Wood framing / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...wood products from sustainably managed sources, and most wood product suppliers now offer a wide range of FSC-certified products. Wood stands out as an environmentally responsible product, even more so if it comes from well-managed and local forests. But doesn't wood need to be treated? If you were to compare a borate-...

...wood comes from a sustainably managed forest, so FSC labelled wood is always preferred.  Where to buy wood: Wherever you live in Canada, there is without a doubt wood being harvested not too far away. If you want to ensure your wood qualifies in some sense as 'local', you can start first of all by species selection - c...

...wood framing of a passive solar home with FSC certified wood:   Engineered wood products for framing homes Engineered wood requires more processing than standard wood.  As may be expected, engineered wood is more expensive than the types described above, and has a higher embodied energy given that it undergoes multipl...