Green Building
Southern Pine & Green Building
- Wood wins hands down when it comes to green building. The life cycle graphic below explains why wood building products are sustainable, responsible and environmentally friendly.
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:
