The sustainability of MOSO ® Bamboo Outdoor Lumber:
MOSO ® Bamboo Thermo and N-durance ® offer sustainable advantages. The inclusion of Bamboo Outdoor Lumber on a project contributes to a higher LEED, BREEAM, and Green Star certification score for green building projects. That’s one of the reasons why you can find MOSO ® Outdoor Lumber and other MOSO ® Bamboo Products in many sustainable reference projects all over the world.
Unsurpassed growing speed Bamboo: the fastest growing plant in the world Because of the fast growth, bamboo is managed as an agricultural crop: the annual harvest of the 4 to 5-year-old stems, compared to 60-80 years for tropical hardwood, provides a steady annual income to farmers and stimulates the bamboo plant to reproduce even faster. Therefore, by default, no deforestation occurs with production of MOSO ® Bamboo Products, while large amounts of CO 2 are captured in the bamboo forests and products.
(www.inbar.int/understanding-bamboos-climate-change-potential).
Carbon storage in bamboo Biobased materials act as CO 2 sinks
The amount of CO 2 that is locked in the end products can be calculated. For example, MOSO ® Bamboo Thermo locks 104 lbs. of CO 2 per ft³ of material, which is almost* equivalent to the CO 2 emitted by an average passenger vehicle during a trip from San Diego to Los Angeles!
Through photosynthesis, plants absorb carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and convert it into glucose (building block for biomass) and oxygen. The CO 2 is stored in the material for the lifetime of the product, and even longer if the product is recycled into new, durable products. Due to the fast growth – and related high yields - Moso bamboo locks far more CO 2 in durable products compared to wood species.
The average 400SF Moso Bamboo Outdoor Deck captures 2,600lbs of carbon dioxide.
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