Not only is FrameGuard® wood green in color (due to a colorant added to make the product easily identifiable), it's green from an environmental perspective, too. By enabling wood to last a long time and resist mold and termites, FrameGuard® wood extends forest resources and reduces the need for replacement lumber.
GreenSpec® Listed| FrameGuard wood is listed in the GreenSpec directory of environmentally preferable products for its exceptional durability and ability to reduce pesticide treatments. |  |
Compiled and published by the staff of Environmental Building News, GreenSpec is a green product information database, with a printed directory and online database containing detailed listings for more than 2,000 green building products. Learn more about FrameGuard wood and the GreenSpec directory.
Plus, FrameGuard wood offers a host of environmental advantages associated with wood itself:
| • | It is made from plentiful species of wood, the only major building product that is a renewable resource. |
| • | The trees come from managed timberlands where they grow rather rapidly. They are replenished in as little as two decades' time. |
| • | The collection and processing of this resource uses less energy than that required for production of alternative materials. |
| • | Growing trees absorb carbon dioxide and wood products store carbon, thereby reducing greenhouse gases. |
| • | Wood provides noteworthy insulation with regard to heat, noise, and electrical current. |
| • | A study by the Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials (CORRIM) found wood framed homes more environmentally friendly than steel or concrete. Total energy in the completed steel-frame house was 17% greater, and the concrete-framed house was 16% greater, than the completed wood-frame house. |
For these reasons, FrameGuard wood has been chosen as a GreenSpec® listed environmentally preferable product.
