During the past few years, public awareness about environmental issues has reached an all-time high, and builders, architects, specifier and designers are increasingly doing their part by attempting to choose products for their projects that have a minimal impact on the environment. This is because as consumers become more ecologically conscious, they are demanding the use of sustainable and renewable building products in their homes and businesses.
When it comes to flooring, the facts are clear: Wood flooring is the only flooring option available that is completely renewable, and with industry-accepted guidelines promoting responsible forest management, wood flooring has become the flooring option of choice among many eco-friendly builders, architects, specifiers, designers, consumers and retailers.
Wood flooring is the most abundantly renewable flooring material available. Sustainable forest management makes it possible to harvest would without any serious impact on the environment because trees are a renewable resource that can be replaced time and time again.
How is that possible> Wood is produced in a factory called a forest by renewable source of energy called the sun. Nonrenewable flooring and building materials must be produced in man-made factories. This requires large input of fossil fuels, resulting in high carbon dioxide emissions, which contribute to global warming. In other words, all other alternative flooring options are more harmful to the environment than wood. The answer to using environmentally friendly building materials, then, is not to use less wood but to grow more trees and promote renewable forests.
This is exactly what is happening in the U.S. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, the average annual net growth for hardwoods in the U.S. is greater than the average annual removals. IN fact, for every cubic foot of hardwood removed from U.S. hardwood forests, 1.66 cubic feet are added in its place. In all, the USDA Forest Service reports that standing hardwood volume in the U.S. currently is 328 billion cubic feet, an increase of nearly 90% since 1953. Obviously, U.S. hardwood forests are renewable, making hardwood products a sustainable resource and obvious choice for the environmentally conscious.
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