07/01/2008
True Green
Wood is the original green building material.
Wood is Green for life - In a cradle-to-grave analysis of identically constructed wood, steel and concrete homes, the wood home was more environmentally beneficial in terms of energy consumed, air/water pollution, waste production and global warming potential.*
Demand keeps it growing - Forest growth in the U.S. has continually exceeded harvest since the 1940s. We now grow 27 percent more timber each year than is harvested.
More product, less energy - Compare the energy requirements for manufacturing one ton of wood to one ton of other building materials; it takes 5 times more energy to produce cement and 24 times more energy to produce steel.
Wood is nature's air purifier - A 2,400 sq. ft. house locks up 28.5 tons of CO2 - roughly 7 years of emissions from a small car.
Arm yourself with the facts. Download Wood: Sustainable Building Solutions or visit our Environmental Facts & Green Building page.
*2004 Consortium For Research On Renewable Industrial Materials
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