CARBON ANALYSIS FINDINGS OFFSETTING THE EMBODIED CARBON TREES AND VEGETATION

Trees are a large part of the site with many trees spread throughout the site. They are also key in absorbing surrounding carbon emissions and offsetting the carbon emissions. Trees are good at holding onto carbon for long periods, even after the tree stops growing. Roughly 50% of the dry mass of a tree is carbon, much of which is stored in the wood fibres.

There are around 40 trees on the site with some having several trunks. There are 25 large main trees with the rest being medium and smaller-sized trees. The average carbon storage of a tree in the UK is 21 Kg of CO2 per year. In terms of the site with 40 trees, approximately 840 Kg of carbon is stored per year. Based on how much the trees alone absorb carbon with an average of 21kg of CO2 per year it would take 118 years to offset the total embodied carbon of the tiny homes.

Shading and cooling can be reduced by 10% during the summer through the trees on the site. The shade from the trees is able to reduce the cooling costs typically used during summer.