Analysis of Energy Consumption and Carbon Emissions in the Manufacturing Process of Solid Wood Furniture
With the development of modem industry,energy conservation and emission reduction have gradually become a prominent focus in various research fields.Against the background of the national carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals being implemented in the forest industry,furniture,as one of the end products of wooden forest products,holds sig-nificant potential for carbon sequestration.However,there are still drawbacks,such as high industrial energy consump-tion and slow industrial structure transformation.Employing the life cycle assessment method,a set of solid wood dining tables and chairs was used as the research object to construct a product life cycle inventory,and the associated carbon emission data was transformed.The energy consumption and carbon emissions of each stage were calculated and ana-lyzed,aiming to provide reference data for energy consumption and carbon emissions data in the industry and lay a foun-dation for subsequent research on the life cycle assessment of wood products.The analysis of energy consumption and carbon emissions data for the various stages of solid wood tables and chairs production reveals that the largest carbon emissions occur during the raw material transportation stage,accounting for 48%of the total,followed by the drying stage,which accounts for 36%.The measures to reduce carbon emissions from solid wood furniture include optimiz-ing the distribution and utilization structure of wood resources,improving drying processes,and utilizing joint drying methods.