Greening Korean Businesswith

Forests and Wood

Peter ClarkCEO, PF Olsen Ltd

Korean New Zealand Business Roundtable – 10th June 2009, Seoul

3 Ways

1. Use more wood in construction.

2. Use less domestic energy in turning NZ logs into useful construction materials – do that in NZ.

3. Offset emissions with forests grown in New Zealand.

USE MORE WOOD IN CONSTRUCTION

CO2 Emissions of Building Materials

Source: Alcorn 1998

Net Emissions of CO2 including carbon sink effect

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RELATIVE PRODUCTION FOR A GIVENQUANTITY OF ENERGY

All wood product100

11 Steel studs replacing wooden studs

5 Concrete floor replacing wood floor

3 Brick veneer replacing plywood siding

Interpretation from Koch 1992

100

11 Steel studs replacing wooden studs

5 Concrete floor replacing wood floor

3 Brick veneer replacing plywood siding

Interpretation from Koch 1992

Per Capita Wood UseSolid Wood Consumption Per Capita

6.59

4.17

1.97

0.46 0.430.07

0.350.15 0.04

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FAO, State of the World’s Forests - 2009

USE LESS ENERGY

Cut up your pine logs and dry your timber in New Zealand

Electricity Generation

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

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100%

Korea New Zealand

Non-thermal

Coal, Gas & Oil

Geothermal Power Generation, adjacent to Wood Processing facilities at Kawerau, NZ

CARBON / TIMBER FORESTS IN NEW ZEALAND

Offset Emissions

Land

Age 22

1,100 m3/ha

C.P. Seed – GF22

Environmentally Friendly