the sustainability of MOSO bamboo
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the sustainability of MOSO bamboo

the sustainability of MOSO bamboo The continuous destruction of tropical forests for timber production has a significant influence on global warming and leads to a worldwide decrease in biodiversity. MOSO Bamboo products combine the virtues of the best hardwoods (hardness, looks, stability) with the immense growing capacity of the highly renewable giant bamboo species Moso and can therefore act as the green carbon negative alternative for scarce (tropical) hardwood and in some applications even for high CO2 emitting products made from nonrenewable resources such as concrete, plastics (PVC)...

MOSO during growth Moso bamboo - fastest growing plant in the world ISO certified facilities - and beyond Bamboo is not a wood but a grass species. Although there are about 1500 different bamboo species, in terms of availability and ease of processing, there is only one giant bamboo species truly suitable for manufacturing high quality products such as panels, beams and flooring. This species, the “Phyllostachys Pubescens”, grows mainly in China, where it is known as “Maozhu” or “Moso” bamboo. ISO certification All MOSO products are made in production facilities that are ISO 9001 and ISO...

MOSO in End-of-Life end of life durable & healthy Proven Durability Durability is an important yet often overlooked aspect of sustainability. The longer the lifetime of a floor, decking board or panel, the lower the environmental impact will be in terms of replacement. With its hardness, density and dimensional stability similar or even better than the best quality tropical hardwoods, MOSO bamboo products can be applied effortlessly as a hardwood alternative in most applications. With respect to hardness, the MOSO high Density® version is even found to outperform the very best hardwood...

research & certification Campus Palmas Altas Sevilla, Spain LEED PLATINUM LEED & BREEAM The use of MOSO bamboo products can help achieve a higher certification level for LEED and BREEAM, the most important green building certification programs Alta Diagonal Barcelona, Spain LEED GOLD Venco Campus Eersel, the Netherlands BREEAM Outstanding available worldwide. The table below gives an overview for which credits application of MOSO bamboo products can provide a direct or indirect contribution to these schemes. For more detailed information and background information (testing reports,...

research & certification LCA & carbon footprint Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is the commonly accepted methodology to systematically assess the environmental impact of a product or material over its full life cycle, thus from the extraction of resources until the end phase of demolition or recycling (from cradle till grave). The LCA methodology is internationally standardized in the ISO 14040 series and measures the environmental impact in several categories, including depletion, air quality (dust, smog), toxicity and global warming potential (GWP). The environmental impact caused by a...

references • J.G. Vogtländer, P. van der Lugt (2014) The Environmental Impact of Industrial Bamboo Products: Life-cycle Assessment and Carbon Sequestration. INBAR Technical Report 35. INBAR, Beijing, China (in print) • J.G. Vogtländer (2014) Life Cycle Assessment and Carbon Sequestration - Bamboo products of MOSO International – Update 2014. Delft University of Technology • J.G. Vogtländer, N.M. van der Velden, P. Van der Lugt (2014) Carbon sequestration in LCA, a proposal for a new approach based on the global carbon cycle; cases on wood and on bamboo. Int J Life Cycle Assessment 19...