Today's KNOWLEDGE Share:Engineered Bamboo Window Wall & Curtain Wall

Today's KNOWLEDGE Share:

Engineered Bamboo Window Wall & Curtain Wall

Bamboo Sequesters 10x Carbon vs Trees:

Bamboo has a unique geometric growth curve that makes it 10x faster than tree-based CO2 drawdown. Intensively harvested, our bamboo can sequester up to 1.76 tones CO2/clump/year, or up to 362 tones/hectare/year in an optimally managed farm. SEB (Structural Engineered Bamboo): Estimated Carbon Sequestration: 1,316 kg/m3 = of CO2(LCA)

Bamboo Produces 37% More Oxygen:

Guadua Bamboo not only sequesters carbon, but it also produces oxygen as it grows. Guadua bamboo produces up to 37% more oxygen than trees! During the industrial revolution and even today massive quantities of natural tree growth has been removed around the world. Timber construction is considered sustainable when compared to concrete and steel, but it is nowhere near the sustainability case for bamboo especially when accounting for the already depleted natural forests.

Bamboo is a Rapidly Renewable Resource:

The Guadua Bamboo integrated into our products is documented as a Rapidly Renewable Resource. Harvest begins at 6-8 years and continues every year after through the life of the bamboo plant. This continuous harvest produces 14 Tons of usable bamboo fiber/Acre/Year. The fiber yield of mature bamboo is 6 times the usable biomass of timber forests over a 25-30 year timeline (The typical growing period for softwood trees used in structural products) such as: Spruce, Southern Yellow Pine, and Douglas Fir.

Bamboo Stabilizes and Nourishes the Soil:

Guadua bamboo's root system stays intact throughout growth and harvest. When timber is harvested the root system dies and causes drastic soil instability, and the consequence is top soil erosion. Extreme cases of this have occurred all over the world in places such as India, Asia, and Central/South America. When old growth and timber farms are removed the quality top soil is lost and regrowth of any form of vegetation is limited.

Source:Adam Racomelara l Shorebird Consulting

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