by Web Editor | May 2, 2016 | News
Green Building Council Gives LEED Credentials To Contentious Wood Certification That LEED office building where you’re sitting right now reading this may be built with the environment in mind, but if it has wood, it may or may not have been legally sourced....
by Web Editor | Apr 13, 2016 | News
This week, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced it is encouraging more responsibly sourced building materials by giving credit for wood from American Tree Farm System (ATFS) certified forests, and other credible forest certification systems such as the...
by Web Editor | Sep 2, 2015 | News
Timber’s Transformation: An Old Building Material Is Reborn We ask: If the 19th century modern building material technology was associated with steel and the 20th century with concrete, could the 21st be the century of “MCT,” mass construction timber? Wood, one of the...
by Web Editor | Oct 1, 2012 | News
While many have gone gaga over environmentally friendly green buildings, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said Tuesday that some energy-efficient standards are hurting the American wood products industry. Wicker made the comments while visiting J.T. Shannon Lumber Co....
