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Designers and builders strive to build green buildings and select materials, building systems and equipment that reduce the effect of construction on the world around us.
BIODIVERSITY
Find out about British Columbia’s forestry certification with ISO, CSA, SFI and FSC. More
REFORESTATION
Find out how British Columbia’s laws ensure sustainability in their forests. More
DEFORESTATION
Preview the many harvesting techniques employed by British Columbian. More
Cedar - An environmentally-sound
choice
- Renewable resource.
- Recyclable.
- Biodegradable.
- Energy-efficient manufacturing.
- Variety of usages.
- Rated environmentally friendly.
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Renewable resource - Today's
sustainable forestry practices ensure a perpetual abundance
of cedar from B.C.'s forests. Cedar substitutes like concrete,
vinyl and aluminum are manufactured from materials extracted
from the earth - once removed, they can never be replaced.
Biodegradable - When non
wood substitutes age beyond their useful life, they
become part of landfills. As a natural product, Western
Red Cedar is fully biodegradable.
Energy-efficient manufacturing
- Substitute sidings require huge amounts of energy
to manufacture compared to cedar siding. See
Energy Efficiency
Uses - Wood is the best environmental
choice for structures of all types - hockey arenas,
libraries, offices, community centres and much more.
Rated environmentally friendly
- As the interest in "Green Building" grows,
building rating systems such as Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design (LEED™) have emerged as
one way to rate the environmental impact of construction.
These rating systems are founded on the four guiding
principles of green building. See
Four Guiding Principles
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