The indigenous hardwoods in German forests have a substantial ability to store carbon, and forestry reconstruction measures are anticipated to result in an increase in availability of hardwood on the wood market. Despite this, its material usage is declining with over two thirds of the harvested quantity being used for energy production. This study aims to identify policy measures and promising strategies for increasing hardwood utilisation using a combined policy Delphi-SWOT approach with literature review undertaken to identify the barriers and driving factors for an increase in its material use. The results were then ranked by a panel of experts and used as basis for the SWOT analysis, which was then applied to an extended SWOT approach. The resulting strategies were then discussed by the panel and ranked further in the 2nd and 3rd Delphi round. After three Delphi rounds, three strategies and associated policy recommendations were ranked as most effective by the experts: innovative hardwood products including manufacturing processes, research transfer and lobbying. This study provides both strategic analyses and effective strategies to stimulate the production of hardwood-based products and ends with a concise description of these strategies and policy recommendations, which are benchmarked against current literature and best practise examples.

德国森林中的本地硬木具有很强的碳储存能力，预计林业重建措施将导致木材市场上硬木的供应量增加。尽管如此，其材料使用量正在下降，超过三分之二的收获量用于能源生产。本研究旨在通过结合政策 Delphi-SWOT 方法和文献综述来确定增加硬木利用率的政策措施和有前景的策略，以确定增加硬木材料使用的障碍和驱动因素。然后由专家小组对结果进行排名，并将其用作 SWOT 分析的基础，然后将其应用于扩展的 SWOT 方法。小组随后讨论了由此产生的策略，并在第 2 和第 3 轮 Delphi 中进一步排名。经过三轮德尔福轮次之后，专家将三项战略和相关政策建议评为最有效：创新硬木产品，包括制造工艺、研究转移和游说。本研究提供了刺激硬木产品生产的战略分析和有效战略，并以对这些战略和政策建议的简明描述结束，这些战略和政策建议以当前文献和最佳实践示例为基准。