Wood K Plus – Sustainability assessment tools (environmental, social, economics)

Different aspects of sustainability in the forest-based sector are investigated by the use of following concepts:

• Environmental assessment methods (e.g. life cycle assessment, cumulated energy demand, water footprint, carbon footprint)
• Socio-economic assessment methods (e.g. regional added value; ecological payback time, social network analysis)
• Technology foresight methods (e.g. econometrics, delphi-studies, technology diffusion or substitution analyses)
• Sector modelling with System-Dynamics based simulation models market and C-storage