Why use wood?

If you are looking for a 'green' material, look no further than wood.

Wood is a far superior material for building and by choosing wood, you help reduce the impact on climate change because:

1. Wood has a low carbon footprint throughout it's life cycle.
2. Wood can be recycled, or, at worst convertible into energy.
3. Using wood encourages replanting, in turn establishing the cycle of CO2 absorption from the atmosphere.
4. Wood is a natural, renewable and sustainable material.
5. Easy to work with and uses relatively little energy to convert from tree to finished product as compared to metals or plastics.
6. Carbon neutral as trees absorb CO2 whilst growing and, particularly in tropical and equatorial regions, have a global cooling effect.
7. Wood has good thermal and acoustic qualities, allowing it to meet required insulation values, without costly additional design features, such as thermal breaks to avoid cold bridging and condensation.

Timber is once again in demand and is now frequently the material of choice for a world looking to adopt green and sustainable solutions.

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