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MARKET ACCESS Life Cycle Inventory and Environmental Product Declarations for Australian Wood Products: Full Report Project number: PNA384-1516 February 2019 Level 11, 10-16 Queen Street Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia T +61 (0)3 9927 3200 E [email protected] W www.fwpa.com.au Life Cycle Inventory and Environmental Product Declarations for Australian Wood Products: Full Report Prepared for Forest & Wood Products Australia by J. Vickers, B. Fisher, T. Betten and S. Mitchell Publication: Life Cycle Inventory and Environmental Product Declarations for Australian Wood Products: Full Report Project No: PNA384-1516 IMPORTANT NOTICE This work is supported by funding provided to FWPA by the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (DAWR). © 2019 Forest & Wood Products Australia Limited. All rights reserved. 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LCI and EPDs for Australian Wood Products 3 of 159 Table of Contents List of Figures ...................................................................................................................................... 9 List of Tables ..................................................................................................................................... 10 List of Acronyms ................................................................................................................................ 14 Glossary ............................................................................................................................................ 16 Executive Summary .......................................................................................................................... 18 1. Background ............................................................................................................................... 20 2. Goal of the Study ....................................................................................................................... 21 3. Scope of the Study .................................................................................................................... 22 3.1. Product description and application area .......................................................................... 22 3.2. Declared unit ..................................................................................................................... 23 3.3. System boundaries ............................................................................................................ 24 3.3.1. General system boundaries ......................................................................................... 24 3.3.2. Time boundaries .......................................................................................................... 26 3.3.3. Geographical boundaries ............................................................................................ 26 3.3.4. Boundaries for manufacturing of equipment and for employees ................................. 26 3.3.5. Boundaries to other product life cycles........................................................................ 27 3.4. Reference service life ........................................................................................................ 27 3.5. Data quality requirements ................................................................................................. 27 3.6. Cut-off criteria .................................................................................................................... 28 3.7. Selection of LCIA methodology and impact categories..................................................... 28 3.7.1. Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) indicators .......................................................... 28 3.7.2. Life cycle inventory indicators ...................................................................................... 29 3.8. Interpretation to be used ................................................................................................... 30 3.9. Allocation and recycling ..................................................................................................... 31 3.9.1. Allocation of upstream data ......................................................................................... 31 3.9.2. Allocation in foreground data ....................................................................................... 31 3.10. Software and database ..................................................................................................... 31 3.11. Critical review and EPD verification .................................................................................. 32 4. Life Cycle Inventory Analysis .................................................................................................... 33 4.1. Methods ............................................................................................................................. 33 4.1.1. Primary data collection ................................................................................................ 33 LCI and EPDs for Australian Wood Products 4 of 159 4.1.2. Calculation of net calorific value for wood ................................................................... 34 4.1.3. Calculation of net calorific value for resins .................................................................. 34 4.1.4. Calculation of carbon sequestration, density and moisture content ............................ 35 4.2. Background data