urban Wood Utilization and Industrial Clusters: A Twin Cities Case Study
- Community-Based Bioenergy and District Heating: Benefits, Challenges, Opportunities and Recommendations for Woody Biomass
- Urban Tree Utilization and Why It Matters
- Reclaiming Lumber Products from Waste Wood
- Firewood Movement and the Emerald Ash Borer (2008)
- Firewood Movement and the Emerald Ash Borer: July 2009 Update
- Paper Recycling in the United States: How are we doing Compared to Other Nations?
- Paper Recycling in the United States and Beyond: An Update
- Recognition of Carbon Storage in Harvested Wood Products: A Post-Copenhagen Update
- Energy from Woody Biomass: A Review of Harvesting Guidelines and a Discussion of Related Challenges
Bioenergy & Geothermal Energy
- Geothermal 101
- Life Cycle Impacts of Forest Management and Bioenergy Production
- Bioenergy Update: A Biofuels/Bioenergy Development Report Card
- Community-Based Bioenergy and District Heating: Benefits, Challenges, Opportunities and Recommendations for Woody Biomass
- Energy from Woody Biomass: A Review of Harvesting Guidelines and a Discussion of Related Challenges
Building Material Evaluations
Wood
- Wood-Plastic Composite Lumber vs. Wood Decking
- Life Cycle Assessment of Flooring Materials: A Guide to Intelligent Selection
- Paper from Agricultural Residues
- Tree Free Paper: When Is It Good for the Environment?
- Solid Wood Products: Green Materials or the Bane of Environmental Sustainability?
- Is the Wood in Your Product Line of Legal Origin?: What is Your Responsibility to Make Sure That It Is?
- Have Tropical Woods in Your Product Line?: How to Know if They Were Harvested Legally, Responsibly
- Chain-of-Custody Certification: What is It, Why do It, and How?
- The FSC Controlled Wood Standard: What It Is and What It's For
Bamboo
Cement
Vinyl Siding
Steel