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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 European and international Standard Committees 'Sustainable Building' (CEN/TC 350) and 'Environmental Impact Assessment' (CEN/TC 175 and ISO/TC 287) 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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