From the food you eat to the car you drive, virtually everything in your life has an impact on the environment. Fortunately, there are a number of “green” products that you can use to reduce your carbon footprint and help establish a sustainable environment for future generations. For a sustainable building material, consider wood. From lumber decking to lumber fencing, wood is an ideal building material for homeowners who want to go green.
Here are just a few reasons why wood an environmentally friendly building material:
- Sustainable – Lumber decking and fencing materials have the lowest environmental impact when compared to plastic, composite, steel, and concrete building materials. In fact, the production of lumber decking and fencing releases the least amount of greenhouse gases and produces the least amount of water and air pollution. This is just one of the many reasons why the USDA recognizes wood as a sustainable building material.
- Renewable – Unlike most other building materials, wood is not made using precious and limited resources, such as fossil fuels. In other words, lumber decking and fencing are 100% renewable. In contrast, the production of steel, aluminum, plastic, and concrete requires the use of non-renewable gas and petroleum. By choosing wood for your next outdoor building project, you’ll get a renewable product that offers all of the benefits of green living without sacrificing beauty, quality, or craftsmanship.
- Energy Efficient – Wood is not only a natural and environmentally friendly building material, but it is energy efficient as well. Lumber decking and fencing offer natural energy-efficient qualities that man-made materials cannot. Specifically, wood surpasses every other building material in energy efficiency thanks to its superior thermal performance, heat conductivity, and insulation qualities.
If you want to build green, J & W Lumber can help. We have a commitment to environmental sustainability and offer lumber decking and fencing materials that come from SFI-certified mills in Northern California. These mills promote sustainable forest management, and so do we. To learn more about the environmental benefits of building with wood, contact J & W Lumber at:
Sorrento Valley: (858) 452-0520
San Marcos: (760) 727-1510
Escondido: (760) 745-6800
Murrieta: (951) 698-0215
Chula Vista: (619) 585-3620