[Greenbuilding] Calculating Carbon Footprint

[Norbert Senf]

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 11:09 PM, Bob Waldrop <bwaldrop1952 at att.net> wrote:

> One issue I run in to when calculating carbon emissions is that we heat
> with passive solar and wood.
>

Passive solar would seem to have zero carbon footprint aside from the
embodied energy, or any associated maintenance costs.
Wood is somewhat complicated. Net carbon is close to zero, since the tree
has already captured it from the atmosphere before you burn it.
You have to account for other emissions, mainly particulates. They have
health and climate effects, and they can vary quite widely, depending on
how you burn your wood.
-- 
Norbert Senf
Masonry Stove Builders
25 Brouse Road, RR 5
Shawville Québec J0X 2Y0
819.647.5092
www.heatkit.com
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