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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 1 Construction conditions and amounts of material and energy consumed

From: Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of woodchip-paved walkways using tsunami salt-damaged wood: examination in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture

 

Unit

Value

Note

Construction condition

  

 Paving width

m

1.20

 

 Paving area

m2

110.00

 

 Paving thickness

cm

4.00

 

Raw material procurement process

  

 Salt-damaged wood harvesting

m3

1.51

Unit: roundwood conversion volume, tree species: cedar

 Transportation distance of salt-damaged wood

km

0.50

From the harvesting site to the chip production site, two-ton truck

 Sawmill residue generation

m3

4.28

Unit: residue conversion volume, tree species: cedar

 Adhesive production

kg

702.00

6.38 kg/m2, product name: KS Binder

Production process

  

 Chip production

m3

6.20

Unit: chip conversion volume, chip size: 1–10 mm

 Light oil consumption by the chipper

L

10.46

 

Transportation process

  

 Transportation distance of chips

km

11.30

From the chip production site to the construction site, two-ton truck

Construction process

  

 Light oil consumption by the heavy machinery

L

20.00

For roadbed excavation and ground preparation

 Electric power consumption by the mixer

kWh

20.00

For chip and adhesive mixing

 Electric power consumption by the road roller

kWh

62.00

To compact the paving