Carbon
Neutral
Bamboo
Carbon
Neutral
Bamboo
A breath of fresh air
So far this year, our outdoor bamboo products have prevented the emission of
g of 
Contribute to stop deforestation by choosing sustainability
Building a sustainable future means taking action. As global temperatures rise, it’s time to evaluate the way we make choices.
Materials like exotic hardwood from tropical forests are highly valued for their beauty and durability, but the loss of trees and other vegetation contributes to climate change, desertification, increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and more.
Imagine it can take up to a 100 years for a tree to be ready to be cut, but the scenario now is different: science has allowed us to replicate the best that tropical hardwood can offer, using green and renewable materials that do not hurt our planet.
Bamboo is available in sustainable forests and is the fastest growing plant on the planet, taking between 3 and 5 years to be ready for harvest, making it the best alternative to tropical hardwood. Because it grows so quickly, bamboo is an almost infinitely renewable resource. It is also able to sequester large amounts of carbon from the atmosphere. The plant absorbs up to four times more carbon than other tree species, paving the way for eco-friendly constructions and helping to advance in the field of green architecture.
Three times more resistant than steel, with higher compressive strength than concrete or wood, and with a tensility that rivals that of steel, bamboo is considered the “green steel” of the world.
How do we contribute?
Dasso’s commitment is clear: Dasso owns a 20.000 Ha bamboo forest certified by the FSC, which completely guarantees its sustainability.
All of Dasso’s bamboo products are EPD certified, ensuring a friendly environmental impact during their entire lifespan, which is from 35 to 40 years.
If you choose the green alternative, using bamboo in your projects can contribute to LEED, BREAM and GREEN STAR certifications.
The source for the data presented above is the EPD conducted for all Dasso bamboo products.
The source for the data presented above is the EPD conducted for all Dasso bamboo products.
Measuring our impact
Knowing the role bamboo plays in the carbon cycle is crucial to understanding the positive impact of using bamboo in your projects.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is captured by bamboo during photosynthesis when it converts water and CO2 into glucose, obtaining oxygen as a byproduct. The captured CO2 is stored in the material as long as it is in use, lasting even longer if the material is recycled into particle boards. These boards are burnt as an energy source at the end of its life, which reduces the human reliance on fossil fuels. Once the bamboo cane has reached maturity, it naturally dies after between 7 and 10 years, releasing the stored carbon into the atmosphere.
Dasso products are different from the rest: the treatments that dassoXTR and dassoCTECH go through allow them to continue storing the CO2 in the material.
The dassoXTR material density is 1100 kg / m3 and is made up of 87% bamboo fibers, which amounts to a total of 957 kg of bamboo per m3 of the material. This bamboo, with a moisture content of 12%, is equivalent to 842 kg of dried bamboo at 0% moisture content.
According to the European norms EN 16785-2 and EN 16449, half of this mass, 421 kg, is considered biogenic carbon.
We can calculate that 1545 kg of CO2 per m3 are captured by dassoXTR by multiplying this amount by the ratio of the molecular weight of CO2 to C (3.67).
The dassoCTECH material density is 1200 kg / m3 and is made up of 87% bamboo fibers, which amounts to a total of 1044 kg of bamboo per m3 of the material. This bamboo, with a moisture content of 12%, is equivalent to 918 kg of dried bamboo at 0% moisture content.
According to the European norms EN 16785-2 and EN 16449, half of this mass, 459 kg, is considered biogenic carbon.
We can calculate that 1684 kg of CO2 per m3 are captured by dassoCTECH by multiplying this amount by the ratio of the molecular weight of CO2 to C (3.67).
