Certified Wood: Wood content that complies with sustainable forestry practices under the guidance of wood and forestry organizations.
Chain of Custody: In relation to forest certification, this is the path taken by raw or processed materials and products from the forest to the consumer. This includes all stages of processing, transformation, manufacturing and distribution.
“Greenwashing”: Marketing or communicating unsubstantiated or misleading claims about the environmental benefits of a product, service, technology or company practice. The consequence is a diluted Green message and loss of credibility towards the source.
Recycled Content: The weight of recycled material in a product – combining post-consumer and pre-consumer material- divided by the overall weight of the product.
Sustainable: A way of life in which the use of natural resources does not destroy them for future use.
LEED: LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. Established by the US Green Buildings Council (USGBC), it has gained widespread support in the commercial arena. “LEED certification provides independent, third-party verification that a building project meets the highest green building and performance measures.
All certified projects receive a LEED plaque, which is the nationally recognized symbol demonstrating that a building is environmentally responsible, profitable and a healthy place to live and work.” www.usgbc.org.
Reclaimed vs. Salvaged: The terms reclaimed and salvaged wood are often used interchangeably. If there is a distinction between them, it is because “Reclaimed” wood usually refers to already manufactured wood products that are remanufactured into new ones. Examples of this process include timbers from the deconstruction of old buildings that are re-milled, or more unusual sources such as old crates and pallets.
“Salvaged” wood frequently refers to the direct reuse of wood products (salvaged doors) or logs that can be salvaged from a variety of sources such as street trees, river and lake bottoms, orchards, and even forests (diseased and dead wood or small diameter trees that are thinned out as part of fire prevention measures). An example of a reclaimed hardwood that is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council includes remanufactured railroad ties from Southeast Asia.
Tropical hardwood railroad ties are being replaced with concrete ties in that region and the old ties are then milled into flooring and other products.
Green Dictionary
Certified Wood: Wood content that complies with sustainable forestry practices under the guidance of wood and forestry organizations.
Chain of Custody: In relation to forest certification, this is the path taken by raw or processed materials and products from the forest to the consumer. This includes all stages of processing, transformation, manufacturing and distribution.
“Greenwashing”: Marketing or communicating unsubstantiated or misleading claims about the environmental benefits of a product, service, technology or company practice. The consequence is a diluted Green message and loss of credibility towards the source.
Recycled Content: The weight of recycled material in a product – combining post-consumer and pre-consumer material- divided by the overall weight of the product.
Sustainable: A way of life in which the use of natural resources does not destroy them for future use.
LEED: LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. Established by the US Green Buildings Council (USGBC), it has gained widespread support in the commercial arena. “LEED certification provides independent, third-party verification that a building project meets the highest green building and performance measures.
All certified projects receive a LEED plaque, which is the nationally recognized symbol demonstrating that a building is environmentally responsible, profitable and a healthy place to live and work.” www.usgbc.org.
Reclaimed vs. Salvaged: The terms reclaimed and salvaged wood are often used interchangeably. If there is a distinction between them, it is because “Reclaimed” wood usually refers to already manufactured wood products that are remanufactured into new ones. Examples of this process include timbers from the deconstruction of old buildings that are re-milled, or more unusual sources such as old crates and pallets.
“Salvaged” wood frequently refers to the direct reuse of wood products (salvaged doors) or logs that can be salvaged from a variety of sources such as street trees, river and lake bottoms, orchards, and even forests (diseased and dead wood or small diameter trees that are thinned out as part of fire prevention measures). An example of a reclaimed hardwood that is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council includes remanufactured railroad ties from Southeast Asia.
Tropical hardwood railroad ties are being replaced with concrete ties in that region and the old ties are then milled into flooring and other products.