Green Building
Southern Pine & Green Building
- When it comes to green building, wood wins hands down. The life cycle graphic below explains why wood building products are sustainable, responsible and environmentally friendly. Download this fact sheet that includes all the information presented here.
With its “Wood and Green Building” series, the Wood Promotion Network provides four sheets of additional information:
- LEED vs. Green Globes
- Home Builder Guidelines
- The Role of Life Cycle Assessment
- Using Wood to Fight Climate Change
Forest Certification
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Wood products are the only major building products that have third-party certification systems in place to verify their origination from sustainable managed resources.
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Certification types include:
- Forest Management certifies that the forest area is being sustainably managed according to the standard requirements.
- Fiber Sourcing certifies that the fiber used to make the wood products is from sustainable sources.
- Chain of Custody (CoC) is a record keeping process to trace raw material from the forest to the finished product.
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Certification types include:
Green Building Rating Systems
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Green building rating systems rate and measure the environmental impact of building systems
and products.- Major programs include:
