What the heck is a kg of nitrogen equivalent?

Brook,

Thank you for bringing this question up. We had this exact discussion here at LMN while trying to quantify an LCA study looking at the switch from a concrete structure to a CLT structure. While using CLT results in a 35% reduction in carbon emissions, our acidification and eutrophication numbers increase between 50% and 150%. But because these numbers are orders of magnitude less than the CO2eq numbers, it’s hard to put these changes into context. Using the numbers in the paper helps to bring this down to a per person level, but the question of impact remains. Are the emissions of one person for acidification and eutrophication of equal importance to those of their carbon emissions?