Choosing cedar shakes and shingles in your building projects is proven as green from start to finish. Here are a couple of ways:
In the forest…
BC combines tree planting and natural regeneration to create new forests that respect the ecological and biological diversity of the natural forest. Forest companies are responsible for the harvested area until there is a well established healthy young forest.
In manufacturing…
Photosynthesis allows trees to absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen. Young, growing forests remove the most carbon from our air – cleaning the air that we breathe. Forests are key to removing greenhouse gases from our atmosphere. When forest products are manufactured, carbon is stored for decades, sometimes even centuries. Because the manufacturing process of cedar shakes at CVS is labour intensive, as opposed to energy intensive, the planet benefits even more since there is less energy needed from fossil fuel or natural gas source depletion. Nothing goes to waste in our process; chips go on to make paper products and hog fuel is used for power generation.
On your house…
Wood is thermally efficient, easy to insulate and the only major building material that is renewable! By using wood products you can reduce your carbon footprint. |
