Benefits
of wood include the fact that it has a low embodied energy and
is a renewable resource. Unfortunately due to over harvesting,
poor forestry practices, and the use of endangered wood species,
the use of wood can be harmful to the environment. Use of many-interior
grade plywood and particle board can significantly degrade indoor
air quality due to the off-gasing of chemicals, including formaldehyde.
When
using wood Environmental Building News (EBN) recommends using
certified or salvaged wood products, avoiding products with formaldehyde,
using engineered wood products, and avoiding plastic surfacing
materials.
For
more information:
Forest
Stewardship Council
1134
29th Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 467-8391
www.fscus.org
Lumber
Local
Sources:
Yoder
Lumber
While
they are not certified sustainably harvested, they practice
sustainable forest management.
3799
C.R. 70 Sugarcreek
OH 44681
(330) 893-3131
Keim
Lumber
Have
a complete line of building materials, including trim moldings,
interior casings, baseboards, extension jams, window sills,
crown moldings, most of which is sustainably harvested lumber
from local sources.
P.O.
Box 40
Charm, OH 44617
(330) 893-2251
National
Sources:
Collins
Pine Co.
Sustainably
harvested hardwood and softwood. Also produces veneers or cherry,
red oak, white oak, oak, ash, and maple (hard and soft). Runs
sawmills in California, Oregon and Pennsylvania and ships anywhere.
1618 S.W. 1st Ave., Suite 300
Portland, OR 97201
(800) 329-1219
Centre Mills Antique Wood
Recycled
antique wood salvaged from old buildings. Documentation provided
with wood.
PO
Box 16
Aspers, PA 17304
(717) 334-0249
Menominee
Tribal Enterprises
The
Menominee are a tribe of Native Americans who have been practicing
sustained-yield management on 220,000 acres of their forest-land
in Northcentral Wisconsin since 1854. Products include hard
maple, ash, birch, and white pine. Smart Wood and Scientific
Certification Systems certified. Large purchases shipped to
Ohio, small quantities must be picked-up.
PO Box 10
Neopit, WI 54150
(715) 756-2311
Tectum,
Inc.
Manufacture
a number of panels for interior and roofing purposes. A number
of the products are made without formaldehyde from aspen wood
fibers with a binder of magnesium oxide extracted from seawater.
PO
Box 3002
Newark, OH 43058
(740) 345-9691
Formica
Corp.
Ligna
wood vaneers are made from sustainably harvested Italian poplar
to look like the wood grains of tropical hardwoods.
10155
Reading Rd.
Cincinnati, OH 45241
(800) 367-6422
PrimeBoard,
Inc.
Compressed wheat straw, flax straw, and sunflower huls made
into fiberboard is steam heated and pressed together into composite
panel using agricultural by-products such as wheat. The particleboard
can be used as a replacement for nonstructural particleboard
for kitchen cabinets and countertops. There is no formaldehyde
in the product.
2111
North 3M Dr.
Wahpeton, ND
58075
(800) 943-2823
Also
see Wood Flooring
under Flooring
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