Green Choice
Why Wood Flooring?
Wood flooring is “The Green Choice”
When it comes to flooring, the facts are clear:
Wood flooring is the most abundantly renewable flooring material available. Sustainable forest management makes it
possible to harvest wood without any negative impact on the environment, because trees are a renewable resource that
can be replaced time and time again.
Wood flooring is the environmentally friendly flooring option!
Check out the facts:
- Hardwood forest are sustainable – According to the US Environmental Protection Agency - Average annual net growth for hardwoods is greater that average annual removal.
- Hardwood floors are healthy – According to the US Environmental Protection Agency - Indoor air quality is excellent with wood floors.
- Wood reduces global warming – University of Wisconsin Wood Products Program Analysis – It is a carbon neutral product that produces oxygen during its growth cycle and stores carbon during its service life.
- Wood floors save natural resources – University of Wisconsin Wood Products Program Analysis – They use less water and energy to produce that other flooring options.
- Wood is renewable – According to the National Wood Flooring Association – It takes most hardwood trees 40-60 years to mature, the inventory planted today won’t be needed for 100-plus years.
- Wood floors last hundreds of years – National Wood Flooring Association – They won’t need to be replaced as often as other flooring options thus reducing the landfills.
- Wood reduces landfill waste – University of Wisconsin Wood Products Program Analysis – At the end of its service life, wood flooring can be burned as fuel or recycled.
- Wood may earn LEED points – US Green Building Council – Wood is recognized by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program for improved indoor air quality, material use and location proximity, and sustain-ably sourced materials.