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Environmental Materials Design Lab
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The lab studies the processing, distribution, and use of wood, with the aim of expanding demand for wood.
AboutAbout the lab
Aiming to expand demand for wood through research
The Environmental Materials Design Lab studies wood utilization together with the Endowed Chair of Wood Utilization Systems.
The lab evaluates how using wood affects the global environment, regional economies, and society.
It also studies the marketing of wood products and the policies that promote wood utilization.
By combining natural science and social science, the lab aims to create a new research field on the processing, distribution, and use of wood.
Key terms
- Life cycle assessment (LCA)
- A method for evaluating the environmental impact of a product across its entire life cycle, from raw material procurement through manufacturing and use to disposal
- Input-output analysis
- A method for examining, from the transaction links between industries, how much a given demand ripples through the whole economy
- Clean Wood Act
- A Japanese law that promotes the distribution and use of legally harvested wood
NewsLab news
Paper on extended input-output tables for analyzing wood utilization published in Mokuzai Gakkaishi (Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society)
Paper on environmental information disclosure and corporate value of Japanese paper companies published
Paper on the role of overseas industrial plantation projects by Japanese companies published in Mokuzai Kogyo (Wood Industry)
Paper on the policy process of Sweden's National Forest Program published in Ringyo Keizai Kenkyu (Forest Economics Research)
Paper on policy formation for making municipal main government buildings wooden and wood-finished published in Mokuzai Gakkaishi (Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society)
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to build systems in which wood resources circulate sustainably in regions such as Asia. It studies the evaluation of how wood utilization affects the environment, economy, and society, as well as marketing and policy, and works to establish a new research field that combines natural science and social science.
*Illustrative imageImpacts of wood utilization on the environment, economy, and society
The lab evaluates contributions to the global environment using life cycle assessment (LCA) and the carbon storage effect of wood products, and ripple effects on regional economies using input-output analysis. It also investigates contributions to society, such as legally harvested wood and advanced corporate practices.
*Illustrative imageMarketing of wood and wood products
The lab analyzes the structure of wood-related industries and explores the development of new demand and markets, such as non-residential construction and energy. It also examines overseas market research and the procurement of resources from industrial plantations overseas.
*Illustrative imagePolicies and education for promoting wood utilization
The lab organizes and evaluates wood utilization policies such as subsidies and the Clean Wood Act, and considers financial measures to promote wood utilization, such as environmentally conscious investment. It also covers education on wood utilization, securing a workforce, and consumer understanding.
MembersFaculty
Members of the Environmental Materials Design Lab and the Endowed Chair of Wood Utilization Systems consist of faculty, commissioned researchers, project researchers, joint researchers, technical and administrative support staff, and doctoral students.
- ProfessorMasafumi InouePublications ↗
- Project Assistant Professor知念 良之
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Sugi plantation along the Yoneshiro River, Akita Pref, Japan” 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Impacts of wood utilization on the environment, economy, and society: “Yusuhara town office” Kaityu20 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Marketing of wood and wood products: “Wood Products at Lumber Yard ET5A )” Intermountain Region US Forest Service / Public domain (cropped)
- Policies and education for promoting wood utilization: “Kyotanba Town Hall, shot on April 25, 2022” Xirevam / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Wood Physics Lab): “Plant stem (250 27) Longitudal radial section - woody stem” Doc. RNDr. Josef Reischig, CSc. / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (Forest Policy Lab): “Hanazawa no Sato, view of a mountain village settlement” Azabujulie / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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