Wood belongs in the green building code
Absurd statement? You bet, but a recent article I came across on “building green” boasted how bamboo walls, cork floors, and wheat board cabinetry in a new office building were considerable improvements over the traditional materials – presumably some of them made of wood – because these materials were from renewable resources that could be harvested every five years. All of these products were reported to be manufactured within 500 miles of the building.
Pardon me if I, as a proud North Carolina Tree Farmer, get a little perturbed about a green building code that fails to recognize that trees, a product grown right here in North Carolina, offer the highest “green factors” of any product on the market.
I’ve got more to say on the subject so read my column in the May/June issue of Tree Farmer Magazine at www.forestfoundation.org
