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Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) provide an easy-to-understand overview of the potential environmental impacts and energy usage data associated with products. For wood products, an EPD includes reportable impacts associated with harvesting, transportation, and manufacturing taken directly from individual product life-cycle assessment (LCA) reports produced for this purpose. Product manufacturers in the wood industry do not know how particular products might ultimately be used or disposed of, so “cradle-to-gate” EPDs that describe impacts from resource through mill manufacture are most relevant. Third-party verification of both underlying LCAs and resulting EPDs is optional; however, the wood industry has always chosen this option as a matter of good scientific practice.
Bergman, Richard
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FPL's mission is to identify and conduct innovative wood and fiber utilization research that contributes to conservation and productivity of the forest resource, thereby sustaining forests, the economy, and quality of life. ... ..more » |
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Advanced Composites
As an integral part of the FPL mission, we improve the long-term sustainability of our Nation's forests by creating valuable composite products from biobased materials ... ..more » 
Advanced Structures
The FPL has been in the forefront of wood-frame housing research since 1910 and has long been recognized as a world leader in such housing-related areas as engineered wood ... ..more » 
Forest Biorefinery
We all know the compelling reasons that the United States needs to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels. Historically, the greatest increases in energy demand have been for transportation fuels ... ..more » 
Nanotechnology
A leader in wood products research for over a century, the FPL is positioning itself to become the lead Federal research facility for the application of nanotechnology in forest products ... more » 
Woody Biomass Utilization
Forests in the United States contain a substantial amount of small-diameter, overstocked, and underutilized material.FPL research projects are exploring the potential of the small-diameter ... ..more » |