Thünen: Rüter,Sebastian

Dr. Sebastian Rüter

Institute of Wood Research

Leuschnerstraße 91
21031 Hamburg-Bergedorf

Telephone: +49 40 73962 619
Email: sebastian.rueter@thuenen.de

Research area 3: Impact of Wood Utilization on Environment and Climate

Fields of activity

GHG-balances of the wood sector
Development of climate protection strategies
Life cycle assessment of wood products
Wood in the context of sustainable construction works

Research Projects

Contact Person for

Participation at the Round Table Building for Future [prev. Sustainable Building and Ressource Efficiency] at the Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building with Expertise on Life Cycle and Sustainability Assessment
Scientific support of the European Standard Committee 'Sustainable Building' (CEN/TC 350) and its national mirror committees (DIN)
Standard compliant life cylce assessment data for wooden building products
Greenhousegas Monitoring of Harvested Wood Products
Implementation of new normative requirements for LCA data for wood construction products in the ÖKOBAUDAT database
Life cycle assessment of prefabricated wooden houses: What are the environmental impacts from the forest to the construction site?
Life Cycle Assessment of Furniture
Special editing office for Wooden building products in the Ecological building material information system WECOBIS in the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development
The future of global climate protection regime in the forest wood sector
Scenarios for optimizing the contribution of the forest-based sector within the EU to climate protection by 2030 (ClimWood2030)
The climate change mitigation potential of wood usage in new residential buildings
The environmental impact of insulating materials from renewable resources
Strengthening renewable raw materials in the insulation market
Datenbasis zur Bewertung einer Nachhaltigen und Effizienten Holzverwendung im deutschen Bausektor
Building materials for affordable housing made from bio-based and recycling resources (BioHome)

Involved in

ongoing projects

completed projects

Publications

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