Sentences with phrase «wood industry from»

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These now represent markets 2.5 times the size of global trade in all wood - related goods, which grew from C$ 360B to C$ 390B over the same period, and which is a key industry in the Atlantic Canada economy.

Researchers expect that as climate change makes wildfires more likely over the course of this century, deaths and illnesses attributed to pollution from wood smoke will rise too, even offsetting gains made from cleaning up emissions from industry.

The U.S. argues most Canadian wood is harvested from Crown lands and is sold for less than market prices as a way to subsidize the industry and make Canadian wood more attractive compared to American domestic products — a charge Canada denies.

Disputes over the softwood lumber trade — which applies to wood originating from conifers, about 80 % of the global lumber industry — have plagued bilateral relations between the two states since the 1980s, and have most recently been addressed by the 2006 agreement.

Artificial vanillin is produced as a by - product of the wood industry or from petrochemicals.

Each day the facility would convert 1,000 tons of wood chips and waste from Georgia's vast pulp and paper industry into 274,000 gallons of ethanol.

In a carpeted, wood - paneled room at the National Academy of Sciences yesterday, a committee of experts from academic, military, government and industry circles tried to come up with an answer.

Trees growing on normally wetter sites and those from drought - tolerant species — including the wood and furniture industry staples, loblolly pine and white oak — are better able to recover their pre-drought growth rates after a drought ends.

«Biomass is sustainably sourced from low - value wood fiber, and from by - products and residues of other forest products industries,» Ginther added.

According to the lecturer Emilia Gutiérrez, from the Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences of the UB, «the data from these trees that grow in heights over 2,000 metres represents the global changes, since their growth is not influenced by the effects of the local human activity (wood cutting, industry).»

A freeze on official lists of wood used in construction is preventing the building industry from switching to new hardwoods that can be harvested sustainably.

The forestry and biomass energy industries, and a number of political leaders from heavily - forested states, argue that burning wood to drive turbines can be a low - carbon way to make electricity.

As part of the international ERA - NET project, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd developed, in collaboration with its partners, a tannin extraction process from bark material generated as a by - product in the paper and wood industry to give added value to the fraction currently used for incineration.

Instead of processing commodities that might otherwise be used for food, next generation fuels can be produced from dedicated energy crops like switchgrass, to the non-edible parts of corn plants, to unmarketable wood from the lumber industry — taking resources that would otherwise go to waste and using them to fuel our energy independence.

A team from the wPOWER Hub at the Wangari Maathai Institute paid a visit to Cookswell Jikos, a small Kenyan owned hybrid business that provides quality charcoal and wood fueled stoves to the market, to discover how the business is providing sustainable solutions to the challenges facing the charcoal industry in Kenya.

Because of their strength and tractable nature, they have served in the fishing industry hauling heavy nets, wood from forests, and powering blacksmith bellows.

The artist spent time studying film - industry special effects techniques to prepare this project, which includes an architectural installation of petrified wood from Turin, columns from Sharjah, and silicone molds from Istanbul.

Part two shows that, contrary to some industry claims, the brunt of the wood in pellets is from hardwood trees, not scrap and waste.

To ease pressure on the sources of the most coveted woods, like pure black ebony from Madagascar, Taylor Guitars, a top competitor of Gibson, bought a lumber mill for ebony in Cameroon and the company's president, Bob Taylor, launched a campaign to convince the industry, and guitar buyers, to get more comfortable with the streaked varieties of this wood from sustainably managed forests there.

Even lignin (wood) might be convertible one day, if this cellulose from soft wood industry becomes a major player in our fuel and other technologies.

The data showed fast deterioration of air quality as cities in low - income countries grow unchecked and smog and soot from construction sites, transport, industry, farming and wood - burning in home exacerbates air conditions.

Increasingly, reconstituted wood is substituting for natural wood as the world lumber and construction industries adapt to a shrinking supply of large logs from natural forests.

Over-capacity in the industry and vast potential supplies of wood from poorly regulated forests have undercut prices and hurt the performance of even the best - run firms.

WASHINGTON, DC (17 February 2015)-- More than 30 percent of wood used by Indonesia's industrial forest sector1 stems from the unreported clear - cutting of natural forests and other illegal sources instead of legal tree plantations and well - managed logging concessions, 2 according to a new study analyzing Indonesian Ministry of Forestry and timber industry data to assess the sustainability of the country's booming pulp and paper industry.

The North American wood products industry has taken its EPDs one step further by obtaining third - party verification from the Underwriters Laboratories Environment (ULE), an independent certifier of products and their sustainability.

The industry is based on unique 400 - year old wood from forests.

While boondoggles involving wood chips from natural forests have emerged due to foolish regulation, a more gradual approach to conversion could well support a growth industry in «renewable» coal replacements, while allowing existing mining operations to use up their resources with little interference.

Bioenergy can, for instance, be derived from solid woodfuels, such as fuelwood and charcoal or from liquid biofuels, such as black liquor (a by - product from the paper industry) and ethanol obtained from wood.

Supply and demand of traditional biomass, liquid cellulosic biofuels, residues from the forest industry and other forms of wood energy will be affected differently by different factors across developed and developing countries.

The global availability of fibre may not, however, cover demand in some regions and increased demand from wood processing industries may also compete for supply.

As Science contributing correspondent Warren Cornwall reported last year, the forest products industry has long been pushing for the carbon neutral definition in a bid to make wood an attractive fuel for generating electricity in nations trying to move away from fossil fuels.

Of course, particles are generated from sources other than vehicles, including industry, dust, pollens, bushfires and domestic wood fires.

But the agency has been under persistent pressure from lawmakers in Congress and industry to give wood a climate - friendly label.

New technologies are improving the economic feasibility of energy generation from wood, particularly in countries that are heavily forested and have well established wood processing industries.

«They've convinced certain legislators in Congress to vote for legislation written by biomass industry lobbyists that would force EPA to treat tree - burning power plants as if they have zero carbon emissions, claiming that as long as US forest stocks are stable or growing by any amount, this offsets the carbon pollution pouring from the smokestacks of wood - burning power plants.»

Based on data from North American logging industry, the cost for wood burial is estimated to be $ 14 / tCO2 ($ 50 / tC), lower than the typical cost for power plant CO2 capture with geological storage.

Booth says there is wide agreement in the industry that when biomass comes from forestry residues, wood products manufacturing, or agriculture, the net carbon impact is the difference between emissions from the use of the material as fuel and emissions from some other fate, such as leaving it on the ground to decompose.

Now, most European biomass pellets are made from sawdust, a byproduct of the wood processing industry, Mr. Zannoni said.

Martin Bentele, Executive officer of the German Wood and Pellet Energy Association (DEPV), notes that 90 % of the wood converted to pellets is waste recovered from Germany's furniture industry.

Scale up the industry and get the wood from farther away, and they get a whole lot worse.

Just 2 % of this wood came from the UK, and the UK's annual wood production across all industries is 11 million tonnes.

Each piece is constructed with wood from carefully selected North American hardwoods, built by skilled Amish and Mennonite Craftsmen, and finished by hand with top - industry finishes.

Professional Profile Utilize technology to drive the construction and renovation process, including both diagnostic and construction tools, equipment, and various media such as tile, drywall, wood, brick, flooring, wiring, plumbing, and fixtures Perform needs - based technical assessments to identify areas of concern while facilitating an effective and timely solution to any construction issues Apply technical knowledge and education to installation, maintenance, and repair tasks, focusing on the accurate and efficient completion of all assigned jobs Maintain a strong working knowledge of products, materials, construction techniques, equipment maintenance and use, and other relevant industry knowledge and trends Organize and manage construction and renovation process from initial consultation to job completion, while collaborating effectively with other staff, material and equipment vendors, and firm management Interact in a professional and effective manner with customers utilizing polished introduction and explanatory skills, providing complete and accurate issue descriptions Provide complete support to other construction personnel and management with technical assistance, guidance, and successful collaboration Lead through example with consistent work ethic, attitude, and professionalism, while performing all construction and design tasks, supporting all project management and execution tasks, and facilitating high - quality relationships with vendors, customers, and other interested parties Participate extensively in all continuing education and advanced technical training opportunities Address customer and staff queries and resolve them in an expedited manner Act as a liaison between clients, vendors, suppliers, construction team members, and management staff members

The material has been used in Europe for about two decades — and about eight years in Canada — but the push for more wood in U.S. construction stemmed from an oversupply of the product in neighboring Canada, as well as a desire to bring more jobs to rural areas of the Pacific Northwest, hurt by a dwindling timber industry, he adds.

Kährs» long history is lined with a series of innovations that have shaped the entire global wood flooring industry over the years — from the invention of the multi-layer board to the glue-less Woodloc ® locking joint.