Of the carbon leaving the estate in harvested wood, the share entering long-lived product pools — sawn hardwood destined for housing, furniture and joinery — versus short-lived pools of pulp, chip and paper. The grading mix sets the split.
Harvested wood stores carbon for very different lifetimes — sawn hardwood in housing and furniture for decades to a century, while pulp, chip and paper release theirs within a few years.
FWPA ↗A pulpwood plantation banks carbon fast while it grows, but stores little of it once harvested: most is chipped and released within a few years. Lifting the sawlog grade is the single lever that shifts harvested carbon from the short pool into decades-long storage — though sawn recovery means the realised long-term share is lower still.
Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses, and keeps the figure current automatically.
Grow to sawlog spec so more carbon enters durable products.
Favour end-uses — construction, furniture — that hold carbon longest.
Pair harvest with replanting so the site keeps drawing carbon down.
Of the carbon leaving the estate in harvested wood, the share entering long-lived product pools — sawn hardwood destined for housing, furniture and joinery — versus short-lived pools of pulp, chip and paper. The grading mix sets the split.
You need: Product carbon by grade (tCO₂e), Sawn recovery factor (ratio). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.
Harvested wood stores carbon for very different lifetimes — sawn hardwood in housing and furniture for decades to a century, while pulp, chip and paper release theirs within a few years.
Grow to sawlog spec so more carbon enters durable products. Favour end-uses — construction, furniture — that hold carbon longest. Pair harvest with replanting so the site keeps drawing carbon down.
Connect the software, spreadsheets and records you already keep, and Silo keeps every benchmark on this page current automatically.
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