Carbon Tools
Estimate the wood carbon footprint of your project. Input the volume of structural wood in a building, and our Carbon Calculator will estimate how much carbon is stored in the wood, greenhouse gas emissions avoided by not using steel or concrete, and the amount of time it takes U.S. and Canadian forests to grow that volume of wood.
Carbon EstimatorUse this tool if you don't have information regarding the volume of wood in a specific building. Select from a list of typical wood building types, and the calculator will estimate the carbon stored and avoided greenhouse gas emissions.
Carbon CalculatorEnter the list of wood products in a building and receive a more precise estimate related to that specific building type and size. The more detail you provide, the better the results.
The Benefits of Wood
Wood products continue to store carbon absorbed by the trees during their growing cycle, keeping it out of the atmosphere indefinitely. Using wood in place of fossil fuel-intensive materials such as steel and concrete also "avoids" greenhouse gases that would have been emitted during manufacturing. Now, with the calculator tools above, it is possible to quantify these benefits for wood buildings.