Advancing Building Decarbonization
Defining Green
What are Carbon-Negative Materials?
Carbon-negative materials capture and store more CO2e than they emit during harvest, manufacture, and construction.
What is Operational Carbon?
Operational (ongoing) carbon is the total emissions from all energy sources required to run our buildings - be it heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting, or powering.
What is Embodied Carbon?
Embodied (upfront) carbon is the total greenhouse gas emissions from sourcing, manufacturing, transporting, and assembling building materials.
What is Cradle-to-Gate?
Cradle-to-Gate measures a product's environmental impact from raw material extraction (cradle) to factory completion (gate). Through Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) processes, BamCore has documented that its bamboo-hybrid Prime Wall™ panel generates negative carbon emissions during this phase.
HARVEST ROTATION CYCLES
1 Year
Timber bamboo
10 Years
Eucalyptus
Timber bamboo and Eucalyptus outpace traditional wood framing materials. Rapidly renewable materials offer two key benefits: they replenish material feedstocks faster to meet building demand, and their fast-growing (short rotation) biogenic fibers enable higher carbon removal capacity compared to traditional slow-growing woods.
Rapidly Renewable Structural Fibers
EUCALYPTUS
Over 2x
The Lumber per hectare than Softwood Building Materials
134%
Increase in Land Use Efficiency
Eucalyptus grows quickly, uses land efficiently, and captures carbon effectively, making it ideal for engineered wood products and climate change mitigation.
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Eucalyptus yields 17 houses per hectare versus 6.6 for softwoods—134% more efficient.
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Eucalyptus sequesters 100 tons C/ha in 9 years, far outpacing Loblolly Pine (17 years), Douglas Fir (28 years), and Ponderosa Pine (>100 years).
TIMBER BAMBOO
Over 2x
as Strong as Traditional Lumber
65+
Feet of Growth per Year
In a world losing 10 billion trees annually, bamboo isn't just an alternative - it's a powerful solution for both the climate crisis and our building needs.
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Uses 72% less land than conventional timber per house
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Captures 5-6 times more carbon than wood
The best part? Once mature, bamboo can be harvested yearly without replanting, preserving vital soil ecosystems. Its hardy root system even helps restore damaged lands and prevent erosion.
Sustainability Resources
Download bamCore's Life Cycle Assessment proving that the bamboo hybrid Prime Wall™ is cradle-to-gate carbon negative
Proven cradle-to-gate carbon negative building materials for the bamboo hybrid Prime Wall™
Verified for use in achieving points toward certification under ICC-700 National Green Building Standard
Conducted by Greentech Knowledge Solutions Pvt. Ltd., April 2023
Research Papers
Timber bamboo's rapid growth and annual harvesting creates natural carbon farms that produce structural-grade fiber
How fast-growing Eucalyptus captures more carbon for building materials than slow-growing softwoods
Overcoming Commercialization Challenges to Scale Timber Bamboo in Buildings
How using fast-growing fibers affects construction materials over time
Eucalyptus provides a fast-growing super strong structural fiber that can lead a new generation of building decarbonization
Turning Buildings into Carbon Sinks with Timber Bamboo. 2030 is “the decisive decade for climate action"
Here, we have argued that the use of timber bamboo
in a bio-based BAC framework can complement the opportunity while also diversifying the
risk faced with DAC by providing a parallel air capture option.