CORRIM Publications

 

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Publications 2011

Bruce Lippke, Richard Gustafson, Richard Venditti, Timothy Volk, Elaine Oneil, Leonard Johnson, Maureen Puettmann, Phillip Steele. October 2011. Sustainable Biofuel Contributions to Carbon Mitigation and Energy Independence. Forests, ISSN 1999-4907.

Publications 2010

Lippke, Bruce and Elaine Oneil. September 2010. Unintended Consequences of the EPA Tailoring Rule: Treatment of Biomass Emissions the Same as Fossil Fuel Emissions.

Wood and Fiber Science Vol 42: CORRIM Special Issue: Second Report March 2010(ISSN 0735-6161): 164pp

Oneil, Elaine, Bruce Lippke, James B McCarter and Ken Skog, 2010, Decision support for management identification of best forest treatments for life-cycle carbon offsets, fire reduction, and avoiding future costs Fact Sheet 8, Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials (CORRIM).

Oneil, Elaine, Bruce Lippke, 2010, Forest Management Impacts on Carbon Pools in the Inland West, Fact Sheet 9, Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials (CORRIM).

Publications 2009

Lippke, Bruce. 2009. Maximizing Forest Contributions to Carbon Mitigation: The Science of Life Cycle Analysis. Fact Sheet 5, Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials (CORRIM).

Lippke, Bruce. 2009. Product and Process Environmental Improvement Analysis for Buildings: Carbon Life Cycle Assessment, Fact Sheet 6, Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials (CORRIM).

Lippke, Bruce and Elaine Oneil. 2009. Managing Forest for Carbon Mitigation, in Viewpoints. B.C. Forest Professional Nov-Dec 2009.

Mason, C. Larry, Richard Gustafson, John Calhoun, Bruce Lippke, and Natalia Raffaeli. 2009. Wood to Energy in Washington: Imperatives, Opportunities, and Obstacles to Progress. Report to the Washington State Legislature, School of Forestry. College of the Environment. U. of Washington.

Oneil, Elaine and Bruce Lippke. 2009. Eastern Washington Biomass Accessibility. Report to the Washington State Legislature and Department of Natural Resources. Rural Technology Initiative, College of the Environment, U. of Washington. 

Taylor, Adam, Bruce Lippke, William Park. 2009. Carbon credit schemes for forest landowners are counterproductive.  Environ. Sci. Policy doi:10.1011/j.envsci.2009.12.004

Oneil, Elaine, Bruce Lippke, James B. McCarter, 2009: Life Cycle Carbon Tracking for the Working Forests of British Columbia: Carbon Pool Interactions from Forests, to Building Products, and Displacement of Fossil Emissions, Report to British Columbia’s Forest Sector Climate Action Steering Committee, June 23, 2009, 37 pp.

Lippke, Bruce, Jim Wilson, Leonard Johnson, Maureen Puettmann. 2009. Phase II Research Report. Life Cycle Environmental Performance of Renewable Materials in the Context of Building Construction. Some modules have been completed/updated in 2010 but are shown here as part of the total report.
Including Chapter Modules:

Publications 2008

Bergman, Richard D. and Scott A. Bowe. 2008 (in press). Environmental Impact of Producing Hardwood Lumber Determined by Life-Cycle Inventory. J. of Wood and Fiber Sci.

Bergman, Richard D., and Scott Bowe. 2008 Review Draft.  CORRIM Final Report Phase II – Hardwood Lumber: Life-Cycle Inventory of Hardwood Lumber Manufacturing in the Northeast and Northcentral United States (54 pages)

Bergman, Richard D., and Scott Bowe. 2008 Review Draft.  CORRIM Final Report Phase II – Softwood Lumber: Life-Cycle Inventory of Softwood Lumber Manufacturing in the Northeast and Northcentral United States (45 pages)

Hubbard, Steven S., and Scott A. Bowe. 2008 Review Draft.  CORRIM Final Report Phase II – Hardwood Flooring: Life-Cycle Inventory of Solid Strip Hardwood Flooring in the Eastern United States. The Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials (54 pages)

Lippke, Bruce, Jeffrey Comnick, Larry Mason, Bryce Stokes.  2008. Impacts of Thinning Intensity and Implementation Schedules on Fire, Carbon Storage, and Economics in Woody Biomass Utilization: Challenges and Opportunities, Forest Products Journal Publication 7223:47-59

Lippke, Bruce, John Perez-Garcia. 2008.  Will Either Cap & Trade or a Carbon Emissions Tax Be Effective in Monetizing Carbon as an Ecosystem Service. Forest Ecology and Management, FORECO11252; 2008/08.007

Valsta, Lauri, Bruce Lippke, John Perez-Garcia, Kim Pingoud, Johanna Pohjola, Birger Solberg. 2008.  Use of Forests and Wood Products to Mitigate Climate Change. In Managing Forest Ecosystems: The Challenge of Climate Change, Editor F. Bravo. Springer, New York p135-148

Wilson, James B. 2008 Review Draft.  CORRIM Final Report Phase II - Medium Density Fiberboard: A Life-Cycle Inventory of Manufacturing Panels from Resource through Product. The Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials (60 pages)

Wilson, James B. 2008 Review Draft.  CORRIM Final Report Phase II - Particleboard: A Life-Cycle Inventory of Manufacturing Panels from Resource through Product. The Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials (58 pages)

Johnson, Leonard 2008 Review Draft.  CORRIM Final Report Phase II - Particleboard: A Life-Cycle Inventory of Manufacturing Panels from Resource through Product. The Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials (58 pages)

Publications 2007

Johnson, Leonard, Bruce Lippke, Elaine Oneil. 2007 Review Draft.  CORRIM Final Report Phase II Module A: Inland West Forest Resources.  The Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials (200+pages)

Lippke, B. 2007. Carbon as an emerging ecosystem service with a market value (Discussion paper 5) in The Future of Washington’s Forests and Forest Industries, Final Report July 2007. College of Forest Resources, University of Washington. Pages DP5:1-8.

Lippke, B. and J. L. Bowyer. 2007. Environmental Life Cycle Analysis of Alternative Building Materials, Chapter 7.  In:  Handbook of Environmentally Conscious Materials and Chemical Processing.  New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Valsta, L. 2007. Sequester or Harvest – the Optimal Use of Managed Forests to Mitigate Climate Change. University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Economics, Report 46. 23 p. http://www.mm.helsinki.fi/mmekn/tutkimus/FECM/Report-46-Valsta.pdf

Anonymous. 2007.  Forests, Carbon and Climate Change—Exploring the Role of Trees In Reducing Atmospheric Carbon.  A Special Report from the Oregon Forest Resources Institute.  OFRI, Portland, Oregon.  p. 13.

Meil, J. and J. Wilson, J. O’Connor, and J. Dangerfield.  2007. An assessment of wood product processing technology advancements between the CORRIM I and II studies.  Forest Products Journal Vol. 57, No. 7/8:83-89.

Wilson, J. 2007.  Forests, Carbon and Climate Change—Exploring the Role of Trees in Reducing Atmospheric Carbon.  A Special Report from the Oregon Forest Resources Institute.  OFRI, Portland, Oregon.  p. 13.

Publications 2006

Wilson, J. 2006. Using Wood to Reduce Global Warming.  Proceedings: Forests, Carbon and Climate Change: A Synthesis of Science Findings. Oregon Forest Research Institute, Portland, Oregon.  Pp.117-130.

Wilson, J. 2006. Using Wood to Reduce Global Warming.  Executive Summary: Forests, Carbon and Climate Change: A Synthesis of Science Findings. Oregon Forest Research Institute, Portland, Oregon.  pp. 31-32.

Anonymous. 2006. Environmentally Preferable Product (EPP) Spec Gets Greener; LCA Research Underway. SecondWave--The New Generation of Composite Panel Products, Vol. XVIII, p12.

Lippke, Bruce, Lucy Edmonds. 2006.  Environmental Performance Improvement in Residential Construction: the impact of products, biofuels and processes (a Phase 2 research module). Forest Products Journal 56(10):58-63.

Lippke, B. & Perez-Garcia, J. 2006.  Environmental performance of residential construction: An assessment of processes, products & designs, WCTE 2006 - 9th World Conference on Timber Engineering - Portland, OR, USA - August 6-10, 2006

Bowyer, J., J. Howe, and K. Fernholz. 2006.  Biomass Energy. From Farms Forests an Emerging Opportunity for Rural America.  Dovetail Partners, Inc., Mar. 23. (http://www.dovetailinc.org/DovetailBioenergy0306.html)

Lippke Bruce.  2006.  Building Materials and Climate Change: The Unseen Connection.  California Forests (California Forestry Ass.), Sacramento, CA. Winter 2006.  Vol. 10 No. 1.  Pp12-13.

Publications 2005

CORRIM’s special issue of Wood and Fiber Science:

  • Wilson, J.  2005. Editorial. Wood Fiber Sci. Vol 37 Dec. 2005:  p1-2.
  • Perez-Garcia, J., B. Lippke, D. Briggs, J. Wilson, J. Bowyer, and J. Meil.  2005. The Environmental Performance of Renewable Building Materials in the Context of Residential Construction.  Wood Fiber Sci. Vol 37 Dec. 2005:  p3-17.
  • Puettmann, M. and J. Wilson. 2005. Life-Cycle Analysis of Wood Products: Cradle-to-gate LCI of Residential Building Materials.  Wood Fiber Sci. Vol 37 Dec. 2005:  p18-29.
  • Johnson, L., B. Lippke, J. Marshall, and J. Comnick. 2005.  Life-Cycle Impacts of Forest Resource Activities in the Pacific Northwest and the Southeast United States.  Wood Fiber Sci. 37 Dec. 2005: p30-46
  • Milota, M., C. West, and I. Hartley. 2005.  Gate-to-gate Life-Cycle Inventory of Softwood Lumber Production.  Wood Fiber Sci. Vol 37 Dec. 2005:  p47-57.
  • Wilson, J. and E. Sakimoto.  2005. Gate-to-gate Life-Cycle Inventory of Softwood Plywood Production.  Wood Fiber Sci. Vol 37 Dec. 2005:  p58-73.
  • Kline, D.  2005.  Gate-to-gate Life-Cycle Inventory of Oriented Strand Board Production.  Wood Fiber Sci. Vol 37 Dec. 2005:  p74-84.
  • Wilson, J. and E. Dancer.  2005.  Gate-to-gate Life-Cycle Inventory of I-joist Production.    Wood Fiber Sci. Vol 37 Dec. 2005:  p85-98.
  • Puettmann, M. and J. Wilson.  2005.  Gate-to-gate Life-Cycle Inventory of Glued Laminated Timber Production.  Wood Fiber Sci. Vol 37 Dec. 2005:  p99-113.
  • Wilson, J. and E. Dancer.  2005.  Gate-to-gate Life-Cycle Inventory of Laminated Veneer Lumber Production.  Wood Fiber Sci. Vol 37. Dec. 2005:  p114-127.
  • Winistorfer, P., Z. Chen, B. Lippke, and N. Stevens.  2005.  Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Related to the Use, Maintenance and Disposal of a Residential Structure.  Wood Fiber Sci. 37 Dec. 2005:  p128-139
  • Perez-Garcia, J., B. Lippke, J. Comnick, and C. Manriquez.  2005.  An Assessment of Carbon Pools, Storage, and Wood Products Market Substitution Using Life-Cycle Analysis Results.  Wood Fiber Sci. 37 Dec. 2005:  p140-148
  • Lippke, B., J. Comnick, and L. Johnson.  2005.  Environmental Performance Index for the Forest.  Wood Fiber Sci. 37 Dec. 2005:  p149-155

Edmonds, Lucy, Bruce Lippke. 2005. Reducing Environmental Consequences of Residential Construction through Product Selection and Design.  Wood Design Focus, a Journal of Contemporary Wood Engineering.  Fall 05 Vol. 15, No. 3: p.3-5.

Lippke, Bruce. 2005.  Wood as an Environmental Resource.  Summary of a Yale Forest  Forum and Workshop.  Yale Global Institute for Sustainable Forestry Vol. 8 No. 2. Pp 16-18.
Bowyer, J., J. Howe, K. Fernholz, and P. Guillery. 2005. Life Cycle Analysis: A Key to Better Environmental Decisions <http://www.dovetailinc.org/documents/DovetailLCA0105.pdf> . Dovetail Partners, Inc., Jan. 18.

Publications 2004

Price-Robinson, C. 2004. CORRIM UPDATE: New Research Provides More Proof of the Environmental Merits of Wood Products.  Engineered Wood Journal. Vol. 7, No. 2, Fall 2004 

Bowyer, J., D. Briggs, B. Lippke, J. Perez-Garcia, J. Wilson. 2004. Life Cycle Environmental Performance of Renewable Materials in  Context of Residential Building Construction: Phase I Research Report.  Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials, CORRIM  Inc.  Seattle WA. www.corrim.org/reports/phase1/ 60pp +15 chapter modules of approximately 1300pp.
Including Chapter Modules:

  • Johnson, L., B. Lippke, J. Marshall, J. Comnick.  Module A -  Forest Resources: Pacific Northwest and Southeast.  67pp
  • M. R. Milota.  Module B - Softwood Lumber - Pacific Northwest Region.  pp106.
    Milota, M. R., C. D. West and I. D. Hartley.  Module C - Softwood Lumber - Southeast .Region.  pp81.
  • Wilson, J. B. and E. T. Sakimoto.  Module D - Softwood Plywood Manufacturing.  96pp.
    D. Earl Kline.  Module E - Southeastern Oriented Strandboard Production.  84pp.
    Wilson, J. B. and E. R. Dancer.  Module F: Composite I-Joists - Pacific Northwest and Southeast.  131pp.
  • Puettmann, M. E. and J. B. Wilson.  Module G - Glued Laminated Beams – Pacific Northwest and Southeast.  95pp.
  • Wilson, J. B., E. R. Dancer, M. Puettmann, E. Sakimoto.  Module H - Laminated Veneer Lumber – Pacific Northwest and Southeast.  92pp.
  • Kasal, B. and P. Huelman.  Module I - Design of Residential Building Shells - Minneapolis and Atlanta.  55pp.
  • Meil, J., J. Bowyer, B. Lippke, J. Perez-Garcia, J. Wilson.  Module J - Environmental Impacts of a Single Family Building Shell from Harvest to Construction.  38pp.
  • Winistorfer, P, Z. Chen, B. Lippke, N. Stevens.  Modules K, L & M (integrated) - Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Related to the Use, Maintenance and Disposal of a Residential Structure.  33pp.
  • Manriquez, C., J. Perez-Garcia, B. Lippke, J. Comnick.  Module N – Tracking Carbon from Sequestration in the Forest to Wood Products and Substitution. 32pp.
  • Lippke, B., and J. Comnick.  Module O – Environmental Index for the Forest. 19pp.

Lippke, B., J. Wilson. J. Bowyer, J. Perez-Garcia, J. Bowyer, J. Meil, 2004.  CORRIM: Life Cycle Environmental Performance of Renewable Building Materials. Forest Products Journal. June 2004. 54(6): 8-19.