3 - Building Usage
1Cause
accounts for 20% of GHG emissions
1Consequence
3Other possible consequences
It can be said that heating buildings with wood is in part responsible for deforestation, but it is not significant. Neither is building a major cause of deforestation. Agriculture is the main cause of deforestation, way in front of buildings and their usage.
Buildings emit few aerosols directly. The only significant emissions are chimney fires. In Chamonix, 85% of the fine particles present in the atmosphere come from wood heating.
Soil artificialisation is also responsible for flooding because the soil is no longer able to absorb rain water.