Booming Bamboo: The Rediscovery of a Sustainable Material with Endless Possibilities

This course will address the rediscovery of bamboo as a sustainable material with endless possibilities. It will specifically discuss material scarcity and how bamboo could combat it, how the manufacturing of bamboo products works, new developments in industrialized bamboo, and the sustainability of bamboo as a building material.

Upon completion of this course, the Learner should be able to:

  • Material Scarcity and Bamboo's potential role-- Gain a better understanding of the Circular Economy principle and understand how sustainability sourced renewable / bio-based materials (bio-cycle) in general have a better ecological profile over synthetic / manmade materials (techno-cycle), in particular when they are made out of rapidly renewable resources such as giant bamboo.
  • Giant Bamboo: An introduction-- Gain a more in depth understanding of bamboo as a useful, fast growing resource, including a better understanding of bamboo’s growth characteristics and global distribution.
  • Bamboo Industrialization-- Develop an understanding of the growth, harvesting, and manufacturing of giant bamboo to create industrialized bamboo materials. Learn about the various engineered bamboo materials available (including the latest product innovations), and their related key mechanical and aesthetic properties.
  • Sustainability and Eco-certifications-- Understand the associated CO2 emissions of each production step during the manufacturing of engineered bamboo, and understand the overall carbon footprint of bamboo versus other commonly used building materials. Understand how carbon sequestration by reforesting with bamboo and the carbon locked in the bamboo durable product pool, can help mitigate climate change. Understand which relevant LEEDv4 credits application of engineered bamboo can contribute to

Approximately 1 hour. Delivered via webinar or face-to-face presentation. Available sessions shown below.

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This course is registered with: 4 Industry Association(s)

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