ACV des bâtiments de Katerra

Des fins de recherche:

Analyser les impacts environnementaux de la chaîne d'approvisionnement CLT de Katerra, ainsi que de son Catalyst Building.

À propos

Katerra a mandaté le Carbon Leadership Forum (CLF) et Centre pour le commerce international des produits forestiers (CINTRAFOR) at the University of Washington to analyze the environmental impacts of its CLT as well as the Catalyst Building in Spokane, Washington. The Catalyst is a 15,690 m2 (168,800 ft2), five-story office building that makes extensive use of CLT as a structural and design element. Jointly developed by Avista and McKinstry, Katerra largely designed and constructed the building, and used CLT produced by Katerra’s new factory.

Performing a life cycle assessment (LCA) on Katerra’s CLT will allow Katerra to explore opportunities for environmental impact reduction along their supply chain and improve their CLT production efficiency. Performing an LCA on the Catalyst Building will enable Katerra to better understand life cycle environmental impacts of mass timber buildings and identify opportunities to optimize the environmental performance of mid-rise CLT structures.  CINTRAFOR performed the LCA on Katerra’s CLT, and the CLF performed the LCA on the Catalyst Building.

Résultats

Un document de synthèse et un rapport de projet complet peuvent être téléchargés à droite.

Équipe de recherche

CLF

• K. Simonen
• M. Huang

CINTRAFOR

• I. Ganguly
• F. Pierobon
• CX Chen

Remerciements

The research team would like to thank Hans-Erik Blomgren of Katerra for his role in initiating this research study and fostering collaboration between Katerra and the University of Washington. This work was funded by Katerra.